THE KENNEL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 35

THE KENNEL.

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Fancier! in.l breeders or dojpare cordially invited to contribute items to Ibis columu. "Terror" will eodea> our to make bis department a« lntcreitlng and np-to-date ai poolble, bat In order to do thin he mutt have"-tbe 00-oneraHou of Mi reader!, hence he iruits this invitation will be cheerfully ruponded to.

. — The following trophies of the New Zealand Fox Terrier Club are to be competed for at the Dunedin Show in June next : — Silver Challenge Cup, value _25g8, for thebest New Zealand- bred smooth fox terrier, in the show, winner to hold: same for one? -year ; Silver Shield, value lOgs, for the best .smooth-coated puppy in show, bred'' in New Zealand (present holder, J. M 'Shane, Dunedin); trophy, value sgs, presented' by M* C. .H. St. Hill, Hawkers Bay (to be won. twice in succession or, three times »t inter-, mis), for the best ptfppy bred in New Zealand,,, of opposite sex to the winner of the club's shield (present holder, Mr J. R. Dickieson, Dunedin) ; trophy value £4 4-s, for the best wire-hair fox terrier in the show (present-holder, Mr W. A. Napier) ; gold medal for the best smoothcoated novice, dog, or bitch, in the- show (winner of' puppy trophy debarred). All these trophies are for financial members of i the New Zealand Fox Terrier- Club only. ] — r The executive of the New Zealand Fox Terrier Club is cireularieing members informing ' them that an respect to the resolution' passed in September last— That a new wire-hair challenge trophy to the value or £25 be provided out of the club's funds, the trophy to be. competed for under the same conditions as the challenge trophy provided for the .smooths, donations have been | received and promises which bring the club's funds to date to the sum of £31 12s. The circular also states that with regard to another resolution passed at the same meeting — that four* breeders' cups be started to the value of £10 each — the- committee has. decided, in order to.provide for the trophies, to appeal to all members for donations. The following are the, conditions under which the proposed- cups are to be competed for : — 1. Four cups to; be .called the N.Z. ( Fox Terrier Club's 'Breeders' Cups and Sweepslakes, to be of not less value than £10 each ; , open to all members of'*tHe N.Z. Fox Terrier Ciubr-on payment ' of" 20s 'for each, cup com- . peted for by iox terriers bred an 3 owned 'by -the same exhibitor. '• ' 2. The 'cups to be one ,for each sex (wire and smooth), and cannot bs won more than .twice by, the same dog or bitch. A cup or cups shall become the property of- the first subscriber wlfo wins it five times. 3. When any. cup is won, the amount of subscriptions to that cup,, over and above the cost of Ihe, cup, engraving, postage, etc., shall be given as added money or sweepstake to the "winner. 4. The competition for cups and' sweepstakes shall be managed by the committee. Members may become subscribers as long as the cups are for competition, and may compete with an unlimited number of dogs. " * 5. The cups 'shall be offered for competition as often as the majority of the committee may elect ai any show held under conditions which meet with theis approval. 6. All winners must bear the expense of having their own and dog's names engraved on the cup. or the win will not be counted as such. No member shall ' be eligible to compete who has not paid his annual subscription. 7. Any of these rules may be altered by a majority of the committee at any time that they may consider it necessary. • —Mr E. Webster has a fine litter of fox (terrier -pups out of Mist by Ch. Glen Major (two dogs). ,—, — A remark by the New Zealand Farmers' kennel 'editor to the effect that he hopes southern fanciers will compete at the next season's shows [Presumably v North Island shows. — Terror.] calls for the rejoinder that the champion wire-haired fox terrier in New Zealand is held in Dunedin, also the best fox terrier bitch. Distinctions su6h as these are not gained by staying at hepne. ' ' — Next week I hope to .report on fox 'terrier limportatic/ns, -which . have come to the hands , of Mr' Fred Bogaii 1 from -the best English kennels. —A- collie Club has been formed in ."Wales with headquarters at Cardiff. , ' — As many -of pur readers are -aware (says the' English Kennel Gazette) St. Hubert's Day if observed in many parts qf Belgium, especially Jr> Brussels, with a religious cere- * mony. „ On the first Sunday in November , -one of these -remarkable religious services was heia in the Church of Our Lady, 'at Brussells. Huntsmen, wearing 1 full hunter's costume, attended a special mass, bringing with them a large number of hounds, and the music for the service included a performance on' huntsmen's horns. The players were under the leadership of a French specialist in the art of winding a horn, who that day celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his leadership. Ever since the institution of the special mass for St. Hubert's Day, huntsmen have been allowed to bring their hunting dogs to church with them, <md the function has become ouite an event, in hunting- circles. • — A humorous incident in connection with King Alfonso's shooting occurred at La Granja last autumn. His Majesty, in high spirits, laid several wagers with the ladies present, and it was noticed with great amusement that when the fair gamblers lost they never paid, while on the other hand they succeeded in winning 600 pesetas from the King. On reckoning up his losses the young monarch exclaimed, "Well, I have lost tojday, but please say nothing about this at 'home!" ' — Daring Exploit With Lions — Dogs to the Rescue. — According to the Advertiser of "East Africa, Mr C. Trichardt on October 8 saw four lions on Messrs Langridge and Taylor's ostrich farm on Athi Plains. He called Mr Langridge, and the two went - together to try to', shoot the lions. When -, the- two men approached three of the lions 1 made off, but the fourth, a half-grown | lioness, lay down ""and waited, charging twice when the men came 'up to within about 15ft of them. ' The farm dogs arrived land began to worry the lioness, whioh crept into a patch of bneh «ad tried Uk bide

behind the projecting roots of & tree. Messrs Langridge and Trichardt determined to try to capture her alive. They made a loop of raw hide rope, fastened it to a stick, and attempted at close quarters to pass the noose over the lioness's neck. They failed. The dogs were then set on to worry the lioness again, and while the brute defended herself loops were passed round each of her hind legs. The nooses were j drawn tight, and tho lioness held fast until i her other limbs were bound. "Then a cart ; was fetched," and the lioness hoisted into ifc and conveyed to the farm buildings. — The classical description of a dachshund is that it is "a dog two dogs long and half a dog high," but a small boy recently found a nejver way of accounting for the short-legged freaks. " Mrs X has got s. new dpff," he said " I think its legs is wore down short with running after the motor car."