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Show ii 50Gb. LA lb. WKbtb, BUGS AND PLANTS SHOWN AT CHILDREN'S PETS EXHIBIT '"' j o: " mS S!I0UT DELIGHT AS FAVORITES ARE AWARDED PRIZE RIBBONS nFKN AT T11K l'KT SHOW No l "Violet " tir I Vv t ::: . , S prize collie. "Hilly." No. .WSarah Jane "Vivo, f I",!' f "" t-f' a"d hcr ",aster' ,Iowa,'d No- 2 Arthur Hlxke Thomas and his first cat. "Mary." and No. its mistress. Theodosi v 11 oW- V u ''"v T ,N- ',-Rca M- "IlauBh and "Tabby." No. 5IWwinninK An- jillie Axtort Riving friends a "joy ride" o "V..V " ' , 'Snowkms" tddc bull terrier. No. 7 Seymour Wurft-II and "Foxy." No. 8 " v M J v5. 1 , ' , t , j f s ,r' r N i : ,. JsAV .'.''.,:. 'V! .. (.,'.. i ' i L i iJ ir-. ..;. its,. -Jp tiv- '3 , " h '- 2 rr -y .,, , ' l. , r .; : . I,- rj .-. ... .. . : v '.,1. , J f 5' 4t v K - J JI ie Bov Weeps When the Judges Fail to Classify Nondescript "Canine." ll CHILD without a pet is like a i Sower without 'jn;Line. " a.ih was the inscription bang-i-g in the hall of the Wasatch J- .?stcrday, durin? the "pet" : toe "petiess" eliilriren V- .swh rerte':t tiie t-crcentase Btoi3l" flowcrr, th-re is no j -.aiipisl." I rt" hhow was no place for a nervous person. The halls of the school ami the exhibition tents and booths outsi'le were a crush of stnifrgling hu- rr.ariirv from the opening of the show at 11 o'clock in the niorniL until it closed at o o'clock in tiie atternoon- They weren't all children, either. About the time a spectator set himself him-self to view some interetini? "pet" his feet would be knocked clear off the floor by some excitable youngster bent on exploiting th1 merits of his favorite. Tranif'ir.g through the tents an anjrry "ki-yi" "warned the sightseer that his foot "had connected with some portion of a dog's anatomy. The equine division divi-sion was the safest. It was out in the open whre one could see where he was. croing. The ponies, horses and donkies wpre gentle and peaceable, but it Tvas impossible to rean thm without walking walk-ing over the "kiddies.'7 "Bugs" Are Nameless. The 346 entries represented practical-!v practical-!v everything from a bug to a horse. The bug family was in the minority. Two live specimens were exhibited. Other than ''bup:" they were nameless at least bo one was found willing to risk his roputation. There were several Mate'1 specimens of bups and butter-tlies butter-tlies carefully preserved in beds of cotton cot-ton behind glass. Dogs, cats, pigeons and guinea pigs were very much in evidence. So many were the varieties that scarcely a pen or an animal failed to draw either a blue, red or white ribbon, indicating (irfct. second and third prizes, respectively. re-spectively. There wasn't anything hilled aa a spe-f!al spe-f!al attraction except by can h child. However, there were any number of "pets' that attracted special attention. His hlcrhness. a lone monkey, sat hlprh In his cage with a superior air and took a spiteful slap at every person who ventured ven-tured too close. Some of the other animals grew "peevish" at being constantly petted by strnngers and "Tubby," a big white cat belonging to Ilea M. L.amplaugh, started a "rouh house." As a result he was ordered oiY the field. On the way home he offered to fight every dog in sight, to the amusement of the bystanders and the dismay of his little mlstrews. j "Sarah Jane," a big white hen belonging belong-ing to Catherine Kherhard, was always the center of a crowd of admirers. Her claims to notoriety warn age and con-stfint con-stfint efforts to reduce the high cost of living. Unlike a great m.-iny of the feminine femi-nine gender, she admitted her age. Nine yearly It was advertised and never denied, and all summer long she has contributed one ogg eacli day to the family larder. Rat Is Modest. A lonesome white rat otherwises name-?5S name-?5S was proudly exhibited by W I lard Skolfleld. As one of the novelties of the how the photographer wo uted Its picture. pic-ture. But the rat had some Ideas of his own. ' He perched himself on his master's mas-ter's shoulder for about two seconds, took a look at the crowd and disappeared in a convenient pocket. "SnookumR." a little black and white riog, was always a source of amusement SB he paraded around on his hind feet calmlv pufilng at an empty pipe. But there were at least two tragedies during the exhibition. One little fellow had caught a. weasel and carefully groomed him for the occasion. But Fri-dav, Fri-dav, on the eve of the opening of the show, the "net" became seriously ill and died. Tiie little ft.dlow bewailed his loss, but determined Lhat his "pet" should be represented. The animal was skinned. hr- ?ktn cnrefwlly tacked on a board and hung among the exhibits. It whs awarded a bine ribbon without, opposition. TV; nvbl pathetic tcene was In the canine department. Standing outside the tent with big tears coursing down his cheeks, a grief-stricken little fellow fondly fond-ly pnited "the head of a big brown dog. "His voice faltered aa he told his story. When the judgps scored the docs they called for each breed ;is it was wanted. The collies, the bulldog?, the terriers and the othera answered the call. But this big brown fellow that had been so carefully care-fully prepared for the occasion didn't have any . breed or class, so far as the boy knew he was just common, ordinary dog and he waited in vain for his en 11. The Plight was not Intentional on the part of the Judges they didn't know the dog was missed and they had left the grounds before the oversight was discovered. dis-covered. Nothing but a ribbon, any kind of a ribbon, would assuage the little fellow's fel-low's grief. Variety Is Shown. Among the unusual pets were water-does, water-does, fiBh, bugs and insects. Even bllliken dolls and teddy bears were entered. The Judges were Dr. Charles G. Plum, mer. Professor J. H. Paul, P. J. Moran, A. H. Vogeler, Dr. W. M. Wadded and C. J. Dlt-tz. Two silver cups, intended for the two rooms scoring the greatest number of points, were presented to the schools by Dr. Fred W. D'Evelyn, superintendent of the Pnn Fram-lsco Pets' association. According Ac-cording to Mihn JCtta Powers, principal princi-pal of tne school, it. will be impossible to make known all of the winners until some time next week. Miss Powers is in favor of making the "pet" snow an annual event. One exhibit not scored was the school's contribution to the Thanksgiving fund of local charitable organizations. Besides ! twenty-eight bushels of potatoes and a large quantity of apples, there were dozens of cans and boitles of fruit |
