Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 74

F—4 By James Waldo Fawcett. ‘Whether or not the long-antici- pated commemorative for the cen- tenary of the first adhesive postage stamp is authorized will depend upon collectors and the promptness with which they make their wishes known to President Roosevelt, Postmaster General Farley and members of Congress. High officials of the Government have disclosed that a strong demon- stration of interest on the part of the philatelic public probably would be effective. Meanwhile, every stamp club in the United States and all inde- pendent collectors have been in- vited to co-operate in the campaign launched last week by Charles A. Kenny, editor and publisher of the National Stamp News. “As citizens,” Mr. Kenny said yesterday, “we have the right to petition for the commemorative in- tended to mark the centennial of our hobby, and as philatelists we have the duty so to do.” Telegrams and letters are pouring into Washington from cities as far distant as San Diego and Seattle, as well as from many nearby commu- nities. . The Department of Agriculture Philatelic Club will sponsor a cen- tenary exhibition of stamps relating to agriculture in the first-floor corri- dor of the Administration Building, Fourteenth street and the Mall S.W., April 29 to May 7. More than 1,000 selected specimens will be shown. Arnon L. Mehring, president, an- nounces that visitors may inspect the display from 9 to 4:30 daily, except Saturday (9 to 1) and Sun- day. Speakers invited to address the | naugural meeting of the Washing- ton Division of the Cover Club of America, Hotel Mayflower, Sunday evening, May 5 at 8, are: David D. Caldwell, chairman of the Pos- tage Stamp Centenary Committee; Hugh M. Clark, editor of the Scott series of albums and catalogues; C. Edward Leasure, chief examiner in charge of hearings, Civil Aero- nautics Authority, and A. E. Geld- hof, former philatelic editor, Chi- cago Herald Examiner. Technical Sergt. C. W. Inglee, U. S. Marine | Corps, stamp editor of the Leather- neck, official Marine Corps maga- zine, will preside. All collectors in- terested in covers are asked to| attend. Dr. Emil F. Ferdinand is compil- ing a practical check list of books on stamps, copies of which will be distributed to visitors to the Cen- | tenary Exhibition of Philatelic Lit- erature, opening at the Library of Congress Saturday, May 4, at 3. The printing of the pamphlet has been authorized by Archibald MacLeish, librarian, as a service to the phila- telic public. | Alvin F. Harlow, author of “The | Paper Chase: The Amenities of | Stamp Collecting,” published by Henry Holt & Co., and Mauritz A. Hallgren, author of “All About Stamps,” soon to be published by | STAMPS. : THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 21, 1940—PART FIVE. AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS News of the Philatelic World, Its Interests and People—Review of the Stamp Press—List of Local Meetings Maj. Gen. Walter L. Reed, son of the famous Army physician for whom Walter Reed Hospital is named, received the first sheet of 5-cent stamps commemorating his father in the “Heroes of Peace” series. He is shown here with Postmaster Vincent C. Burke (center) and Deputy Third Assistant Post- master General Roy M. North (right) at the start of the sale of the new adhesive at the hospital Wednesday morning. —Star Staff Photo. noon, the order was executed by the following Monday morning. Part of the time afforded necessarily was spent in research at the Library of Congress. War has not interfered with the production of new stamps in Ger- many. The latest series is intended to advertise the Leipzig Fair. Values, colors and subjects are: 3pf, brown, Hall of the Printing Arts, statue of Gutenberg, inventor of moveable types; 6pf, green, market place and rathaus; 12pf, red-brown, fair build- ing; 25pf, air view of grounds. Switzerland has issued four semi- | postals for a national fete. De- nominations, colors and themes are: 5 plus 5c, green, red and gra Sempach monument; 10 plus 5c, yel- low, red and gray, Giornico monu- ment; 20 plus 5c, red and gray, Calven monument; 30 plus 10c, blue, red and gray, Les Rangiers. A series of semi-postal stamps has been released.by Yugoslavia for the benefit of a medical station for post- al-telegraph-telephone system em- ployes. The list