THE KENNEL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 35

THE KENNEL.

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ROTES B¥ TERROR.

| — One vc'-y interesting fact in connection j with the iorlhiroming show is that amongst ! the Humorous entries being made lor the secI lion lor working collies are the names of dojs boasting- the veiy best blood from the ! iWicie/e slardpoinl. Wuch being the case, it 1 is apparent that shcpliordb aie by no means j uni'innioiis-- l is 50.r.0 appear inclined lo be- ' lij\e— in deriving the l~»ucy stiain^. '; -- Amono olliPi' entries I Jcatn from the JVlount I'on^or Mail that ".Mr Sjiocner's skit Khodn, by Kimu I'ilot, out of lliiau Kila, , lired by Sir Win, 13ro\ui, Chestcrmain Faim, 1 iMalakanui, is lo be «liown p and her pedigree | traced back ip a lecord of consistent winners*. | lvimu Pilot is by Young England (imp.), and | he had an absolutely unbroken record, hay- ! ing novcv been beaten in any class. Rhoda's pup Dick, by Mr W. S. Laidlaw's Ready, was purchased by Mr J. fiaugli, runholder, ! Wana^a, llio price being lOgs ; otherwise he | would lmve boon taken to tho &hovv." 1 — I learn from the same soiu'ce that

"a handsome and well come greyhound slut, Favonia, by Favonius out of Rowdy (imp.), ' owned by Mr Bailey, Miller's Flat, is also to | be exhibited, and should fully justify a strong j prize pcdigiee." j — The death of Mr J. S. Tybus Sellon, the well-known English bulldog fancier, is announced. Victorian fanciers, Fays " Eclipse," will remember Mr Sellon well, for he visited Melbourne about a year ago, and was entertained then by many of our prominent canine mon. The English papers refer at length to . his death. Mr Sellon's great object in breeding bulldogs was to ensure his animals being as elope to the ground as possible, and we , fear that in striving to attain this end ha 1 neglected to pay sufficient attention to tho important question of roach back and body properties ; but the almost innumerable success* cs which attended his kennel for close I upon a quarter of a century no doubt had ' the effect of inducing him lo continue his course, though wo believe that in his heart ho entertained the highest opinions possiblo regarding the value of Donax, which he could never be pursuaded to part with, and which, in common with Grip, the b^t son of old Dandelion, shared his affections to the kit. Mi- Sellon was a man who made a study of his dogs, and no sacrifice v?s too , great for him to make when their comfort ! was concerned. Indeed, his friends fear that he overtaxed a naturally very far from | robust constitution quite recently by insist- ! ing in sitting up all night with one of his j four-footed friends who was ill. No member of the bulldog world, moreover, was ! more lavish in his kennel oxpen?O3. his es- ! tablishment at Wimbledon being quite a ' palace so far as tho accommodation for its 1 canine occupants was concerned ; whilst to his friends he was always an amiable and most generous host, his giealest delitr'it being • to collect a few bulldog men together s»nd discuss the breed with them.

—Mr Rogen has, I learn, cabled lo Victoria' for a team of his best collies to compete at the local show. I believe that Mr Andrews (Mr Rogen's Melbourne partner) was very reluctant to part with the dogs, pceinc; that they will now lose the forthcoming Sydney fixture. Consequently the local fancy should feel indebted to the firm for this oviclence of their willingness to do the aEfrcoahlo. As readers will remember, disappointment has been expressed in these columns _at tho prospect of Mr Rogen making no entries.