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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1264, 21 May 1896, Page 28

Perhaps tin strongest argument in favour of the prohibition of docking in a breeder’s eyes, and the one least sugges tiveof faddism, says the Town and Country Journal, is that advanced by Mr Thorp Ilinks : “It was a fact that tails were made short simply for tho reason of giving good carriage. Jf they took of!a certain amount the tail would cock up." And again ; “ There was nothing achieved towards ‘improving tho breed’ of dogs by simply cutting off tho part it was not wanted to see." I expect to hear more of this matter, and trust that Mr Krehl’s prophecy may yet turn out a true one. It is announced in tho Stock keeper in a letter that the IJuisson Institute for tho prevention and cure of hydrophobia by vapour baths will be opened shortly in London. All patients will be treated gratis. Notwithstanding this new process an editorial note advises that anybody bitten by a rabid dog should go at once to the Pasteur Institute at Paris,