reads: .50D, orange, arrival of the Croatians; 1D, green, | King Tomislav; 1.50D, death of Ma- tija Gubec; 2D, light cerise, the brothers Radich; 4D, dark blue, map. Louis P. Lochner, representative | of the Associated Press in Germany | and a non-resident member of the | ‘Washington Philatelic Society, | writes from Berlin March 20: “Your letters of early December arrived only this week. . . . All of us who are working here feel that we are on an igolated island.” | | Brazil, | magazine, ly accused of doing nothing (by the same critics).” The centennial conclave of the Pioneer Philatelic Phalanx will be held at the New Colonial Hotel Wednesdry, May 1. Program ar- rangements are in the hands of Col. J. A. Hooper and he asks the co- operation of collectors of all grades and ages. Capt. Wilbur R. Van Auken, U. 8. | §aff N, retired, a member of the Board of Governors of the Washington i Philatelic Society, is the author of a fine appreciation of Chief Gun- ner’s Mate Mons Monssen, “Hero of the Missouri,” published in Sea Power for April. The Postage Stamp Centenary Book, sponsored by the Washing- ton Philatelic Study Club, will be published May 2. Contents include monographs on the Penny Black of Great Britain by David D. Cald- well, the first stamps of Switzer- land, Dr. Philip H. Ward, jr.; the Italian States, Irene M. Pistorio; Belgium, Constant Lambrette; the Netherlands, Mrs. Grace Lovering MacKnight; the United States, Mrs. Catherine L. Manning; France, Portugal and a biograph- | Youn ical sketch of Sir Rowland Hill by James Waldo Fawcett. The text is coplously illustrated. J. W. Stowell, Federalsburg, Md. is the printer. Stamp-Month, a new philatelic will be published by Lucius Jackson, Burlington, Vt. Vatican City has issued a new Albert C. Schwarting; | A M. Shep) KENNEL N EWS. In Local Bridge Circles KEEPING TAB ON THE DOG WORLD Extra Day Added to Maryland Tourney |News of Leaders in Dogdom and Their Masters; Comments on Breeds; Notes on Shows Here and Elsewhere By Frank B. Lord. ArTy ‘angements are being perfected llreldy'!or the only four-day tournament offered to bridge players in the Washington area this year, with exception of the annual Washin, the Annapolis tourney, to be held at gton Bridge League event. It will be Carvel Hall, in the Marylan¢. capital, during the first week of July. Because Independence Day falls on Thurs- day, an extra day will be added to the usual week-end meet, which will — include Sunday. To take advantage of this added day, there will be a novel event on Thursday, in which man and woman pairs will play separately and yet against each other. The same sef of boards will be played by both groups, and will be exchanged between them as they are played. An opportunity will be afforded to determine the best scorers and, to a certain extent, the better players, The mixed pair event will be held in two sessions on Friday, thus over- coming the frequent objection that & single mixed pair session is not sufficient to allow the best exhibi- tion of skill. The open pair game will be played in two sessions on Saturday and the team-of-four match in two sessions on Sunday. There also will be the Arundel event for players who have no master points. The tournament will be un- der the American Contract Bridge League, with William Cheeks as manager and Russel J. Baldwin as director and league representative, Friday, Saturday and Players of the Washington Bridge League are’ all set for their next important event, the big May team- of-four games, for which they have been qualifying during the past sea- son. It will be held at the Shore- ham Hotel in two sessions, May 1 and May 15. If your name is printed here, you are eligible to enter the contest. The list follows: Miss G. Afmistead, Mr. and Mi w. 8 Mrs. Menne Barry, Mrs. J. R. nelsl. Mrs. on, Mrs. P. E. Golden. Joseph G . Miss Theima Goodstein, Mrs. M. Goldstein, Cor E B. Gray. Mrs. Annie O. Grimes, Samuel nd er, r! ra Greenwood, Mr. a Gardner, Miss Paris Keen ;lll'.."lnldl llél. CHM. Hall, 3 mlin. Gene Herman, Higains, Mrs M. Hobbs. Mrs. A R Hodo: kins, Mrs. Oliver m son. Mrs. C. R. Ka Paul Kibler, John Klet 3 yon. . Latta, Mrs. J. A Mildred Lihderman. My and Nirs. Jnnes . Lemon. Mark Lake. Mrs. M. Mayer. John D. Mothershed. Mrs. Dalsy H. Mott. