FANCIERS' SHOW.

Evening Star, Issue 14636, 4 August 1911, Page 8

FANCIERS' SHOW.

'['he dog and poultry show held by the Dunedin Fanciers' Club is attracting excellent attendances by the public. To-day additional exhibits were benched, these being the cats and children's pets. These were even more numerous than in previous years, and there was very fair competition. In addition, Mr J. R. Hayn© showed (for exhibition only) a collection of over twenty Persian cats. Those were quite a contre of attraction to-day. Housed in special cages equipped with various feline comfort.*, these Persian* for the most part appeared oblivic.us of their proximity to their tribe's arch enemy the dog. Apparently the Persian cat is a fancy which bss caught an in Dunedin. The following is the prize list for the events judged today : CAT 3. —Persian Cats.— Blue, male.—Doreen Jefeoate 1. Blue, female.— Mies Jefeoate 1. ! Smokes, male.—Alice M. Fogg 1, Mrs 1 G. Thorn 2. Tabby, brown or grey.—J. Kerr 1. j Kitten, under 6 months.—lire Thorn 1, ! Miss Jefeoate 2, Master Jefeoate 3. j Neuters.—Mies L. Faulkner 1. I —Short-haired Cats.— j Dark tabby-—E. W. Jowsev 1, L. Ber> ! fell 2, Mrs Villain 3. ! Light tabby.—Mjhs K. Salter 1. j French light bLue.—Annie Skinner 1 and 3, Phyllis Luscombe 2. Black.—L. Smyth 1, G. Dicke] 2, C. I Gray 3. I Anv other color. —Aileen Hannah 1. W. | Grieve 2. j I Largest cat—C. Gray 1CHILDREN'S PETS. j —Rabbits.— i ! Long hair, white inair).--C. Spain 1, ■ ! Mi«s F. Eustace 2. T.. Bits 5. j ' ljong hair, u'jte.—F. Piimkett 1, G. | Dicke.lt and L Carter 2, C. Lane and K. ! I Bmirke 3. . . I ; Long hair, anv other color.—C. J. '■■ C. Moirat 2. ' "" i Short h:!ir, white.—o. Mowat 1. j Short hair, any other color.—R. O. | Douglas I, ,J. S. vV'ajhwe 2. G. Wheeler 3 ! Short ii.iir, white (pair).—J. Jarvis 1 I —Guinea Pig.'.— I Long hajr—J. M'Gonnrehie 1. j Long hair (pair).- -G. Gray 1 and 2. i Short, hair.—it. 0. Douglas. 1 and 2, J. M'Connochie. 3. Short hair (piir).—A. Douglas 1. —Bantams Game, rock or ca-kerel.—C. Ogg. Game. he:i cr pullet.—C. Ogg 1. S. Solomon 2, Kate Alexander 3. ' Rose comb, cock or cockerel.—Aima i Earc 1. W. Brown 2 G. Garden 3. j Bow corah, hen or pullet. —T. Manscll 1, i G. Garden 2. W. Brown 3. |

, Sebright, cock or cockerel.—J. Dav 1, J. W. M'Leod 2. Sebright, hen or pullet.—H. Day 1. Any other variety, rack.—H. Bruca 1. Any other variety, hen.—S. Solomon 1, J. Rodgerson 2. Btvt pair, any variety.—Mrs Henderson 1. Alma La.nc, 2, C. Robinson 3. —Special Prizes.— lie.-l Rabbit.— F. Plunkett. R«;>t guinea pig.—A. Douglas. Bc»st Persian cat.—J. Kerr. BeM Persian cat exhibited by lady.— Alice M. Fogg. J!.:.-i. short-coated cat.—Mies A. Skinner. Best game bantam (children's clase).—C Ot«]>e>t bantam ccck (children© clasf-l.—J. Day. Bty-t Bantam lien (children's class). —H. Ray. Rent pair bantams (children's class.—Mrs Hendejwn. Be.:t girl's pet,—Alma Lane. Rest boy't pot.---J. Day. THE DOGS. COMMENTS oFtHE JUDGE. Mr H. S. Kyle, of Chrifitchurch. who judged the dogs, had no hesitation in declaring fox terriers and bulldogs n.s the etronvruvt da&set! in the shem-. Fox terriers have always been popular with fancier.';, but the attention being paid to the bulldog seems <=til] to bo on the increase. Mr Kyle eays that a noticeable feature, of this show of bulldogs is the great impioveineiit in tho bitches, this collection being, in bv- opinion, the best that has yet been brought together in New Zealand. Mr S. Gardluun thowed Flounders in great bloom. ,i.n<l after mentioning her many splendid points Mr Kyle paid that Koirto miglit perhaps consider her a. bit coarse in the stern. Between Mr Adair's and Mr Watson'e bitches, placed second

