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■ . ' Mr Barnard hai fold his kennel of curlycoated retrievers lo Mr Jowitt,;of collie fame. • . •I am very sorry indeed to hear that Mr Barnard is lost to the fancy. He has been a really enthusiastic fancier. * . Ou the other hand, nothing could please me better than the knowledge that these fine dogs have got into such good hands. No one can be better qualified to turn them to the best account in the interest* of the fancy and the colony than their new owner. • . • Mr Jowitt's kennels of collies were already far-famed, and deservedly so, for certainly they contain the finest specimens of their kind that money and judgment can procure. Enriched by the powerful addition that has just been made to them, the Renfrew kennels are now, I believe, the Al dog establishment of tho colony. • . ■ I think it would be impossible to pick five such perfect dogs in the whole of Australasia as those Mr Jowifct has just purchased. I shall not trouble to go into details of all the dogs as they are already so well known ; suffice it to say that C. B Nell's quality and that of her • progeny — such as Rewi Moa — are well known throughout the colonies " . • The two last imported dogs, Rewi Drake and Rewi L»d, are undoubtedly the fines; sp-ci-mens ot retriever dogs that h»ve ever baeu imported here, and the splendid litter from Moa by Rewi Drake and also Mr R Watson's Rewi Nell's litter by the same sire are quite sufficient to stamp Drake as the sire of the future. • . • One thing that strikes me painfully in regard *■" rVr« »ale, however, is the fact that her late o Id have the heart to part with C. B. Nell „(. uio ' Jess," her fireside name). She is really a noble animal, and I thought Mr Barnard would have kept her, whatever he did with his other dogs. • . • The Otago Central Sheep Dog Club programme of trial matches, to be held at the Earnscleugh station on Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27, ha« reached me, together with it complimentary ticket of admission. The programme is an attractive one, the prizes ranging from £6 downwards. A handsome gold medal will be giren to the dog that gains most points in classes 1 and 2, and a silver medal will be given to the best team of mustering dogs. • . • Mr R Wark, of Christchurch, has sold his imported collie Champion Young England to Mr C. J. Still, of Palmerston North. I also learn that Mr Wark's bitch Champion Ormskirk Stella (imp.) whelped a lovely litter of five on the 13th inst. to Mr L. D. Borsdorf's (Melbourne) Ormskirk Palmbearer (imp.). * . • With regard to Champion YouDg England, local fanciers cannot help being interested in all that concerns this dog. He is the father of the celebrated Rannoch, and can claim as progeny the bulk of the finest dogs throughout New Zealand. • . • I quote the following from the columns of a northern contemporary :: — •' Mr F. Rogen, the well-known collie fancier, has gone to Dunedin to seek his fortune. It is stated he has taken a hotel in that district, and takes possession almost immediately. Mr Rogen will be very much missed here, where he has worked hard for the fancy, with a good share of success. If he still continues to take the same interest in doggy

matters he should prove an acquisition to the ] Dunedin Club." • . • I have already notified this acquisition to ' the local fancy, bub am glad to take this oppor- j tunity of hoping that the local men will extend a j cordial welcome to a man who I believe can ' justly be styled the father of fauciers in New ; Zealand. He is certainly one of the most experienced men we have in the matter of dogs and bird* in New Zealand. • . • It is reported that Mr G. E. Andrews, of Caulfield, Victoria, who has joined forces with Mr F. Rogen in collie*, has a grand lot of collie pupies at his OaulQeld kennels. The young dog which scored equal first with Firat Shot under Mr Maude in New Zealand is very highly spoken of by Mr Audrews. • . • " Blessed is the peacemaker." " Eclipie " writes as follows: — "Talking over fanciers' matters with several leading breeder j recently I find there is a general desire all round to set aside all past grievances and put an end to the disputes which have been rampant in doggydom. It is high time to drop bickering over minor matters, and I hopn the day is not far distant when all hands will be working for the one common object — namely, the advancement and improvement of matter* canine. At no time in the history of the senior club has it been more deairable that all fanciers should work ' harmoniously together. We have, as was neces- j sary, been outspoken on matter* affecting the • best interests of the senior club, aud now we j would say, ' Let bygones be bygones.' We ' hops all will co-operate in thi work of restoring the senior club to ios former proud position." Some Degrees of the Fancier. — There are fanciers who love a certain breed or class of dog ; there are fancier* who love all dogs ; there are fanciers who merely trade in dogs without any sentiment in the nutter ; aud, lastly, there are faucn-rs who lovn one dog. n»d they iovrf that dog as a friend. Quury : Could ono of the latter description of fancier sell hi« dog? | • . • At a recent meeting of the Wellington Kennel Club, aftur considerable discussion relative to the framing of the schedule for the ensuing show, ib was resolved in lieu of continuing the old practice of separate classes to adopt a new line 'and have one class for each variety, with subsections indicated by letter (a