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Myers. Miss Peggy Monroe. Mrs, Pat McCarran. Dr. C. C. McDonnell. Louis Newman Mrs. Eva Milligen, J. F. McDonough, E. A. Perkins. H. E. Reed. Mrs. M. R. Reddy. Al Roth, Miss Lilllan Reagan. Mrs T D Sheldon. B. W. 8h, 5 . pard. R. . D. E. Stephan, 7 “Irtmw Sgrelu!. . Mr. and Mrs t Aubin, Mrs._Gatheriné 8 Tiaball. F_FeTIn lotson, Miss Mabel Tobin, H. G. Torbert. Lewis Tubbs. Mrs. W. Van Devanter. T. D. Wallace, A, I. Westrich. O. L. Ve Wenzel. Charlot Wor, hariot . Worcester. . Evelyn e Watson and Robert quadruple grand coup which enables him to make a grand slam vulnerable, doubled and redoubled, is a million dollar hand. They are of rare occurrence. A simple grand skill of an able declarer to make it, but when it comes to a quadruple grand coup successfully executed in For the expert bridge player, the| coup is unusual and requires the | of hearts and began his coup at once by trumping it. Then he returned to dummy with a diamond and led the queen of hearts, East ducked and declarer again trumped. Back to the dummy again, with the king of clubs winning, he led the Jack of hearts and trumped. He then won with his ace of clubs and, returning to the dummy with another club, led the last heart, upon which East now played the king and declarer trumped. Back to the dummy again, he led & club, upon which East dropped his jack. East now had only the queen and one of spades, declarer only the king and jack. The lead of the fourth club forced East to play a trump, which declarer over- trumped and then won the last trick with another good trump, claiming seven spades doubled and redoubled vluerable for a total score of 2,840. ‘The Federal Bridge League, hav- ing completed its season series of games, opened a two-night play- off for special prizes on Tuesday evening at the Washington Park Hotel. The score will be cumula- tive for the two nights. In section A, the Rajahs won 18'% out of 24 boards with Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Steinberg high pair North and South, having 72! match points and A. I. Westrich and H. R. King, all members of the Rajah team, high pair East and West with 87, points. The Rangers and the Federal Re- serve teams each won 14 out of 24 Lena ; | boards in section B. Dr. C. C. Mc- Donnell and R. E. March, Rangers, - | were high pair North and South with 6814 match points and Mr. Parsons and Mr. Tiorne, Federal Reserves, high pair Eeast and West Mr. | With 72 match points. The Tubbs-Astleford team won 15% boards out of 21 in section C. : | Lewis Tubbs and Mrs. Roy Astle- ford were high pair North and South with 88 match points and Miss Laura Griffith and Mrs. M. Goofistein Fairchance team, were high East and West with 64 match points. The team standings follow: Bection “A." Rajahs Justice e Allfes WL w 1R8% 51 St. Aubins 17 13 12 Exc_ Res. 1 12 IDRAM L. 3'% Warsoes _ Treys Dr. Charles Duffy of New Bern, N. C., who was the first North Caro- for any of the local bridge evemts, lina player to come to Washington | By R. R. Taynton. A little dog with a long record is Champion Minquas Marko, the miniature schnauzer bred by Mar- guerite Jones at the Layhill Ken- nels, Silver Spring, Md. He is a son of Champion T. M. G. of Mar- fenhot out of & dsughtér of Cham- plon Marko. At the age of 7 months he started his show career by going to reserve winners at the specialty show in Pike>ville in 1938. That same year he was shown at Morris and Essex, where he won both the puppy and novice classes. In the fall of 1938, he picked up His first three points, getting winners dog and best of winners, after which he was sold to the Norcrest Kennels of New York. Under their chaperonage he was shown 20 times in 1939. Nineteen times he was best of breed, the 20th time he was best of winners, and that was at the Westminster Ken- nel Club show in New York. His best of breeds included such victories as the specialty show at the Montbomery County terrior shows in Pennsylvania, where 52 dogs competed, including 9 cham- pions entered for specials only. His spectacular wins for the year brought him the Miniature Schnau- zér Club Trophy for winning the most points at three point or better shows for the year. Rated as Working Dogs. ‘The minature schnauzer is a very interesting little fellow. In his na- tive Germany and in England, he and his larger brothers, the stand- ard and giant schnauzers, are rated as working dogs. In this