THE KENNEL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1902, Page 3

THE KENNEL.

(BY CANIS.)

I have been amongst the fox terriers a good bit of late, but I still have another new item or two to chronicle in this use-' ful breed. Mr W\ B. Hall showed me this morning a very nice young bitch , as yet unnamed; but she is well bred, being by Glendon Trap, recently imported from the well-known Sydney breeder and fancier, Mr H. Moses. The liam is Hauraki Haeremai. She has "a nice head, good punishing jaw, good coat, very good body and very fair legs and feet. I could not catch her at strict attention, but Mr Hall informs me her ear carriage is as a general rule very good. Mr Hall next.showed me a very nicely marked litter of ■young puppies, but being only a fortnight old they are of course too young to predict their future. These are also by Glendon Trap—Hauraki Lady Norah.

I always take a great interest in a good working collie, and more especially when that collie is a pure-bred one. I have just received word from Mr Sharp, of Ramarama, through Mr C. Peek, of Ponsonby, who recently returned from a visit to the former place, that Mr Sharp owns a collie by Picton Great Scot, which works both sheep and cattle with the very best of them; in fact, says Mr Peek, the dog can do almost anything but speak, and Mr Sharp is immensely proud of him. Some two years ago I saw a photo, of this dog taken by Mr Peek. He is only a moderate specimen so far as show points are concerned, ana ir I remember rightly was bred by Mr A. T. Weldon.

They do some rather funny things at the New Zealand Kennel Club, and the latest, viz., that of disqualifying a dog and removing the disqualification a few minutes afterwards, is not the least remarkable. The following information clipped from the "N.Z. Field" will probably be read with'interest by Auckland fanciers:

At last the somewhat notorious Herod case has been before the New Zealand Kqnnel Club, and the dag disqualified under Rule 12 during the pleasure of the club, which pleasure was only of a few minutes' duration. That the case should never have been before the club at all is the thought most prevalent in the minds Of most of the delegates present at the meeting, and this case only goes to prove the truth of the old saying, which the lady exhibitor must have had very often in her mind of late, viz., "Lord, preserve me from my friends."

The charge brought against Mr P. Hunter, the judge at the Carterton show, where the alleged faked dog was shown, was (as we have endeavoured in these columns to point out it would be) dismissed. Thi3 left no option with the Vigilance Committee but to bring the charge of trimming the dog before the general meeting, and to recommend that the exhibitor be dealt with under Rule 12 for dishonourable conduct in respect of having- shown a dog which had been improperly tampered with.

Anyone who has or does own collies must recognise the folly of bringing the dog up to be examined by those present at a meeting; held almost two months after the show was held at which the dog- was shown. Mr J. O. Lilly, the secretary of the club, could have called a meeting for the following week, and he could have had the dog examined by one or more of the Government veterinary surgeons immediately after its return from Carterton, and their opinions and the reasons for the same could have been laid before the club in writing. But this was not done.

Some remarks at the meeting of the New Zealand Kennel Club re Mr Clifford Bramah's award to the same dog at Wanganui led us to ask that gentleman for an explanation, with the following result:—"Knowing that the case of Herod was before the N.Z.K.C.. I save the doe: his position subject to the finding or ruling of the club in that case, knowing that if the do,? was disqualified for the Carterton show business the disqualification would apply. to Wanganui as well, and thus my decision would not influence the finding- of the club." To this Mr Lilly may retort that the disqualification was removed forthwith and therefore could not apply to Wang-anui; but still we think with Mr Cllfford-Bramah that the disqualification applies to all shows from Carterton till the time the disqualification was removed on the motion of Mr K. E. Bannister.

I hear that the local Kennel Club are likely to lose their present secretary, Mr E. J. Sexton, who has held the post only 12 months, though very successfully. MrSexton finds it impossible to spare the necessary time required.