DOG SHOW

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 5

DOG SHOW

TWO-DAY EVENT

WELLINGTON KENNEL CLUB

All the provinces in New Zealand and most breeds of dogs are represented at the fifty-second annual championship show of the Wellington Kennel Club, which is being held at the Winter Show Building today and tomorrow. The winners are to participate in a parade at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.

Judging began today and will continue tomorrow. Mr. D. T. Sinclair, of Napier, is the judge of all breeds and classes except the Alsatian breed and test classes, of which the judge is Mr. J. W. Robson, of Wellington. The show is being efficiently managed by the officials and secretary (Mr. W. L. Mclver) of the Wellington Kennel Club.

A visit to the show demonstrates the falsity of the implication of misery in the old saying about a "dog's life." Sle,ek and well-conditioned, every animal exhibited is a picture of good health and contentment, though each has a different way of showing it. A row of superior-looking collies are the vocal "bosses" of the show, making 90 per cent, of the not inconsiderable noise, with the others supplying a comparatively feeble obbligato in a minor key. Close proximity to the show ring was a possible explanation of the great noise made by the collies.

Next to them Alsatians lounged, alert, but for the most part quiet. A lone Old English collie peered mysteriously from the depths of his long hair. Two chow-chows occasionally showed their blackish tongues in a deep-throated bark, but the Samoyeds next to them made hardly a sound.

This was only a small corner of the show. Further along the lines of pens spaniels of every variety, pert terriers, and a wide range of Pomeranians and Pekingese contributed their share of interest to the canine gathering.