country, however, the standard and minature schnauzers are in the terrier group, while the giant or riesen schnauzer is in the working group. In order to maintain the standard of the schnauzer in Germany as a real working dog, periodic ratting trials are held, some in connection with the outstanding shows, and the dog who noses out and kills the most rats in a wire-inclosed ring, is awarded the victory. One often sees—or did see before the present war—farm carts loaded with pro- duce, guarded by schnauzers while the farmer takes his rest and re- freshment elsewhere. These dogs have even been used to guard flocks from the depredations of wild an- imals. However, these more ardu- ous duties are undertaken primar- ily by the larger specimens of the breed. The miniature schnauzer's chief mission in life is to be a pet. His fanciers claim that he is a pet par excellence. being peppy with- | out being jittery, intelligent, brave, alert, affectionate without being sloppy, and a handy size for city or country. The origin of the schnauzer is one of much conjecture. As long ago as 1492, Albert Durer, the artist, owned and painted a schnauzer. Indeed, the same schnauzer appears in a number of pictures painted from 1492 to Champion Minquas Marko, York. erally a pepper-and-salt color dog, averaging about 12 inches at the shoulder and 12 to 14 pounds in| weight. A dog over 14 inches at the s?oulfler is disqualified in the show ring. The head of the miniature schnau- zer should be rectangular in shape, the width of the skull not exceeding two-thirds of its length. The stop thould be moderate, and the skull and nose should lie in parallel planes, neither dishface nor down- face being tolerated. The ear; should be cropped, or if uncropped, should be small, V-shaped and folded forwerd close to the skull. ‘The neck of the miniature schnau- '| A Dog Lover A dog show, like a birthday, brings | some surprise packages. Entries are now closed for the National Capital and Old Dominion events, and the last days of intensive grooming and preparation are here. Several local miniature schnauzer bred by Marguerite Jones and owned by the Norcross Kennels, New —Wolford Photo. zer should be strnog, slightly arched and clean cut. The forelegs should be straight and vertical, the chest moderately broad. The back should be strong, straight and not too long, the dog standing “four-square”— that is, the length of the dog should equal its height at the shoulders. The feet of the dog should be round and catlike. The coat must be hard and wiry, with a soft under- coat. It should be trimmed only enough to accentuate body outline, and should be not less than three- quarters of an inch long except on ears and skull. Whiskers, of course, are longer, but should be hard and bristly rather than soft and profuse, ’s Notebook makes frequent visists to the family in the back room, where the dogs stroll, eat, snooze or snore with typi- cal bulldog calm in the midst of the clamor and general confusion. fanciers are so hush-hush about | “something new” that you can | almost hear the cellophane rattle. Great days, great doings, soon to be over! Some local exhibitors and their dogs are already in the South on | the new circuit. It opened yesterday at Charlottesville, Va., with Dr. C. R. Davis, vice president of the Na- Among the “refugee” dogs to be | shown at ‘Washington and Alexan- | dria is a Cairn terrier belonging to Mr. and Mrs. David S. Lehman. | Tam o’ Shanter came from Seotland recently, spending five stormy weeks on the ocean. She is a bit shy as a result of her experience, but rapidly gaining confidence. Tammie is by Glassary Lochiel ex Glassary Fionad | —good Scottish names both. tional Capital Kennel Club, and Dr. | In appreciation of his services as 1504. A statue in Stuttgart dated| leader of the United States Marine 1620 shows a schnauzer that could | Another interesting recent arrival ! the circumstances described, that i | set of regular postage stamps of | at is here is Babby, a Welsh corgi pup o e e e wece sl something on: (e Hiooks has extended invitations to Wash- Alfred A. Knopf, have been invited ? ington players to participate in the W. R. Compton of Arlington nmongf the judges, and a number of ex- to atted the Postage Stamp Cen- tenary celebration. Space in the Postage Stamp Cen- tenary philatelic fair (bourse) may be