COLLIE DOG TRIAL ASSOCIATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1906, Page 1

COLLIE DOG TRIAL ASSOCIATION.

DETAILED RESULTS

Tho full particulars of the contests held under the auspices of the Maryborough Collie Dog Ti-ial Association at the* Target Paddock on Friday and Saturday last are as follows:

Class No. I—Heading, Bringing Back, and Yarding; about 440 yards. Time, 15min. First prize, Association £8, and A. Wi%n £1 Is; second prize, ty- ©• Atk;nspn £5; third prize, W- L. Wastney £1- Is. P-oihV: ' Heading, 6; bringing back, 10; yarding, 14; total, 30. J. Henrickson's "Fritz"—s, 6, 8, and 10 points; total, 29—1st. T. Henry's " Ben "—6, 5, 7, and 10; total, 28—and Mclvenzie's "Jed" —5, 6, 6, and 10: to.tal, gß—equal, 2,m]. ' Wn Watsants " Black ''—5, 5, 7, and 10, total 27—and He,nry\s " Sharp " —6, 5, 6 10, total &7—equal, 3rd.

-Class No. 2—Man, with Team of Three Dogs, to drive sheep through three gateways, and back to starting point. Cpur&et to be marked l)y Ji»dg«i. First prize, Associatip.n £8, 6. Teschemakeiv £5, and R. Walker £2; second prize, Association £2, and T. Pound sen. £1; thjrd priae. Association £\. £ix sheep to be used. 0. Hare, 29 points, 1. B. J. Francis, 28, g.

M. MoKenaie, 27, 3. R. O'Brien and W. Lane, 26 each, 4. Class No. 3—Huntaway. with slew, through three sets of flags; about 500 yards. Time, 12min. First prize £8 and Mrs W.' fc. QJiffprd's trgph.yj jpIMQ £? ?s; second, £4; third, £2. Points: Huntaway, 10; under command, 14; style, 6; tqtaj, 3,0.. W. Watson's V Spec," 1. T. FlowersV'<Type,'; 2. §FSQIAL, PHIJJE9. Mr T. Pound's gold medal for the dog scoring the most points in the heading (open to dogs in the Awatere district west of Blairich) was won by T. Henry, whose two dogs did tli« work iii Jmjn, 8,. %\ Francis>s dog took' limin V arid M. Mclvenzie's If mm." " '

The Association's prize of £2 fur the best-looking hca^dtjd collie was won by- Mr McKenzie. T. Flowers's "Type 1'- won the As«t*ciation's prize of £2 for t]}£ best-look-ing rough-coated wU'w. Th« Cither, specials had not been allotted on Saturday.

The Association's prize of £2 for the best-looking smooth-coated collie was awarded to Mr Clearv, Mr ]<], A, Wood's prise of £1 Is for the. dofe under best command was taken by Mr Francis, who also annexed Mrs Alex. Mowat's £ronhy-all-round merit, •-*-•%

GUESSING COMPETITION. The guessing competition—weight of three sheep (two merinos and one halfbred) was won by E. F. Healy and P. Tancred, with a guess of 191£lbs; S J. Gill, T. Ingley and D. Buller being second with 1911bs each. The exact weig-ht was 191|lbs. By an inadvertent error we referred to Mr J. T. Mowat as performing the arduous secretarial duties. Mr Alex. Mowat should receive the, credit.