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•. * The Wellington contingent for the show, dogs and fanciers, leave that city for Dunedin by the Wakatipu on Saturday. The dogs, I believe, are to be under the charge of Mr Stevens, the secretary of tho Wellington Kennel Club.

• . • Arranßementi for the show have already oemmenoed, oenchea, treneles, &c, being ready for plaoing in position, and every detail is receiving attention. The collies are to have the first, position iv the centre of the hall. The judging ring will be some 20ft wide by 30ft or 35ft long. lam very pleased to leatn thab no one will be allowed near the judge when judging. This is a great improvement on the method adopted in past years. The total number of entries for tho show aro 1416, of which 250 are in the dog c'a*ses. .

• . • Country fanciers will do well to note that cheap railway fares have been arranged for visitors to the show.

•„'„ ' Mr 0. W. Rawcsley, of this city, has purchased from Mr F. Rogea a sable and white oollie pappy, Prince of Cavershany by Great Gunner out of First L'aith. I learn that Me, Rawnsley is particularly well pleased with his purchase, and I congratulate him oil securing such a well-bred dog. • . • lam sorry to learn that one of Mr Rogen's prize-winners at the Sydney show— a spaniel puppy, Lady Belle— died on its way home. • . • Mr Barnard has also suffered by the loss of a very promising young retriever bitch, Rewi Pearl, recently repurchased from Mr Riddle, P&inieraton. Good judges considered her Almost ai good as ber dam, C. B. Nell. • . • I omitted to mention last week that the litter to Mr Hayne's bitoh was by Rannoch. • . • I mtde an awkward slip last week in speaking cf Mr Williams's Newmarket Maxim in saying that he was disqualified at last year's •how on account of condition. As Mr Williams acknowledges in his letter appearing this week, Maxim's conditioa at the time was very bad, but of course a dog would not be disqualified on that secure. Maxim was not disqualified at all, but tbe judges considered him fairly beaten by other dogs. • •> • . • Dbah Tebhor,— With reference to your note re Maxim, Mr M'Ghee, one of ths judges, distinctly stated to me when (in the ring) I asked him why he refused to look ab my dog, "that he was the wrong colour." I tackled him subsequent to the judging, and he repeated to me that for this' reason the dog was disqualified. I admit the dog being in bad condition at the time, but for this reason to be advanced now to account for his disqualification is" purely an afterthought. The fact of his being disqualified for oolour was freely asserted and commented upon in several newspapers after the show, but; was never denied by the judgeß.— I am, &c, R. B. Willusis. '.* A pack of hounds- was recently sold in England for £3000. ••• The Irish Farmers' Gazette states that probably the owner of the largest number of dogs in the world is Gusttf lovanovitoh, a Russian "cattle king," who has 36,000 uhephe/d dogs to look after 1,500,000 sheep. •.•On February 17 last whut is known ts • muzzling' order came into force in Great Britivin, The order was to compel the owner? of dogs to keep them muzzled whilst in a publio jjiace. In two months from bho time the order,

was issued the police in the county of London seized 14,479 dogs. Of this number 10,815 were either destroyed or disposed of, and 3664 were claimed by their owners. • . • The Southland News says :—" Mr John Cheyne's (jun.) English setter bitch arrived from Melbourne by the Talune on Thursday last. Hud Mr Cheyne been sure that she would arrive in time he would have entered her for the Dunedin show.— Fox terriers promise to be as strong a fancy in Invercargill as in the northern towns. Mr E. C. Woodward, who has recently removed here from Nelson, is a strong fox-terrier man, and will be an exhibitor ab our local show."

• . • The Stockkeeper reports the death of the Irish terrier Champion Pagan 11, winner of a large number of first and special prizes, and sire of several prominent prize-winners of the presnfc day. He was by Killeaey Boy— Champion Erin, and referring to the latter the paper states :— " Her parentage was of no particular account, and Mr W. J. Smyth (itill alive and judging shows in Australia) had no idea of her excellence when he sent her to s show— afc Dublin, I believe it was. The tale goes that during the journey the astute 'Litfcla Biilie' Graham saw 'her in her hamper, and was so struck with her good lcoks that he made 'a bid and bought her, and sent her home without letting any one see her in the rough. Her first appearance under his care was a brilliant sacccfs, and she continued to Ecore prize after i- » • ■ •

p. .. • . ' The Live Stock Journal of a recent date says';— "" The exhibition cf collie dogs, which has' ~ been held this week in London would 'have proved a revelation to the old Scottish shepherd' of a generation or two ago if he had appeared upon the* scene, for possibly the evolution of the sheep dog has removed that animal .more widely from its original foundation than in the case of any other breed. Captious critics— all critics that we ctptious need not necessarily be income!; in all their contentions, by the way— assert that a leaven of Russian wolfhound or Borzoi has been introduced into the collie in order to acquire the loDg head and domed skull that is now considered the correct thing by many breeder*. Bat the Borzoi is generally regarded as a fool by his human associates, and in decreasing the breadth of the collie's head his modem admirers have gained beauty at the expense of intelligence and an aptitude for the woik required of a sheep dog." The above is a severe reflection on the modern collie, and, for that matter, on the British breeders of these dogs. If the Borzoi or other foreign element is brought into the blood of the collie of to- day, where on earth is such introduction to be foand in the pedigree of our wioning dogs. The pedigrees, as given by these breeders, are registered in the Stud Book and are accepted by purch»sers of dogs in good faith. Is there a pedigree in- existence with the Borzoi set forth ? Such a damaging statement mado by a journal in the position of the paper mentioned requires attention. If it is incorrect) fanciers should ha informed of it, so that their uneasiness and rising suspicious may be allayed ; and if it is correct someone should see the inside of a gaol for obtaining moaey under false pretences. The Ketnel Clnb in Eoglaad is of little practical use if it allows such a damaging statement to appear iv the English press without either refuting it or causing the individuals who may bo sailing their dogs with false pedigrees to reap the full reward of their nefarious conduct.— " Wattle Bark " in the Melbourne Leader.

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Canaries „ t.. Dogs iv, 250 Tnftal 1416

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