CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4039, 16 February 1892, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

a Plaintive Growl!

[to ihe editor.]

Sib,—lf your townspeople intend to have a Dog Show this year I would respeotfully suggest that the Committee should adhere to the modest and honest plan of only offering such prizes as they can afford to pay. My experience of the last Dog Show in Masterton was funny—very funny, I sent a dog at some expense, it gamed a prize supposed to amount to a few shillings, but beyond a " collect" telegram from the Committee (sent by their own accord, but at my expense) advising me of the fact, I have heard nothing more of the matterneither certificate nor money have followed. The latter item is not of consequence, the Committee probably need it more than I do, but they might have sent me something in the way of an award oard, They could have posted it without stamps, if that were the difficulty, and I would have paid at this end, rather than have submitted them to an expense beyond their means. But, still, perhaps I should not complain, I got my dog bacjt, and that was something, True, someone admired a rather nice padlock which was on his collar, and it still remains in Masterton; but things might hfive been worse. I daresay you won't believe it) Mr Editor, but it is a solemn fact that that dog did not reoover his natural dignity of manner for nearly a week after he returned, and I really don't think he would oare to go near your place again, I will not publish my name with this letter, but you o»n see what it is by the oard I enclose, and you can also know by my identity that I am not likely to distort the material features of ray experience of your Dog Show people. By-the-way, tell your Committee that as the thing has gone so long, they need not trouble at this stage to " take round the hat." They can, instead, put me down on their subscription list for t|ie amount; tboy may also have tbe benefit of the padlock, which was rather a good one, if they come aoross it, Who was the Secretary of the concern, do you know? And then, too, does he prosper, or is remorse jilowly undermining his constitution, and making existence a curse to him, Do you know, it wild not be inappropriate retribution if that Committee and that Seoretary ultimately " Went to Ihe dogsl"—to the Bemnition bow-wows, —I am, etc., " DESKE BKOTO," Wellington, 13th Feb, 1802. \