reserved from Edward B. Martin, 1401 Girard street N.W. Adams 5332. | D. R. Heath of Grosse Pointe Park, | Mich., a patron of the Postage | Stamp Centenary celebration, is a member of the same family as that to which the engravers of the Penny Black belonged. He is the author of “Michigan in Philately” and other publications and a member of many different philatelic organizations. Catalogues for the Postage Stamp Centenary auction, Hotel Mayflower, Saturday afternoon, May 4, at 1, may be had from John R. Ewell, 218 D street SE. Capt. Otho Larkin Rogers, phila- telic agent, is representing the Post Office Department at a National Federation meeting of Indiana and Kentucky stamp clubs at Indianapo- lis this week end. By courtesy of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., the sound film, “A Continent Is Bridged”, will be shown at the Ho- | tel Mayflower, Sunday evening, May 5, at 6. The picture, requiring 40 minutes to run, tells the story of the development of long-dis- tance telephony culminating in the opening of transcontinental service between New York and San Fran- cisco. Edwin C. Hill, news com- mentator, is the narrator. Admis- sion to the exhibition will be free to registered visitors taking part in the Postage Stamp Centenary celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Smith of Alexandria, well known in local stamp circles, were involved in a trafic accident near Cresson, Iowa while motorinrg home from Omaha. They suffered painful injuries, but after recelving hospital treatment resumed their journey by train, ar- riving in Washington Wednesday. Dr. Ramon Zubizaretta, first president of the University of Asun- cion, is represented in company with former President Escobar in the design of the latest commemorative of Paraguay. ‘The accuracy of a recent state- ment to the effect that William A. Roach, Bureau of Engraving and Printing artist, was granted only a few hours to design the Pony Express stamp has been challenged, but the facts are incontrovertible. Received late on a Friday after- STAMPS. Coins, sacrifice part of collection. For appointment call REpublic 2020. COLUMBIA STAMP SHOP 3408 14th St N.W. Evenings. 6 to ® An ngf 3'.’_-,'.3:; NATIONAL STAMP MART 1317 F St. N.W. Rm. 411.__ Dist. 3217 UYENO'S STAMP SHOP 1205 _Penn. Ave. NW. __ Met. 9014 WASHINGTON STAMP CO. 937 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. o FUTWHY 'ay more for stal el 34 Harry B. Mason, 918 F N.W. STAMPS—COINS—AUTOGEAPHS Bousht and Sold 216 130 81, NW Distriet_1272 WEEKS STAMP SHOP 17th St. N.W. NA._ 5258 +| as follows: 22564-22566, 1 cent, Ste- CULLEN'S ‘& 4319 F 5t. N.W. Saite 211 Becond Fioor. ) Band for many years, the 5th Bat- talion of the Marine Corps Reserve will sponsor a scarlet and gold cachet for the 2-cent John Philip Sousa stamp, to be released in Washing- ton Friday, May 3. Collectors should | send orders to Lt. William J. O’Brien, 125 Quincy place N.E., with 5 cents in coin for local delivery or 7 cents for delivery outside Wash- ington. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing display at the Postage Stamp Centenary Exhibition, Na- tional Museum, beginning Thurs- day evening, May 2, wili include dies, transfer rolls, plates, etc., il- lustrating the processes and in- struments of steel-engraved stamp production. New plate numbers are announced ‘, phen Collins Foster; 22567-22569, 2- cent, John Philip Sousa; 22570-22572, 3-cent, Victor Herbert; 22573-22575, 5-cent, Edward A. MacDowell; 22576~ 22578, 10-cent, Ethelbert Nevin; 22579-22582, 3-cent, Pony Express; 22583-22586, 3-cent, Wyoming. Also, 22548 and 22547, 1 cent, John James Audubon; 22558 and 22560, 10-cent, Jane Addams; 22426 and 22427, 3-cent, Thomas Jefferson, or- ;ibl{ury postage; electric eye convert- e. It is reliably reported that Grover Cleveland was an active stamp collector during the eight years of his residence at 1600 Permsylvania avenue, but for reasons of his own he did not desire his interest in the best of hobbies to be advertised. When readers were advised not to delay purchase of the earlier issues of the “Heroes of Peace” series, a critic protested that the warning was based on faulty in- formation, if not actually on intent to deceive. The truth, however, is too plainly evident to suffer con- tradiction. Supplies of the low values of the first three groups were distributed