and third, there was nothing to choose ;«, regards the i'nee, but Mr Adair'e .Mi.'Oitf'.onc excelled in bone. In tho juippif*. Mr Huftoii took first, second, .and third with bitches showing the true char-ai-tcn'pticti of tho breed, hut Moonstone wae the next best of her .sex in tho show to Flounders. Of the dogi=, the judge wild that Mr Mcnziee's Glenlodi Vicar (winner of the novice and New Zealand bre<l cLiseo/,) is undoubtedly one of the bet-f dogs bred in the id and, having a good head, being strong in the ribs, and ( good all through. " lie must be heard of again." remarked Mr Kyle. However, the imported Greenstone, owned by Mr Watfon. of Pahnersion North. retained pride of place us the best bulldog in the f bow. In fox terriers Mr Ellis, of Kaikorai, showed ;i. smooth-haired puppy bitrh. Kaikorai Kit, which won Tight ihiough her <'l,oKf«=. and finally defeated Mr Rogpn'is well-known dog- Sardonyx for the best tmooth-haired fox terrier in the show, capping everything by semiring the award iifi the befit fox terrier, either smooth or wire, haired, in the fhow. The. wire-haired fox terriers were mostly rather too eoft in the coat, which, a* Mr Kyle, remarked, should be " inbristly a.s a bit of coeoanut matting." Mr J. W. Thornton ecored firci* all along the line with his puppy bitch Moreland Mist rere. She is of the true terrier type. and Mr Kyle exports her to win further distinction. Her pi re. tho fame breeder's imported dog Rock .'■'. lit, won easily in the. open cinfE for dogs, and was placed ac the best wire-haired fox terrier in tho show. Moreland Monarrh. one of his pon.«. was entered in the puppy dare, but .spoilt his chance by refusing to ehow himself when in the'ring. The Irish terriers were not a numerous class. Mr Kyle declarer! that Mr Johnson's Allandale Pat was easily tho best Irish farrier in the show, and remarked that it was a pity he had been entered for the. novice; class only, as he was (it for better company, having the best head, the best coat, and trood feet and stern.

Most of the cocker spaniels arft pups. The judge pronounced most of ihom on the lartre side. Messrs Conn and TTariand*s Lady M'erval won in the bitch classes, excelling in head and in a. £oo«i dark eye. The runner-up, owned by Mr Bagshaw, is also a nico bitch, but failed in tail carriage. The. same owner, however, provided the lx?f.f, <ici» in Toronto Oho. Some of the cockers wexe not considered by the judge to be true coated, and some of them" wore really neither cockers nor field spaniels-. (Allies have not recovered the vogue they had a few years ago. Mr Hnyne's kennels provided a lino dog in Zealandia Jack, good all round, with a splendid coat, and shown in fine bloom. The same owner's older dog 3ra.lan-d.la Premier was nov in his best coat or condition. The judge found a very good specimen of the rough, collie entered in the class for smooth coliies. and, through this -unfortunate mistake of the owner, he was obliged to pass it by as wrongly entered. The working collie 3 were of a nondescript type. As to the sporting 1 hosts, there were (somewhat unaccountably) very few retrievers, bnt Master Ward's b'liw-k bitch was of a typo to stand competition anywhere, and was placed as the best retriever in the show. Neither were the setters anything out of the common, although Mr Pitlaway's English setter Major, a Blue Belton, shown in good feather, attracted Mr Kyle's favorable comment, and was placed by him as the best setter in the show. Pomeranians made a very strong classTho jndge declared that Mis Lswis'is team

would be very hard to beat at any show in Australasia. Her sabta dog, which van the award for the best Pomeranian benched, was in wonderful bjoom, and besides having an exceptional head, has very fine bone. _ [For the conclusion of yesterday's prizelist see page 2.]