KENNEL NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 21753, 22 June 1934, Page 2

KENNEL NOTES

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Another show lists conic mid gone, mid local fanciers may take a rest for a few weeks. Other than Ashburton at the end of this week, South Islanders have no show to look forward to until August 30 and 31, when North Otago will stage its third annual show. Mr j. Solor, a North Island judge, and Dr A. C. Al'Killop will adjudicate on this occasion. After North Otago comes South Canterbury on September 13 and 14, and the Southland Club on December 12 and 13. Speaking of Southland, this is a newly-formed and affiliated club, one of its members, Air A. Kidd, being a welcome and interested visitor to last week’s show. Mr Kidd is one of our veteran breeders, exhibitors, and judges, and ninny of his contemporaries enjoying an odd hour or two with the dogs', welcomed the opportunity for a chat, cheerily comparing the present and its dogs with the good (P) old days and bygone winners. Air and Mrs Critchfield, who last exhibited at the Fanciers’ Club Show some ten years ago, were here with a couple of bull-

dogs and a nice pom. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and congratulated the club on its show. Quite a large number of Christchurch visitors were present —Mr Hopkins with his Pete of Ruakuri, best Alsatian dog (Mr Hopkins, by the way, is keen to purchase Mrs BTremaine’s lovely Lori of Lorraine) ; Mrs Mitchell, wife of the secretary of the S.l. Bulldog Club, with best bulldog in show; and Miami Mrs N. Brosnan with two champion cockers —Benwick Tangle (best clog or bitch in show) and Renwick Nugget (best black cocker;. Although advised not to enter anything for the Fanciers’ Show, Mr Brosnan seemed well pleased that he had allowed the advice to pass unheeded. The two cockers just mentioned and the one brought down by Mrs Nicholl (grand champion Benwick Gleam) are all champions and all from one litter, a feat of which any breeder might well be proud. And not only are thev champions in the show ring, hut they arc trained field workers too, and the extent to which they are under command was amply proved by their wonderful behaviour before the photographer last Saturday morning. To have her photograph taken as best in show Tangle was correctly posed (out in the street among a host of strangers), her collar and lead were removed, and her owner walked away and left her; and she never so much as moved a foot until the camera clicked. To still further improve on the performance Mr Brosnan then placed the black dog Nugget in the centre, with the two blue-roan bitches I'anglo and Gleam on either side. .HI were entirely without collars and leads, and posed to perfection; and so they

stood until the photo was taken, a rather marvellous performance so far as local owners arc concerned. The judge, Dr Al’Killop, a specialist on the breed, ia firmly of the opinion that these two bluc-roan bitches rank among the finest cockers in the Commonwealth and New Zealand. Only two Irish setters were shown, but both were beautiful specimens. The dog, Air M‘lutosh’s (Christchurch) Gayhurst Lad (best opposite sex in show), is now nearly a champion, having done a very considerable amount of winning lately; and the bitch, Mr Samson’s Kerry Quail, ia about the best coloured Irish setter seen out in Dunedin. She was made best puppy in show, all breeds. Labradors, another sporting section, were strong in numbers as well as quality. Airs Reid, of _ Ranfurly, benched four very fine specimens, her Don Caesar of Ivanhoe being made best of the breed; a splendid type of dog this. Her two puppies, however, were unlucky to meet such a fine representative of the breed as Aliss Hart’s Rajah, who was made best puppy. Aliss Hart has practically made up her mind to bench Rajah at Oamaru iu August, where lie will doubtless hold his own quite easily again. Another visitor to carry off the special for best of the breed • was Mr Vernazoni’s (Christchurch) Irish terrier, Rich ley Raider, a typical specimen of the breed.

In fox terriers, too, the specials went to a visitor—Mr S. Browne’s bitch Wangarei Cloud, from Oamaru. The judge (Mr E. AV. Pollard), a fox terrier specialist, thought Cloud most typical of her breed, but a trifle small. Mr Browne himself made a point of coming down to the show (he was exhibiting pigeons as well as his dogs), as did several other North Otago fanciers, including Mr J. Forrester and Mr and Mrs Spiers. Airs Nicholl came down from Ashburton with gd ch lleuwick Gleam, which she purchased some time ago and sold to Major Thorn, of Sydney, on whose behalf she was shelving the bitch; and ch Cobnar Pip (imp.), her own stud dog. This dog has been very freely discussed locally.

and several Dunedin cocker breeders came down to the show to see him for themselves. lam more than pleased to say that each of them sincerely admired him. There can bo no two opinions in regard to his undoubted quality. In the non-sporting _ section Mrs Jerry's champion collie Backwoods Flower imp. carried all before her, being one of the last three in the ring in the contest for best in show. Her coat is really marvellous, ns is her daughter’s, Moonbeam of Glen Avon, best collie puppy, although Moonbeam is built on rather coarser lines than ho.r very aristocratic mother. Another visitor, Mrs Reekie, of Milton, carried oif the honours in collie dogs with her Rajah of Lochiel. Another Milton visitor was Mr M‘Leod, with his beautiful St. Bernard bitch Princess Betty, which exhibit created an enormous

amount of interest, this being the first time one of these dogs has been shown here.

Mr E. G. Price is considerably elated at the success of the exhibits at the show he had a hand in preparing—they collected something like twelve firsts and three or four seconds and u third, a list of wins of which anyone might justifiably be proud. Mr M'Cutchcon, a newcomer to the ranks of local breeders, is very proud of a litter of Alsatian puppies be has at present. These are from his Baroness of Leithval, by the Wellington champion, Duke of Lcehaven, and are the first puppies by this popular North Island stud dog to make their appearance in Dunedin. There were three dogs and one bitch in this lot, but the dog died shortly after birth. Of the remaining trio the bitch is to be sold, while the dog, Baron of Luxembourg, has already found a new home. One puppy is practically all black and is to lie kept by his breeder, who has great hopes of him. Dir DPCutcbeon has chosen the name of Black Duke of Luxembourg for this follow, and ns be is a novice at the breeding and showing game it will be most heartening if Duke proves a good one. Dir Jones, of Irish setter fame, has a lovely litter of six (five dogs) a much better percentage of the saleable sex than ho had last time. Both his dog and bitch are beautifully bred, and the puppies from their last Inter are going to make a name for themselves with uo bother. This lot will doubtless be just as good.