throughout the country and rapidly exhausted in ordinary use. Unless new printings are ordered, these stamps shortly must be removed from the Philatelic Agency sales list. The sheer logic of the matter suggests prompt rather than tardy action on the part of intending buyers. Ernest R. Kehr, stamp editor of the New York Herald Tribune, has been appointed director of the In- ternational Stamp Exhibition at the British Pavilion, New York World’s Fair, scheduled to open May 11. Miss Mattie M. Gibson, superin- tendent of the Children’s Hospital, Thirteenth and W streets, N.W,, has endorsed the appeal for a stamp in homage to nurses for their services to humanity. Collectors interested are requested to com- gu':riclbe their support to her by tter. The stamp editor of The Star will speak on the Shakespeare Birthday broadcast from Station WRC, Tues- day morning at 9:15. New stamps listed for release as follows: 10c, Jane Addams, Hull House, Chicago, Friday; lc, Stephen Collins Foster, Bardstown, Ky., and 2c, John Philip Sousa, Washington, Friday, May 3. Linn's Wnkly-su-mp News says: “If an officer of & stamp club steps | | out and does things that he thinks should be done (without consulting all the critics) he is accused of trying to run the club. If he doesn't take the initiative, then he is round- b coat of arms and dove of peace; 1L, violet and black, 125L, gray and black, 2L, dark rose and black, | profile portrait of Pope Pius XII. Postage Stamp Centenary poster labels (5c each), as well as tickets for the centennial banquét ($5) and for the philatelic writers’ breakfast ($1.25), both to be held at the Hotel Mayflower, the former Saturday evening, May 4, and the latter Sun- day morning, May 5, may be ob- tained from Mrs. MacKnight, 1900 R street N.W., Dupont 8840. Stamp meetings for the week are listed as follows: This afternoon at 4:45—Wash- | ington Stamp Club of the Air, Sta- tion WOL. Philatelic romance and comment on current stamp news. ‘Tomorrow evening at 8—Wood- ridge Stamp Club, 2206 Rhode Island avenue N.E. Have-a-good- time night, party program. Tuesday evening at 8—Collectors’ Club of Washington, Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets N.W. Address by Millard Smith, national director National Wildlife Federa- tion; exhibition of stamps of Can- ada by Alfred G. Galloway. Tuesday evening at 8—East Wash= ington Stamp Club, Eastern High School, East Capitol street. Wednesday evening at 8—Wash- ington Philatelic Society, Jefferson room, Hotel Mayflower, Connecticut avenue and De Sales street N.W. Bourse. Friday evening at 8—Viking's Crew Hobby Club, 35 Rhode Island avenue N.W. Those Were the Happy Days! 7 : oS OF '~ O’TH SIMES, il REMEMBER 8 THIWONE? RASE BALL TO-DAY, | ) . ONE OF THE FEW FREN( BALL CLAYER i\ The hand given below was played |at the Cheeks Studio by E. A. | Perkins with William Cheeks as his | partner. They were seated North | and South with Morris Portugal and | Joseph Sacks of Louisville, East and | West. Mr. Perkins, in the South, was idg;ler, and both sides were vulner- | able. | follows: Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass West opened the queen of dia- monds which North won with the ace. Declarer then led the ten of spades and realizing from East's double that he must have the mis- sing queen of that unit he let it ride and it held the trick, West showing out. Declarer then saw that Dbl queen and as he could not lead through the suit again that a coup was necessary. He played the ace ONE f. / L, |G e of By AT N Lo PHIZA, A £r.23-890, 4 \fl?/\ REET. | The cards were distributed as| T | North Carolina tournament to be | held in Raleigh on May 3 and 4. Among last week's leaders were the following: Mrs. D. E. Stephan's Studio—Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. T. D. Sheldon and Mrs. Charles Shafer. first; Prof. F. Fenwick and Mrs. George B. Br d; Mrs, John ard. Dora_ Schwartz Mrs. day. Mr. and . V. Crane. first; Mrs. Rose Robing John' Donnelly. second: Miss Mabel Tobin and Mrs. Herbert Lent. ir. third. Saturday. Mrs. Flood and J. F. McDonouch, ?,’g'éi,q““im‘"bfi Tobin and Walter Brown: : &8 Athleen cNutt and W. A. Bolinger. third. Agriculture Bridze Club. Hotel Grafton— .'E. Marsh and G._H. Warthen. first; Dr. A Rostenbers and Pred Munchmever. sec- ond: Mrs. Paul E. Golden and Mrs. Annie ©O. Grimes. third. Nationai