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CHRISTCHURCH NOTES, By Bow-wow.

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nel Club has at last been formed in Christ» church, under the patronage of his Excellency Lord Ranfurly. The officers are:—President, Mr Patrick Campbell; vice-presidents, Messrs J. N. Hamer, and W. F. Russell ; hon. treasurer, Mr W. C. Leversedge ; hon. secretary, Mr A. R. Ragg ; and a committee of six. The club is nomine a show in Tabart's wool store on Friday and Saturday, October 14, and 15, under the New Zealand Kennel Club rules. Schedules have been forwarded to the different dog clubs in New Zealand, and also to Sydney, and intending exhibitors are reminded that entries close on Saturday, 24th inst. The schedule contains 85 classes, and there are special prizes in each class. Extra special prizes will also be given as follows: — £2 2s for best fox terrier in show ; £2 2s for the best^ sporting dog in show other than fox terrier; £2 2s for the best non-sporting dog in show other than collies ; £2 2s for the best collie in the show ; £4 4s for the best retriever in show, to be won twice by the same exhibitor before becoming his property. The judges are as follows : — Collies and terriers, Mr F. Biggs ; bulldogs, bull terriers, and toys, Mr E. F. Dombrain ; greyhounds, Mr R. P. Hill ; remaining classes Mr P. S. Brodie. The final arrangements are now well in hand, and given fine weather the show will be as good as any held in Christchurch. p

Waters' s advertisement at the head of this column. Mr Waters is well-known locally as v a successful breeder and importer, and as the owner of stock of the very first quality, and the fact that he guarantees the fertility of his eggs of course warrants every confidence in this respect. For the information of the uninitiated I may say that I imderstand that it is the custom of those who guarantee eggs to stamp them with ink by rubber stamp, so that they can be identified when returned as unhatched. The idea of starving fowls in the summer in order to discourage their laying when eggs are cheap is according to "Cockspur" in the Town and Country Journal a bad one. The system gets more run down through 'want of food than through egg-laying, and starved fowls are of course unlikely to give good remits in the autumn.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 39

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CHRISTCHURCH NOTES, By Bow-wow. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 39

CHRISTCHURCH NOTES, By Bow-wow. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 39

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