THE DOG.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1139, 29 May 1911, Page 3

THE DOG.

BY " BARNEY." la ■ —g]

, Fanciers and breeders of dogs are lnvMert to contribute items of interest to this column. Letters will bo treated confidentially, and questions answered at the earliest opportunity. Letters should reach this office not Inter than Wednesday for reply in Saturdays issue. licitce for advertisements to appear at foot of this column will be supplied on application at The Dominion Office. FOX TERRIER CLUB. The next monthly meeting of the Wellington j<'ox Terrier Club takes place at Messrs. Hawthorne and Horn's Rooms, 39 Panama Street, on Wednesday evening, June 7. The. meeting will be of special interest, as 31r. H. Muir's Ayrshire Peggy (smooth bitch), Mr. and Mrs. Winter's Tiko (smooth dog), and Miss A. Mills Poneke Shifter (wire-hair-ed bitch) will faco Mr. J. Philpot, who judged the fox -terriers at the recent parade, in order to compete for the Miniature Silver Cup, which was offered at the parade for best puppy under six months. Tho other trophies and medals, also the winning certificates, will be presented at the same meeting. Visitors interested in the fox terriers are always welcome. SIRES' PRODUCE STAKE. The following are the names of the stud dogs who have, so far, been nominated as sires for the "1912 Sires' Produce Stake" of the Wellington Fox Terrier Club: — 1. From Auckland—Mr. Elliott's Standart Rebuff. 2. From Auckland—Messrs. Wilson Bros.'s Blowhard Bunkum. 3. From Wellington—Mr. F. Reed's Redesdalo Corinthian. 4. From Wellington—Mr. aud Mrs. Winter's Tnkarangi Nelson. 5. From Wellington—Mr. H. Shanley's Newcastle Warlike. G. From Wellington, Mr. H. Shanley's Myrtleton Magician. 7. From Dunedin —Mr. J. W. Thomson's Double First. 8. From TJunedin—Mr. J. W. Thomson's Raby Oxlip. t). From Dunedin— Mr. J. W. Thomson's Ch. G.lendon Major. 10. From Dunedin— Mr.. J. W. Thomson's Rock Salt. 11. From Christehurch—Mr. W. Perry's Ruthven Tipster. 12. From Nelson—Mr. A. G. Betts's Birchley Belvoir. 13. From Wanganui—Mr. J. T. Sinclair's Akarana Ability. 14. From Wanganui—Mr. J. T.. Sinclair's Tulloch Aid Oxodon. The above are for smooth progeny only. 15. From Auckland—Mr. G. R. Hutchinson's, jumv, Ch. Blowhard Bricgs. 16. From .Dunedin— Mr. J. W. Thomson's Rock Salt. 15 and 16 are for wire-haired progeny only. FOX TERRIER CLUB'S TROPHIES. Mr. Kyle liar, been appointed judge of the fox terriers at the forthcoming Dunedin show. This is a very important appointment as the New Zealand Fox Terrier Club's trophies are to bo offered for competition at Dunedin. Perhaps for the. first time since the club was started the whole of the trophies are held by one member, Mr. 11. G. Makin having won them at the last Wellington, show with the aid of Birchley Belvoir and Birchley Bridle. Birchley Belvoir is as good as ever, b\it unfortunately Bridle died on Christmas morning in giving birth to two puppies. THE BULLDOG. I have been approached several times, since commencing this column, by various fanciers, to publish a series of English standards. Some of these would occupy too much space, to be given completely, in one issue. They will, therefore, be published in sections. The first ono to be dealt with, naturally, is the bulldog, and below will be found tho first section of the standard issued by the Bulldog Club (Incorporated), of Groat Britain, dealing solely with the general appearance, and the head: — (1) The general appearance of the bulldog is that of a smooth-coated, thickset dog, rather low in stature, but broad, powerful, and compact. It's head strikingly massive, and large in proportion to the dog's size. Its faco extremely short. Its muzzle very broad, blunt, and inclined upwards. Its body short aud well knit; the limbs stout and muscular. Its hindquarters very high and strong, but rather lightly made in comparison with its heavilymade foreparts. The dog conveys an impression of determination, strength, and activity, similar to that suggested by the appearance of a thick-set Ayrshire or Highland bull. (2) The skull should be large—the larger the better —and in circumference should measure (round in front of the cars) at least the height of tho dog at the shoulders. Viewed from the front, it should appear very high from the corner of the lower jaw to the apex of the skull, ami also very broad and square. The cheeks should be well rounded and extend sideways beyond the eyes. Viewed at tho side, the head should appear high and very short, from its back to tho point of the nose. The forehead should bn • flat, neither prominent nor overhanging the face; the skin upon it and about the head very loose, hanging in large wrinkles. (3) The temples, or frontal hones, should bo very prominent, broad, square, and high, causing a deep, wide groove between the eyes. This indentation is called the "stop," and should bo both broad and deep, and extend up the middle of the forehead, dividing the head vertically, being traceable to the top of tho skull. (4) Tho eyes, seen from tho front, should be situated low down in the skull, as far from the ears as possible. Their corners should bo in a straight lino at right angles with the "stop, and be quite in front with the head. They should be wide apart as possible, provided their outer corners are within the outlines of the,chocks. They should be quite round in shape; if moderate size, neither sunken nor prominent, and in colour should be very dark, almost, if not quite, black, showing no white, when looking directly forward. (o) Tho cars should be set high in the head—i.e., the front inner edge of each ear should (as viewed from the front) join the outline of the skull at the top corner of such outline, so as to place the ears as wide apart, and as hii'h, aud as far from the eyes as possible In size, they should be sma and thin. The shape termed "mm car is most correct. The rose ear folds inwards at its back, the upper, or front nl.ro curving; over outwards and backwards, showing part of the inside of the burr.