THE KENNEL.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1315, 13 May 1897, Page 28

THE KENNEL.

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MOTES.

[By Fancier.] The committee of the.AVellington Kennel Club have decided to invite Mr E. H. Cox, of Sydney, to judge their next show, provided suitable arrangements can-be paade. A lengthy discussion took place .before the selection was made, as a number of the members were in favour of employing a local -man. Mr Cox is a gentleman who will come to Wellington with a high reputation, having judged at Auckland last year, and also acted as one of the judges at the Easter show of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales this year, as well as being highly recommended by authorities on the other side, and one who is held in high i'i-i poet by his club.

The ic-licd-lies f>T Iho Wellington Show she fid be ready for distributi m in a day or two. They have been finally nvised, and should now give ample facilities for fanciers and bree'eifi of all classes. It is, without doubt, thcJuUcst. list that has yet been submitted by the club, if not by any club in llie Colony. I also feel sure that the ne w sryle of get up will be greatly appreciated .by exhibitors, who will find it much easier under the new style to pick out the class or classes in which they wish to show. In addition to this it has the advantage of being much neater than previously.

T am surprised to learn that the , Marlborough Society have applied to the New Zealand Konmd Club fora reduo'ion in the registration fee, which has bc.i n for some time past Is for each registration. This amount is paid to the club for entering the various particulars of Ihe dog in the Kennel Club Register and Stud book, and has been paid by the other local clubs without dissent. I hope the Blenheim club will reconsider this matter, and not take the step they suggest doing —to withdraw from the New Zealand Kennel Club—unless such reduction is made them, whioh I am sure, if given effect to, would greatly harm all concerned,

'the schedules of .the Invercargill and Blenheim Societies have been passed by the New Zealand Kennel Club schedule com* miltee, and will be ready for distribution immediately. Mr A.. G. Clifford, of Wellington, will bo the judge at the Marlborough society s shofr this year. It is also stated on good authority that the Dunedin club are negotiating with him at the present time to act in the above capacity for their forthcoming show. Mr Clifford’s long experience and high credentials possessed of shows that he has judged in the Old Country, should be sufficient guarantee that Mr Clifford, if appointed, would carry out his duties in a thoroughly satisfactory manner.

• - ' " a News has been received by the last mail that Mr A. W. J. Cook, the deservedly popular secretary of the New Zealand Kennel Club, has received the appointment of representative of the Queensland Kennel Club in this Colony. , ~

A few weeks ago I published a letter in these columns from Mr R, Triggs with reference to an extract that was taken from the Melbourne Leader, about the fox terrier Young Goldfiuder, recently imported by Mr W. Beilby, in which it was stated t hat the par was incorrect. I am now in a position to give the reply frem “ Wattle Balk," the writer of the above-mentioned extract, as follows *. —R. Triggs, Wellington, New Zea land.—The dog mentioned came by the s. Thermopile, not the s. Nineveh, as slated by youi The paragraph—and which you state is inaccurate —is perfectly correct. In writing of the dog reference was only made to an importation to Victoria. We have a fairly “ full knowledge" of the importations to Victoria. We have a fairly “full knowledge ” of the importations you refer to, but they do uot in any way interfere with the paragraph questioned by you.

From a recent issue of the Otago TViZness I take the following;—There are a bull terrier and bulldog on board the Waikato, now at Port Chalmers, for Mr Wilson, e-f Christchurch. The bulldog is a briudle, aDd a very fair specimen as far as I can see : the terrier is a very strong dog, but a ferociouslooking brute, and there was no getting near him. From what I could see, however, he is not what one might term really tip top.

The rough coated collie Market Ruff baa changed hands, Mr R. E. Bannister having disposed of him to Mr Bligb, who, I believe, intends placing him at stud.

Seeing that the question of the appointment of judges is occupying the attention of the various clubs throughout New Zealand at present, the following extract should be read with interest by ihose who are seeking for a judge. Referring to the appointment of judges in England the Stoclckecper says : “ When an ordinary show committee choose their judges they endeavour to divide the popular breeds among eminent specialists, and after awhile they have odds and ends of different vaiieties left over, and there they gather up together and put them in the bag of an all-round judge. For the purpose of lucidity we would divi ie the judicial.body as follows :—“ (a) The novice judge (who will perform because he has given a-special, or given a high price for a public' dog, or because he.is secretary of his clab,,',qrTj?Cause he calls : himself .a spprtsraan ..and: 'fancies himself), (b) The specialist judge.(who has bred and made one. or . more,;varieties his special study), (c) The ; reporter-judge (who is asked to propitiate-the press, and;because it is hoped that he will-temper the blast of his criticism to the shorn lambs of the showbench). (d) The all-round judge (who knows some breeds intimately, and is on bowwowing terms with all of them), (e) The master judge (who has been initiated into the my teries of .the ..fancy has passed successfully through the stages of breeder, exhibitor, handler,,critic, and.has progress iif!the craft'as to .entitle him to be raised 1 to the degree of umpire and ref tree* in cases of dispute). - ’

For the information of my readers I publish from- the : -‘L'eaderd~ r i)iif u Victorian Poultry anil Kennel Club's amended code of rules- ' to> champiohships £ (Revised 1897). ■ 'fChed.committee; of tthe Poultry:and Kennel > .Clnb .shall from time to time forward tp the,.governing.'bodies of all shows held under! the club’s rules ,a'list of shows .selected'by them,as being worthy ..to rank as two-point shows. A. first, prize at any one of such shows shall, for all purposes of a winners’ class qualification, count two points. A first prize at any other show held under the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club’s rules shall count one point. No dog shall be qualified to compete in a winner's clufs that has won fewer than six points at shows held under the rules of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club, or at shows registered in and for the Kennel Club Calendar au ! Stud Hook ’’ ; and no dog shall compete in an open elasi that is qualified to compete in a winners' class at any bliow where winners’ classes are provided for that brood. The prizes must be won in open classes provided for dogs of any breed or in varieties of the same breed, divided by weight, colour, sex or age, in adi.lt classes; and one of the prizes must be wen at a show held by the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club, or the Kennel Club of New South Wales, or at a championship show held under the rules of the Engli h Kennel Club. The shows of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club, the Kennel Club of New South Wales, the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, the Victoria St. Bernard, Mrs tiff and Ner*f..midland Club, and of the Southern Fox Terrier Club shall rank as two-point shows. All other shows held under the rules of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Ciub shall rank as one-point shows. The committee of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club may select each year two shows to be called championship shows, the show of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club to be one of them. At those shows a championship prize certificate shall be provided in such breeds or varieties of breeds as the committee of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club shall determine, and shall be competed for

without any extra entry fee, by the first prize winners in the winners’ classes and the Open classes of each of the breeds or varieties selected, the sexes to be judged separately. A winner of two championship prize certificates at championship shows shall have the title of Champion. N,B.— These rules, a* amended, shall come into operation upon Ist June, 1897, and any dog which shall have qualified previously to that date to compete in a champion class must compete in a winners’ class where such class is provided. Any dog entitled to be called a champion before that date shall not be deprived of his title.

Recent Australian exchanges speak particularly well of the English setter champion Richmond, lately imported by Mr D. C. Morpeth, of Victoria. He is a very fashionably bred deg, by Champion Sir Simon ex Mena 11., and is said to excel in head, ears, coat, and general outlines, is the correct size, and possessing" good-bone and substance. He should prove himself valuable to his owner as a stud dog.