Press Club—For the Victor Smith Trophy, E. N. Nemenyi and Mrs. Menne Barry.' first; Mr. Mothershed and Willlam ~Mylander." second: Mrs. C, Pennebaker and Dr. A. Kemble. third. Roosevelt Hotel-—E. G. Danisls Mark Hill. first; Mr. and Mrs._Lawrence Davern, sécond: Mrs. Edward Cotter and eeks third. Railroad Retirement Board Association— North and South. Miss Carolyn Earle and H R. Y r. Donnelly an ‘Miss Su; and ird. Dixle T. Wright's Studio—Monday. . Prisbie. ‘and Wesss Mes, witiam "3 ; ursday, t. firsti East had three more spades to the | sus: were second “The Old Ball Game.” Washington Whist Club—Ten tables, Eoth”and Mr."Brotman, first, Mr. an Mrs. Steinbers. second: Mr. Port: hird Dr. ood an¢ be shown in fast company today. Probably the schnauzer owes his present form and coloring to the crossing of the black German poo- dle with the native wire-haired pinscher stock. The admixture of the gray wolfspitz resulted in the prevalent pepper-and-salt color, al- though solid black schnauzers still are bred. The miniature schnauzer is the result of breeding only the! smallest specimens of the standard variety, with a judicious mixture of affenpinscher blood to keep down the size. First Shown in Germany. ‘The schnauzer, then known as the wire-haired -pinscher, was first shown in Germany in 1879. At the third International Show at Han- over, the best of breed dog was an unregistered male called “Schnau- zer,” which is a Germon term for| B. | whiskers or bewhiskered. It is from this dog that the breed eventually got its name. The first standard for the breed was published in 1880. In 1890, when the first specialty show was held in Stuttgart, 93 dogs were entered. The first specialty club to promote the breed was or- ganized in Cologne in 1895 and was known as the Pinscher Club. In 1907 'art | the Schnauzer Club was formed at Munich. In 1918 the two clubs com- bined. Now specialty clubs to pro- mote schnauzers exist in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Eng- land and America. In 1934 the Min- iature Schnauzer Club of America was formed and a separate standard for that breed was adopted. The miniature schnauzer is gen- —By Dick Mansfield oLLY GRA os%vAsm GTON WALKED E(GHT MEN IN ONE INNING, SEVEN OF THEM IN 8 SUCCESSION BEFORE HE WAS RELIEVEOD, AUGUST_28~1909 B AGAINST CHICAGO AND ‘THE FANS SANG # Goon BY Docey GRAY i v WHAT DO You REMEMBER ANSWER TOLAST WEEK ) QUESTION, low OFTEN IS A NATIONAL_CENSOS YA:NEN i printshop and the bulldogs, trans- . acts his business in the office | Woolner, with his new smooth fox terrier, a son of the great Cham- pion Nornay Saddler; the Mansfield “Saints™} Mrs. L. M. Locas, only Virginia breeder of Kerry blue ter- riers; Mrs. Jere Mackle, with her Cairns; the Beech Tree Farm Shet- | land sheepdogs, the Gordon Bartons with their new boxer and others are now hitting one show or another, or the entire group. The Norfolk event is tomorrow; Richmond, Tues- day and Wednesday; Washington, Saturday. and Pikesville, | week from today. | Two - outstanding figures of the dog world are expected here for the week end shows. They are Capt. will Judy, editor and publisher of Dog World, and Mrs. Alice Rosen- | thal, “impresario” of Dog News. | Capt. and Mrs. Judy will drive on from Chicago and will be house guests of Mr. and Mrs. 'A. W. Schar- feld of the Old Dominion Club. Friday night they will be guests at the dinner to be given by the Na- tional Capital Club in their honor | and for judges of the show. Mrs. | Rosenthal will come from Cincinnati for a briefer time and also will be entertained locally. While the dog magazines always cover our shows, this is the first time the edttors have planned to attend the events. Md, a Acting on the well established principle that dogs draw children as molasses does flies, the Old Do- minion Kennel Club announces that every adult buying an entrance ticket at the gate next Saturday may bring in one child free of charge. Admission is $1 and the grounds will be open from 9 am. on, with judging starting at 10, The club also has invited youngsters from orphanages in and near Wash- ington to attend the morning ses- sion of the show as guests of Old Dominion. The novice training class, held at the Alexandria baseball park last Sunday, drew a large group in spite of icy winds. The class will be re- peated this afternoon. A. S. Gardi- ner, jr., of