JUDGE'S REPORT. COLLIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2231, 3 December 1896, Page 35

JUDGE'S REPORT. COLLIES.

1 Champion Herdwick, looking very fit and : well, won. He is now too well known to require any description. Second, another black, white, and tan dog, with good legs and feet, good coat of correct texture ; a good big dog, with fairly long head, good foreface, but not fiat enough in skull and too much dome ! above the eyes. Third, a dog with plenty of bone, good legs and feet, good coat, but heavy and thick in head. Fourth went to a sable and white dog with fair legs and feet, but weak I in head and not in good coat or condition. Collie Bitches.— First, a dark sable bitch, shown heavy in pup, which rather handicapped her, bub with a beautiful head showing true "collie expression, nice eyes, and a perfect fiat skull ; she has good loins, good legs and feet, a good coat, but is slightly out at the elbows. Second, a lovely black, white, and tan puppy, almost perfect all over, but scarcely wide enough in skull to win in an adult class. Third, good legs and feet, good expression, rather narrow in skull, and broken in coat. Collie Puppies, under 1Z months, dogs and bitches in the one class. ~Firat went to tho young bitch that was second in the open bitch class. Her skull, which is rather narrow for an adult, is beautiful for a puppy. Whether her skull will widen sufficiently as she grows older I do not know, but as a bitch puppy I consider her almost perfect. She has a beautiful head, correct ear, carriage, good coat, grand loins, nice narrow front, perfectly straight legs placed well under her body, and beautiful feet with thick pads and well-arched toes. She has I also true collie expression^ and is a good size for hfic aao without being in the least

coarse. Second, a sable and white dog, with good coat, fair loins, good fiat skull, but inclined to be weak and snippy in muzzle, and is slightly overshot or pig j»wed ; he is rather loose in feet, and not quite s'raight in front. Third was also a sable and white, with a good head, good straight legs, good feet, but rather weak behind, and is slightly flatsided, but may yet m»ke up into a good dog. Smooth collies were a good class of nix, first going to a good upstanding dog of good quality and character, second to a bitch which shows more collie character and expression, but is too small. Third was a nice dog, but he did not oarry his ears at all well. All in the class had good legs and feet, and all are evidently workers. IRISH TEREIEBS. There was only one in the Irish terrier dog class— a rather coarse dog with good long punishing jaws, good legs and feet, but rather wide in front and too fthaggy in coab. In Irish terrier bitches first was a beautiful bitch full of true terrier character, nice shape, good ear carriage, nice eyes, and a coat of a nice red colour and correct quality and texture. She is rather big for a bitcb, and a bit masculine in appearance, but is brim full of style and true dare-devil type. Second a puppy, which will, I am afraid, grow too big, and is shaggy and soft in coat ; she has plenty of bone and a fair head, but is a bit undershot. , SETTERS. Tbere were three in the setter class. First, a bluo Rslfcon-— a big dog, with plenty of bone, nice ear carriage, faulty flag, and not shown in the best of coat. Second a nice-coloured Irish, but quite out of coat. SPANIELS. In spaniels, first went to- the now well-known black field spaniel Midnight, whose owner seems always able to show him in good coat and in the pink of condition. The' other exhibit was only a puppy, and too young to do anything with. My best thanks are due to Mr Stevens, of the Wellington Ktnncl Club, who acted as ring steward, to the manager of the dog section, and to the General Committee, who made my task a pleasure I shall not scon forget. Alkx. G. Clifford.