THE KENNEL.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9301, 31 December 1895, Page 2

THE KENNEL.

(Notes by Terrier.) The suggestion that a good all-round judge )f dogs should be invited out from England to judge at the leading shows in Australia and New Zealand has lately come to the front again in fanciers' circles, says the Australasian. It is an open question whether the various societies interested would be justified in incurring the expense of the undertaking, and for obvious reasons it would not be desirable to leave the matter to private enterprise. That the visit of a well-kuown authority would give a fillip to the fancy in Australia goes without saying, and there is no doubt a bumper entry would be obtained. In some breeds, where considerable diversity of opinion exists as to correctness or otherwise of certain awards, there would undoubtedly be great excitement over the results. One thing is certain—that if it is desired to invite a judge from England, the services of a really first-class man should be lecured, otherwise the special objeot of those

who are anxious to see the matter carried through will not be attained. Referring to the Wellington Show the Australasian s says :—The catalogue to hand is well got up in every way, but we regret to notice that the names of many well-known English and Australian winners aro made use of. We have frequently referred to the abuse of the registration rule?, and would again point out that unless tho different colonies unite and stamp out the system of using names already registered, it will bo impassible to prevent unscrupulous fanciers from gaining an unfair advantage over thoso who tire desirous of having a complete pedigree record published. " Wattle Bark," in the Melbourne Leader, in writing of the Wellington Show, remarks :—''The photograph of the Fox Terrier, Dusky D'Qrsay, by the world renowned English champion D'Oraay—Dusky Bee, shows him to be a handy sized, longheaded and straight legr'ed tenner. A small eye and well carried small ears are noticeable. His jaws seem also well formed and strong. Altogether ha looks one of the right sort. It is to be hoped that we will see this customer at the Exhibition Show next year. Hcrdwiek, the winning Collie i-i tho open class, is a face that we saw in Melbourne two years ago, when he got first in the novice class. Ho was, I believe, in bad health at the time, or lie might have scored higher We are told in stud advertisement that his sire has been imported to Australia at a cost of £500. I thought that that canard had died out. I would suggest to Messrs Harrison and Horrax that they withdraw the statement, or that they get a certificate of the truth of it." In the stud advertisement at the head of these notes no such statement is inside by Messrs Harrison and Horrax. There can ba no manner of doubt that the oldest fanciers of the collie in this country (says a London writer) are quite of the opinion that the present narrow-skulled collie, which seams to find favour in the eyes of mo3t judges of the "new school," is not a collie's head at all. Certainly it approaches that of the Borzoi. If the judges persist in favouring thi3 type they may yet tind that the old saying, " Penny wise and pound foolish," has a very deep meaning indoerl, when used in it 3 application to CCnlicS.