KENNEL NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7318, 23 December 1910, Page 10

KENNEL NOTES

(By ‘Titzroy.") OFFICIAL OEGAX OF THE WELLINGTON KENNEL CLUB. Correspondence is invited from canine fanciers and othcra interested in tins column. Letters will bo treated conlulcnLiially, and questions answered (through the column) at the earliest opportunity. Correspondents arc requested to sign their names, but a uom dc plume may also be used if necessary. Loiters sltoulJ reach this olheo not later than tVedncsilmy for reply in the following Friday’s issue. t Mr H. Shaniy, secretary of the AVcllins'iou i'cx Terrier duo, advises mo that the following stud havo bwn nominated for tuc club's "Sires i’r-o-tluto Stake. 1911." ao-niiiiatioiis for which closed on tlio lath instant Akarana Ability, Tulloch, Arc! Uxoclon. diumpiou 11 i.■ iiuou major, Baby Uilix (imp.). Double Dust (imp.), _ Keflectw (imp. i, L'iownard Bunkum, Champion Diowiuu d Briggs. AVcstpomt i’a,rmer (imp.), Chamip.om Baby Cedric (imp.), Cliampioit Melbourne Hope, livery losterrier dog of note in JN'ew Acalaud, with the c-xoaptioa ol Ducal, has been entered, tints making the "Stakes" a, decided success. THE NEAA T BULLDOG SXAKDAKD. (Continued.) E'nrs (.15 -noints).—The cars should he f-mu-ii, thin, but not ixndulous, situated <i;t tiro top edge or the skmll, lar from tne eyes, and bet well apart from qavch cUher, ar> not to restrict the bread tJi ortho tskuil between them, yot bUttic*:ciiitJy high up on the/ skull to obviato any appearance of round or “ajiv pic*' heud'caness. In shapio they is'liould bo what is technically Known ns ■’rose/' i.e., folding a*t the back, tbo ldp> and i'n at backward and outward direcnon, thus exposing some pa<rt of tire burr or inner folds of the ear. <j'l any ■ailier are ob.icicv tionubio and -should bo discouraged, espG-cudly so the foxtorricr or “button" car (m which the- tip falls forward and h.des the rimer Idas), the bat car, the X>rickcd car, -and almost as much t,o mo "Ci(Jii)" oar, but i-css so tne sennX>rickccl oar, like ,tha<fc of a collie, which m many cases merely betokens an excess ox miuscic. A uag with only.>ue ear cannot wm a xn'JZO- - (10 po-nww).—*rh© eyes should X>la<ced low down, 'but quite in front of the forehead, ns far irom the -ears, from tile nose, and from each other ns possible, as long afi their position leaves me clearly deim-ed outlino. of the cheek bumjxs extending beyond «a-ud below them. They should he idaceid -at night angles to the vertical “furrow” running up the centre of the forehead, and very sv-girciy higher than me level of the base, of the- naisal borne.

Tho -eyes and eyc4ids must be absolutely free {from any of tiie indications of'a, “Dudley,” previously described. Thei eyes should be round, of moderate size, neither prominent) nor sunken .and intensely d-arJc, ax>peairing full of • life, intolligeiLca, and dotonurnatioii, and conveying a sour expression which suggests time the dog watl resent any, liberties being taken with him. Tho deformity known as "wall-eyed/* i.e., one eye of a lighter colour than the;. Krtlver/or eyes m which the iris is whitish, very* light grey, o-r eyes iiv whkii tho whites are distorted, or on on:e- side, is an absolute disqualification. A dog with only one eye cannot wm a» prize. BODY PROPERTIES >(110 points.) Keck and Dewlaps (5 points).—The neck should bo moderately short, very thick- set, deep, and {muscular; well arened n.t : tne ‘back, furnished with thick loose skin terming a dewlap on each side of tire thre-ac for A slight distance downwards from tho base of the lower jaw towards the. brisket. Brisket (10 points).—The brisket should be capacious, of groat depth . and breadth, and well let down between the arms. Cuost and Ribs (10 points).—The chest should bo of great width and depth, with well nounded ribs, giving tho animal r* broad and ts'hort-iegged appearance in front. Shoulders (15 points).—The shoulders should bo set on* low; thei points of'tho scapulae, or tops of the shoulder blades, net touching or evoa being close together. They should be-deep, and slope from their narrowest point at the edge of the back to their greatest breadth at the -elbows, and should indicate the possession of great muscular power. The barrel, formed of well-rounded ribs, cannot be too great in circumference (consistent with proportion), when measured. round tho chest behind the shoulder blades, and it should gradually taper off dn front of the- belly. Tho belly should bo we»ll tucked up and not pendulous, a small or narrpw waist, being desirable.