modification of the Victorian Krnuel Club plan). Tho approaching show takes place on i September 17 or 18 next. j '.' I understand that the Wellington fanciers | ! have expressed a determination to make their j show the premier one of the colony, and that j i their next one is to be a rtjeord one in every | resps ct I like to hear this kind of thing, aud ' heartily hope that Duuedin fanciers will put 1 their heads together and devise a means of making things hum at their next show. • . • I presume that this year's Dunedin show will, notwithstanding that last year's was the champion show for the colony, be far more I attractive locally, innsmuoh as the new large j 1 hall of the Agricultural Society will be avail- ] j able. Seeing thab it is the iarge«t-roofed ■ building in the colouy, ib will be possible to display exhibits to far better advantage than has ' ever been possible here before, and as ib will be I unnecessary to engage two halls, and consequently tha expenses will be so much lighter, j the committee will no doubt bave more heart j ' in facing the financing of the show. I • . 'An inducement to fanciers to exhibit is i | the facb thab not only will the hall be more I spacious, bub it will be lib by electricity. This fact should, aud no doubt will, weigh with owner* of valuable animals in encouraging them to exhibit. Ib is well known that many fanciers objpcb to leaving their property all night in a stuffy room heated by gas. • . • Mr Thomas Webber, the judge at the Birmingham show just held, in speaking of the ' lOnglisu getters there shown, reports that he had to examine 78 cbga, aud that there were 1 many grand specimens among them. He says that many setters are bred for sale purposes only, and that the soft-looking silky-coated ones often fetch the best prices. Whilst ; acknowledging that "there can be^no earthly ! objection to ttna practice," he thinks thab for 1 show purposes the duty of the judge is clearly '< to pass them over and to award prizis to the dogs calculated to do the work required of them. Then, say& he, "sportsmen will again delight in shooting over the re»l sebter." • . • The Cromwell Argus a«ks :—": — " Is it safe to let an animal run at large in this vicinity P " and remarks on the fact that Mr Leslie Arthur lost a valuable dog by poisoning last week. My own opiuion is that it is not safe to let a valuable dog run at large, for reports of this kind j are constantly reaching me from all parts. Perhaps some good results might accrue — they *ay it is an ill wind that does not blow some good — if a poisoner were accidentally to sugar his own | tea. A sly poisoner, one who lays baiNs for all and sundry, is as apb to poison a child as a dog, and the person who can secure the punishment of one such will merit the thanks. of the whole community • . • The following items are by " Fancier," in the Southland News : — A Wellington correspondenb informs me that a first-class fox terrier dog puppy, by Dusky D'Orsay ex Regalia, was shipped from the Harewood kennels by the Mararoa for a Southland fancier last week. In writing my friend omitted to [ say who the dog was tor, but I find on inquiry | locally that the purchaser in Mr A. G. Macara, !of the Bluff An esteemexl correspondent at the Bluff supplies the following particulars anent Mr Macara's purchase : —"A nice healthy-looking puppy ; promises to be a real good one ; markings almost identical with his sire's ; a very well-made dog all round." My correspondent adds thab doggy matters at the Bluff are flourishing, and that it will be represented by quite a larga team at this year's Invercargill dog show. — A CDtnmittea meeting of the Southland Society was held on Tuesday, the 9ch inst. The meeting was very poorly attended. Sub-committees were appointed to draw up the various sections of the schedule. Committee men were requested to canvass at once for special prizes in order to issue the schedule with the specials allotted. Mention was made that the Dog Committee were endeavouring to issue the schedule with £50 in cash specials. — Messrs C. C. and L. Banks, of Christchurch, have disposed of their kennel of Gordon setters, and have made a fresh start in the doggy line by the purchase of a brace of field spaniel bitches from Mr F. Rogen. They are by Midnight — Lady B'ot, and are a very fine pair, one of them being, in the vendor's opinion, " the 'best that has ever been bred." This is pretty tall, even for friend Rogen. • . * The Stockkeeper writes thus of a Dachshund, Donnie 11, the property of Captain A. H. M'Mahon. In his shorb spell of life he has travelled some 40.000 miles, of which some 20,000 have been by sea, tome 8000 on horseback,' and some 12 000 by rail. It does not i often fall to the lot of any dog to have made three journeys to and from India, to have traversed the length and breadth of that great continent, and visited Afghanistan, Beloochistan, and Persia ; and he has accompanied his master on his wanderings in countries where roads do not exist and wheeled conveyances are unknown. He has been obliged to acquire the art of riding on horseback, which is a feat that will endear him to every sporting Briton — man or woman. He is equally at home in the

saddle whether his steed walks, trots, canters, or gallops. With his hindquarters against his master's thigh, leaning from time to time against his master's waistcoat, he is quite independent of a steadying hand, and has a firm seat even over jumps, and 8000 miles on horseback is a fact that speaks for itself as to his balance.