KENNEL CLUB SHOW.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4137, 27 August 1900, Page 6

KENNEL CLUB SHOW.

NOTES ON THE GLASSES. The annual shew of the Wellington Kennel Club was continued at the Drillshed on Saturday, when, despite the,-; cold and wet weather, there was a good attendance visitors. In the evening the lighting was too poor to enable the do~s. to be inspected with any profit. , Taking the catalogue order, mastiff;formed the first section. Only two representatives of this breed were benched, and the winner, T. H. Barlow’s Lion, w-as a fair specimen. The single Newfoundland, A. Field’s Caesar.- .was also fair in quality. St. Bernards were a good class. Tire winning puppy, C. Jacob’s Jacobi, was well-grown and excellent all round. In the dogs or bitches class, T. H. Brown’s Bruno, which took first prize, had a pinched muzzle, and his teeth were gone through age. Second honours went to H. Snell'.-/. Cuba Nero, a good puppy, with a rather long fore-face and no dew-claws. In the opinion of Mr J. Horrax. the judge, tne greyhounds were the finest ever shown in Wellington. He was specially impressed with the lovely quality of 8.. Canning’s Lady Ranfnrly, whom lie described as an almost perfect animat. W. . Dalziel’s Trilby he also considered to be a fine slashing hitch- Among the puppies. W. Daizifil’s Pearl showed grand quality. : with good feet. A. D. -Mclntosh's Acme, the winning dos. was perfect iy true fore and aft. Although old. "\V. Dalziel’s Rifleman was still beyond doubt a workman. The judge also remarked .on the fine quality of G. A. 1 Hill’s Chester, one of last year’s win-j

ners, but now too old for high honours on the bench. The collie classes were well Idled, and contained several good .specimens. Mr R. Wark, the judge, found that coarseness of bead and insufficient darkness of eye were noticeable defeeisin many of the, animals. The champion dog. ,1. Horrax’s Hereward, was a long distance in advance of his opponent;;. A similar remark may he made of the .same owner’s Honeymoon, the champion hitch. In the puppy dog class tiro youngsters, J. Jennie's Ansit:d and Viking, mat.e their dehut, and were a credit to their breeder, W. Neill. They were placed equal first, there being scarcely any difference between them. With fair luck, they should he heard of next year in the adult classes. The non-winning dogs class was headed by Austral, of whose superiority then' was no doubt. The class for non-winning hitches was very poor. In the open class ior dogs Hereward won easily. ,1. F. Mills’s Poneke Ariki was so much overshot that it almost amounted to a disqunl.fieatiou, otherwise he was a very line collie all over. Honeymoon had no trouble to gain first place in the open class for bitches. Her cats might with advantage have been smaller, ami a darker eye would have also improved, her. She was, however,found good enough to he placed equal first, in the competition for best dug in the show, with VV. Pollard’s Irish setter Dnckenlield Don. Mrs G. H. Thomas’s Thomas Gip was second in the open class for hutches. She was rather small, hut of fair, quality, and had excellent ear carriage. The colonial-bred dogs class contained previously-judged animals, which were placed in the same order. .1. W. Davidson’s Royalty, placed third, was not in good coat, and might well have h.-en darker in the eye, but bad a nice head and fine ear carriage. In the colonial-bred hitches class Thomas Gip advanced to first place, and Mrs McEwen’s Peggy began to show herself, and got up to a higher position than K,:e attained in previously-judged classes. The two hoarded collies shown, Miss I. Nathan’s Rough Blind and Mrs MeEwen’s Crofton Ladye, both had merit, and were awarded an equal first.

When questioned as to the classes which, he judged, Mr E. De Latour said the pointers were not. very typical .specimens, and Dr Kendall’s Tipperary was far and away the best of them. In the Enodish setters, Paid Hunter's Belton Rock and other entries stood out conspicuously in good classes. W. Pollard’s Irish setter Duckenficld Don would win at Cork, the very home of the red setters.. The others were some distance behind . him. The Gordon setters were scarcely up to the mark. Apart from J. 11. 11. Coates’s Bean, the flat, or wavy coated retrievers were rather poor. The. clumber spaniels did not have the colour which: should distinguish, the breed, and the cocker spaniels were rather heavy. Putting weight on one side, There wore, one or two good cocker spanigls. A. HendcAon’s held spaniel Mastcrtou Starlight was .beautiful iu shape, but the coat was inclined to he curly. The fox-terriers included some ■; very nice animals. In the case of the majority of the,-exhibitors the characteristics of the breed did not seem to he known. (Some of the better dogs gave proof of .the good work done by Mr R. Triggs .in I improving the breed in this (district., A j dog of,his breeding, A. R. Iloldship’s I Tricky D'Orsay, was the champion of j the section. This dog afforded a good I model to fanciers who required to have ; their ideas about fox-totriers modern--i ised. In the judge’s opinion he would hold his own in England. It was'suggested on Friday that one of Tricky D’Orsa.y’s ears had been tampered with, I hut on examination it turned out Unit ! eczema, was the cause of the marks i which led to the objection. C. 11. Et. i Hill’s Torero was also favourably re- | garded by the judge. The latter was i surprised at the small number of wirei haired ■ fox-terriers benched. The wiu- * nor.- Bayley’s John,, was of the right i size, -with a good cial. and a nice I tan-markc... head. Mis M. A. Slewart’s I leather Birkie ■ was a, good Kent- : t.ish terrier: the others were of : fair , quality. Tile Irish Teniers varied very i much in merit. The champion, Moori house and Hunter’s- Mouklaud Terence, if a little too large, was vet a beautiful dog. The best hitch was E, Shaw’s Blarney Vixen,-which was caged with .a litter of puppies, and was on exhibit’oll only. Airedale terriers were a good class, and R. McCulloch ■ and Dr Newman shared first honours. None I of. the bull-terriers : were typical. A. McKcllar Wix’s White King Jim was over-weight, and had a chest which ivould not disgrace a man. G. 11. Goodall’s Bif and Vanity Fair and MEs ■*. Douglas’s Bill Svkes were the pick of the bulldogs. The faults in this section were poor feet and - Jack of scowl and wrinkles. Similarly, the pugs did net possess the characteristics that should ho expected in the breed. Dr Anson won in the Dsn die Dinmont class with Elihank Peter, a very good dor'. A. B. Stewart's deerhounds were excellent, and should not have been lost as it were, in a variety class. There should he a deerhound section at future shows. The children exhibited a pleasing collection of canine -pets, which wore shown' in a condition that reflected great credit on their owners. Doris Herman’s Japanese poodle Gyp looked for all the world as if it had .just come out of the Lowther Arcade, the Loudon toy paradise. A nice little do- was Miss Rachel Gillies’s black and tan terrier Jack. In the course of some central remarks, Mr De Latour said that shows were held for our instruction and amusement. While there was no fixity of standard in judging at colonial shows, it should he remembered that the object of the shows was “not to pat each other on the hack and give each other's dogs prizes, hut to bring forward models of what at the present day it is necessary to breed to.”