THE KENNEL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 303, 23 December 1898, Page 3

THE KENNEL.

(By Can is.)

| What appears to be a positive cas< .of suicide of an Irish Terrier is report | ed by Mr J. P. Nichols in 'The Field, jMr Nichols was passing Avhat i: | known as the Banjo Groin, Brighton (when he noticed the dog in a fit. It j a few minutes it got up and ran abou jas if nothing had happened. The do£ then made a rush over a 15 feet higi: embankment which runs along tK« beach and fell on the stones below. Ii then after a time got np again, but ' was presently seized with another fit A cyclist who was passing took it , carefully up and held it for the waves to revive it. The animal after a timt seemed to recover once more, and began to leap at the sea wall, which, however, it could not reach, and becoming fatigued seemed to show signs of another attack. •It then made straight for the water, and after making a few half-hearted strokes in the sea. it turned on its back as if resigned.to its inevitable fate, and made no further attempt to save its life. Mr Xichols finishes by saying he does not think the fall on the beach was an accident, and firmly believes the rush into the Water was a deliberate act to end its existence. In London in October last a lady's pet dog was run over in the street. The owner being anxious to know the nature of the fatal injury, sent tbe clog to the eminent veterinary surgeon, Mr A. J. Sewel, for a post-mortem. Whilst the boy was on his way carrying it to the 'surgery he was stopped ;by a policeman. 'Here, you,' cried the ; intelligent, officer. .'Why hav'n't you got that dog muzzled ?' The lad looked up in blank astonishment. 'Muzzled,' he exclaimed.' 'Yes. You know what I mean. Here, just come along with me to the police station, and give your name and address to the inspector.' The boy, tumbling to the humour of the situation, followed the policeman respectfully. At the station the inspector told the boy to put the dog down. The lad deposited the dog carefully upon the floor. 'What's the matter with it. Can't it stand up?' 'Xo, sir,' was the reply; it's dead.' Then the inspector turned furiously upon the crestfallen officer who had brought in the case, and the lad, with a smile of triumph on his face, picked up the dog and made the best of his way to Mr Sewell's surgery. This story, says 'Dagonet.' is absolutely true. It was Mr Guy Boothby, the novelist, who gave the big price of £300 (recently mentioned in my previous notes) for the bull dog Black Watch. He could only get third prize with him at the late Kennel Club Show. Dr. Russell, of this city, has imported by the lonic a pair of Irish terriers, dog and bitch. This new blood will be a decided acquisition to the colony, particularly if thej r are up to date in head. Mr B. Triggs is reported to be importing two fox terriers from Mr F. Redmond, the noted English breeder. They are by Daddy ex Dame Dolby and Dayrell ex Lyon's Hazelmay, dog and bitch respectively. The 'Stockkeeper' says': Dr. McGill, the Edinburgh Scottish Kennel Club's judge, disqualified two collies for having the tips of the ears weighted. I don't suppose any exhibitor would be foolish enough to take a dog into the ring with his ears weighted, but probably the two mentioned showed marks where the weights had appeared. The writer saw Mr J. C. Coupe, j the well-known Melbourne judge, send several collies out of the ring at one of the Sydney shows which showed j signs of having been weighted. The kennel news in the 'New Zealand Field/says: What is to decide' verj' slisrht unevenness of jaw. The j awner of a pig jawed dog will reckon ! half an inch overshot only a slight tin- I evenness, whilst the owner of a dog I with a perfect mouth will reckon a ; sixteenth of an inch pig jawed. I don't! :hink any unprejudiced person will go ' Lo such extremes. ■ I The paper just mentioned recently ' reported Mr Paul Hunter as having shown his setter 'Glenpark' Don' in the puppy class of the late Hawke's Bay show,although over age. It appears there was no puppy class for this breed at the said show, and the oaper now rightly apologises to Mr . Hunter for the mistake. .