THE KENNEL.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9438, 9 June 1896, Page 2

THE KENNEL.

■-■«■ "Weekly Press and Referee. *' With reference to the Dunedin show tht number of entries to make full classes ia the dog section <wm - altered thus r—Six entries to constitute a full class; prin money to be, first £1, second 103; whetthere are four entries in a olasa, first prize 10s ; second ss; where there are two entries, first'prize ss, second certificate; and .here one entry only, a certificate is given. I hear that the young Collie, Holyrood, who took first prize in the novice and puppy olasses at Wellington last year, is likely to be sold by Messrs Horrax and Harrison to go to Invercargill. ■The Southland P.P. and D. Society -M voted the sum of £3 3s for the New Zealand Kennel Club challenge Trophy. At a meeting of the committee of the Dunedin Fanciers' Club Mr Jowitt reported that the dog committee after considering the various document received from the Kennel ■ Club, bad on the whole approved of them, with some alterations and other propo-h" which he explained. The Report. *« approved of, and the secretary autbijrlMd-O report the matter to the Kennel.CTub. In rabies a dog never foams at its tongue and lips are brown and,l)|rd*look* ing, the discharge from the mouth, fa ao*" n quantity, brownish in colour, VMinfi \ about the lips like strings of gum } "the eye* i have an unnatural glare. In appg?e>jr & crt j is a sudden loss of power, the cither partially or wholly insensible. «•* | eyes are fixed and bloodshot, thehreathm| is heavy ; there is no foaming -.$«-•*»»' there is no unusual discharge of BidWfc In epilopsy the dog is seen to tremble ju^» the fib is coming on. If the ,do£.£-f j" move he falb* on one side, his jaws '.«!«- ~ champ.; violently; all are powerfully convulsed j - utters--'.harp, short cries, sAiaa \ there is a copious discharge ot wh '*?sy?f saliva ; the gums are of a pate le_3«? W* ; When recovering from an epileptic fit tne ao« * has a bewildered look, the eyes -AyiDs»*£ and stupid expression.— tyt„ "Rftth.e^*" 1 the Animal World. . ' .. v Kennel matters in Southland- «•« * looking np. A writer in the Southland M*» sayp :—Still they come ! I underatanrt uj several more good dogs are in tho Ooui» transit, or commissions baveobeen theii* purchase for lowly fanciers. ~"?y these are a rough-coated 'Cbllfe for -*-* **£ Moffett, from Sydney, a Fox Terrier tot W. Masters, from Wellington, * b «° * tan English Terrier for Mr W. Melbourne, a Retriever bitch fo. v *. Macdonald, from Wellington, and ft W coated Collie for Messrs Brodie and B*"» from Wellington. -^ ; *"