THE KENNEL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22832, 17 March 1936, Page 2

THE KENNEL

By Breeder.

“ Breeder ” will bo pleased If dogjwnera and others concerned will forward him notes of interest for hia conlideration with a view to their insertion in this column.

The Zealandic, now at. the Victoria wharf, brought from England a very good specimen of an English springer spaniel consigned, I understand, to Mr J. K. Manchester, the captain of the 1935 All Black football team. ' This breed is steadily gaining in favour with sporting men throughout the country, being noted for its retrieving abilities. Mrs L. Barton’s Sydney silkie bitch Fatiraeh (Digger Prince—Wendy) has whelped a splendid litter of two dogs and two bitches to her kennel mate Mangawhare Michael (Digger Prince —Mallard Floss). The pups are a very even lot with beautiful tan markings. One dog is already bespoken. Mrs Barton has also in her kennels a very promising two-months-old bitch puppy by Digger Prince ex Waimate Sally Sally is a litter sister to ch Mangawhare Baby. Last week Mr D. Brain landed from Australia a young Samoyed dog, bred from imported parents. Mr Brain has now a mate for his' fine bitch White Princess of the Yukon. . Fanciers can look forward to this breeder benching some nice Saraoyeds in the near future. Mrs E. G. Price’s fine Irish setter bitch Princess Nuki (late Kerry Princess) has visited Mrs S. Cook’s great winning dog Rajah, by Mick, ex Inglestone Peggy. Nuki was one of the best young bitches seen out at last year’s shows, while Rajah was awarded best in show, all breeds, out of 300 odd dogs at the last Otago Kennel Club show, this being a record entry for shows held during 1935. This mating should produce some high-class puppies. In Mrs Price’s hands they will receive every chance. Miss Nancy Newton, of the Willows, Ashburton, reports her first litter of English setters from her bitch Betsy of Beechwood, sired by Bracken of Beechwood. The pups are now four months old, and are a fine healthy lot. The women members of the Canterbury Kennel Club held a meeting last Wednesday afternoon. A very interesting talk on the ancient Chinese Toy dog, the Pekingese or the Lion dog. as it was known in the early days, and the circumstances in which it made its first appearance in England, was given by Miss A. Hanson Budden, a breeder of long standing. This was the first of the bimonthly meetings to be held this year by the women members of the club. Last year they proved of great benefit to the social side of the club and this year’s meetings are hoped to be even a greater success. , , Mr G. H. Chambers, of Beckenham, reports that the Irish terrier bitch, Cassells Bridget, is nursing four fine puppies by Ballyholland. The latter has changed hands, and is now the property of Mrs Leversedge, Little Rnkaia. Mrs Rita Rothwell, of Spreydon, has acquired an Irish setter bitch puppy from Mr W. A. White, St. Albans. She is from Colleen Bawn, by the well-remem-bered ch Tara of Trashna, and although only about two months old, show's great promise. Both Dr and Rothwell are keen enthusiasts of the Irish setter, and intend breeding. Taid of Trashna, a fine, upstanding dog, until now the only inmate of the kennel, is already known in the show ring and field frials, although still less than 12 months old. _ The West Coast A. and P. Society held its annual show at Greymouth, with Mr H. S. Kyle, of Christchurch, judging all breeds. The Labrador retriever, Ben of Clifton, owned by Mr G. Gibson, won the Open Stakes. In non-sporting, any variety class, the bulldog Dignity’s Jewel, owned by Mrs T. V. Cooke, was awarded first, with Mr A. H. M’Kane’s R. C. Collie second. Dignity's Jewel also won the lody owners’ class, any breed. The Derby Stakes went to the bulldog Alswel Lady Ripley, owned by Mr W. G. Free. The best terrier in the show was the smoothcoated fox terrier, Gay Reiby of Lundie, owned by Mr J. Masters. The best opposite sex terrier was Mrs J. B. Baton’s wire-haired fox terrier Sodger. Here is another example of what the canine export trade is worth to Australia writes “ Kerry Blue.” The fact that an export trade is a certainty and already in its infancy, is the exact reason why the New South Wales State Parliament cannot be too expeditious in enacting that canine pedigrees be governed constitutionally and that dog*exports be properly controlled. In this case another cocker goes to Major Speers, an English army officer at the Quetta Garrison. India. This makes the third and fourth cockers that Mr and Mrs E. Payne, of the Clairveaux Kennels, South Lakemba, have sent to India. The present consignment is the gr ch bitch Corncrake and another bitch, Clairveaux Cedar. Corncrake won 26 challenges by the time she was two years old, meeting the best in Australia, and being reserve champion both at the last Sydney Royal and the Melbourne Centenary shows. At the latter show it was an imported bitch that beat her, but in a class of 17 she won the title of best Australian-bred bitch. A previous Sydney cocker sold by Mr Payne to India, the one-time well-known gr ch Clairveaux Radio, also still holds his own in that country, being still unbeaten. In keeping this eminence. Radio continues to beat the four chief cockers imported from England and the two crack Indian-bred dogs. The other Payne cocker in India is gr ch Clairveaux Coo-ee. STRAY DOG NUISANCE Stray dogs roaming the streets of Wellington and others properly under control but creating a nuisance by howling from backyards at night, have resulted in pressure upon the Wellington City Council from several quarters to make an end of the nuisance (says a northern paper). At the inivitation of the council, representatives of a number of interested organisations met the By-laws - Committee last week with suggestions for a new bylaw tightening the control of dogs. As president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Mr G. Mitchell said there were far too many dogs in Wellington city and suburbs. Probably half the time of the society’s official inspector, Mr R. A. Nicol, was spent in the rescue or putting out of misery of dogs injured by motor traffic or tramcars. Some regulations should be enacted to prevent people from allowing clogs to roam the streets, whether registered or not. In the interests of the dogs they should be kept off the streets, in addition, they were a menace to the safety of motorists. Mr Mitchell: We think the registration of dogs should be tightened up. Also, there should be an immediate round-up of dogs at large on the streets, whether the animals are registered or not, so we can have a clear start. Concern for the owners of pedigree dogs was expressed by Mr D. H. Edgar, vicepresident of the Wellington Kennel Club. He said the, menace of strays did not come into the question with pedigree animals, which almost without exception were properly controlled because they were valuable. He asked whether the council proposed to restrict the number ot clogs a person might be permitted to keep. Cr Luckie: Oh, no. Noise Nuisance “At the recent conference of the Municipal Association a resolution was adopted proposing that local bodies should make by-laws to stop unnecessary and preventive noise and penalising people responsible for such noise,” Cr Luckie added. “As tilings arc now, the only way in which a person annoyed by a neighbour’s noisy dogs can have the nuisance ended is by application to the Supreme Court for an injunction—a costly procedure which few persons arc willing to initiate. Air Edgar: Do you propose to restrict the number of places where clogs can bo bred ? Cr Luckie replied that it was a question whether such places were a nuisance to the neighbourhood.

Should Not Keep Animal* “Many people in Wellington should not be keeping animals of any sort," Mr Nmol said. “ Some of these people live in flats and are at business all day. I would suggest that once every three months any dog roaming the streets with or without a collar be collected, and if the owner calls for it. even if the dog is registered, impose a fine of 5e.” Mr Nieol suggested that if registration were enforced at the existing fee of 10s that would assist in meeting the trouble. In any event, the stipulation that a dog must be registered before it could he handled at the destructor should ho dropped. Cr Luckie assured the deputation that a by-law would be framed embodying its general proposals.