the Old Dominion K. C. will be there from 2 pm. on and all who have entered in either or both of the shows will be welcome. A fine chance to learn how to pose and show your dog to best advan- tage! The park is on Route 1, almost into Alexandria as you come from ‘Washington by the old road. Turn flgl-llt at the bridge and there you are A Washington champion invaded the New York-New Jersey show ter- ritory recently and returned with the best of breed award. The dog— Dalaky Kennei's St. Bernard Ch. Deane o’ Waldeck. The show—that of the Kennel Club of Northern New Jersey, at Teaneck Down near the Capitol, a printer who is also a lover of bulldogs com- bines his work and his hobby with- out neglecting either. In the long room behind the front office, sur- rounded by whirring presses, an in- closed pen holds four perfectly ac- cilmated bulldogs. It holds them in theory, that is, for more often they are out and under the feet of the hibitors from both local clubs. S. A. | Thursday and Friday; Alexandria, | belonging to Miss Margaret Hagan. | It is Babby's mother that is the ref- | ugee. She is Golden Taffy, imported by Mrs. Barbara Low Fallass. Taffy left England in such a flurry that | she forgot to bring the proper papers | with her. Her former master, a British major, is fighting in France, and until he can return and sign the papers, Taffy's offspring cannot | be registered. Babby is oblivious of the blot—temporary only, of course, on her ’scutcheon. and though a mere babe of six or seven months, has already found her vocation. With her mistress, she goes reg- | ularly to the Red Cross office at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, where she is a general favorite In fact, the doctors pronounce her a very good infllencs for the patients. Babby is not tak- ing time from her Red Cross duties; to primp for the shows, but in the fall, Miss Hagan plans to introduce her to the judges. To the 1500 or more dogs that will be here as week-end visitors, a hearty welcome. All good luck to the kennels sending them—to all local exhibitors and their entries, too. All good luck to both shows— a parting warning to the weather man— And may the best dog win! I Coming Shows I The judges for the fifth annual dog show of the Baltimore County Kennel Club, scheduled for April 28, are headed by George H. Hartman who does best in shows as well as Airedales, fox, Irish and Welsh ter- riers. The sporting group, judged by Ed Knight, has Charles Backus slated for griffons, pointers, re- trievers and the miscellaneous spaniels. J. Leo Flanigan will sort out the Chesapeake Bay retrievers, while Richard Hecksher judges Eng- lish setters, Paul Leahy judges Irish and Gordon Setters, and Harvey McNaughton judges cocker spaniels, ‘The hound group, judged by Backus, has Ed Knight judging Afghans, Bassets, borzois, Scottish deer- hounds, Irish wolfhounds, and salu- kis ,with Edith Groves sorting out the dachshunds and Baldwin doing the balance of the group. The working group, to be judged by George Owen, has most of the breeds in the hands of Violet Baird, with' William Seidewitz judging collies and Shetland sheepdogs, Mrs. Bon- ney doing Welsh corgis, Aileen Solomon judging German shepherds, and Owen scheduled for Eskimos and giant schanuzers. The terrier group is to be judged Liyte s Gown Tof Bedlingten yoa y! own for . bull terriers, - Lakeland, Lhassa, Sea- lyham, Skye, Staffordshire and West Highland White .. terriers, Edwin Megargee sorts the balance of the group except those mentioned above. In the toy p, Mrs Richard Quigley will It the group, Pekingese and pugs while lxineu:eh: Cllrk:n:lgens the balance, non-sj g grou, Bonney will judge the mup'p, a;: Crawford Massey will judge Bostons, Richard Trimpi will judge bulldogs Kathleen Staples sorts out chowl' and Dalmatians, Mr. Clarke hurrying men who have learned to dash safely ‘back and forth when a big job is in the the machines. The pen where the animals are sup- posedly “at home” contains Mugs, Gorgeous, her daughter; Major, her son, and Pickle, son of Gorgeous. Earl E. Holmes, proprietor of the “but A doors it L) ficlstes over the French and Mr. Owen over the huudo: Mrs. Henry Sabetti will sl S e G S e children’s handling The Baltimore County show is back at the Armory this- spring. with improved facilities for judging .i’."““"'u'g_‘ the weather s