KENNEL NOTES.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1509, 31 January 1901, Page 36

KENNEL NOTES.

BY TE KURIAROHA.

(All communications should he addressed to the Kennel Editor.)

Coincident Tritit the establishment of ■the Commonwealth f Australia an * fc“” C) Narrow-mindedness should laid aside. broadening of th^ n wh« lU lia«> r shaped the -Sours© of tie fancy hitherto in their rejgpective colonies should awaken • an< j lead) towards - higher plane ggeado* waiting to •yrard and upward, or, faiimg h ment, of being displaced by the & row n and broadening of public opinion.^ * *

No time should be lost in considering the future position of tne fancy in he Oom-mon-wealth states, t? 0 , idle away time. An effort should ac once he made by tie governing bodies «£ fancier matters in the states to coa in objects, laws, and influence, combined effort the fanc> ml dwindle, in and reputation. The Hon. Sec. of tie New Zealand' Kennel Cluib notifies that all dogs, an tie owners thereof whrcn were at the Palmerston. South A. and P. Assooiatiion’s show have been disqualified during the pleasure of the i . . *** * . *

A valuable addition has beera made to the Irish terrier ranks by the arrival or Mr Ralph Clifton’s, of Victoria, recen^.pnrrohased Had, la e Its T Wonder and Towers Lady, late .vine Knd Jo, ’at Melbourne. The terriers ■muter notice were to them Sred’by the White Star liner AbergroS at' South I:i b a "*0 has kindly undertaken to look, after the dogs as a. mifffvrL Towers Lad is a larger _ S San, Victorians have been atill, here is a dog gust fresh from tne testing ground, where, he has i t «y! d lt Te lhl °«al 6S Palac g e .in October last, a fortnight beiore slnp ment, lie won. in both bis classes under the jurisdiction of Mr J. 5 well-known and popular Irish ter S-ecialist. Towers Lad has a few _of Se greatly needed qualities wanted £^ g vk. colour, coat, front, eyes ears, W a arand bead. , He was whelped May 1899, and was first shown at 190) *>uhliii Royal Show, in puppies where fee won, and it was at this show that Mr Frank Clifton saw and purcha.-c fcimTfor English shows. However, the arrival of our Charter? Towers fancier on the. scene resulted m the »Sch-needed ctiaup of blood B^ltonwo^ k»r pedigree we find the names o ftSe champions whose reputations are well known to every Irish terrier breeder » gl viz.,. Champron e MibW Exedinhill, and Brickbat, lhe bitcn is more to Wralian fancy, in size, and won one first, a special, a second, mA a third; but she is more as a. matna than a show terrier that it is expectg see her shine. It is satisfactory fee able Ao report that her visit. to (Bkampion Munster Grip before leaving ITTstralia huj hceu suGuessful, & *»ion that suited her eo_ well before. At She time of arrival she had not whelped, Sot her time must be nearly up, an , unfortunately,, the served dates are n knewn here. - -

During my visit, writes ‘‘Wattle Bark, fcril see the above pair I had an opporof handling Mr Beilby’s recentlyp£? of smooth ■ fox-temers, »»dlej Do Baaan and Dudley Faith, a Springing with them the best Wood Oaesari* and True. Both ar# wwrthy progeny of the*© two grawd, SSSlly good i* the : dpg t w;a v typftalSrtSier; From head to heel he show beautiful quality in formation, b*® 1 ®, S obat Hia head is the mosf perfectJfformed one I have ever seen, strength §r it* characteristic, yet oombmed with gjreat shapeliness. A» Dudley Do Bazan Srired here as ameire puppy, Mr Beeillw f « luck in getting • dog of this charSter is mar rollon*. When dog ggmes before the pubho I have no doubt the opinion now expressed will be endorsed by our fox-terrier experts. T 7 e : ■* --* ■ w •

touahe* opon an important auecation in the Sydney “Morning Her. *Sd” re the weight of cooker spaniels. Be hopes to see the clubs arrive at a nnanimous decision as to his question, toad 1 hope the N.Z.K.O. will also tali £vt. with the decision arrived at by the olpba on the other aide.