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— A meeting of the Dunedin Fanciers' Club was held at Mr Myer's rooms, Octagon, on MonHay night, Mr Ferguson in the chair, and about 20 members present. A rough balance sheet of the recent show was laid on the table, which showed a small credit after providing £20 for trophies. A tong discussion took I place on the action of Mr Miller in breaking open a- pen. and taking away a bird that had been impounded by the committee, and it was resolved that Mr Miller be disqualified until he apologises to the club and pays for damage done. After considerable discussion it was resolved to recommend the in-coming committee to hold the next year's show at an earlier date, and in all probability the next -show ( will be held in June. Before dispersing, Mr Spatz, a member of "the committee invited i his colleagues to dinner at his house on Wednesday evening. — As promised last week I now comment on. some of the classes at the. recent show. With ' regard to St; Bernards, the first prize dog, Linda Curie, has a fair head, but lacks in bodj and condition. Had there been dogs of any quality in the competition he could not have been placed, as' he is far behind the dogs we have here now. Mr James Docherty's Captain, the second dog, is scaroely worth , mentioning: ho certainly ought not to ink© a prize anywhere. In bulldogs, Miss Fuller's Barney is a moderate dog ; has good chest and body, is rather lanky in the legs, needs more breaking up .in the head, and Ftas very bad ears; however, taking him all round he is a very fair ppeeii men. Ystrad Brock, the secoud dog, is, in ■ my opinion, very far from correct, and should • not have been placed second, but third. He is very co.arse, js frog-faced, has domed skull, j 100 fine ia bone, stands too high on his legs, j and if very coarse in tail. On account of his | down, or Irog-face, I don't think he would take a prize anywhere in England. The third prize is oertainly better in head than either of the others, but he was in miserable condi1 lion, and ■is toe small. Mr Napier Bell's Tony, the highly commended puppy, has some good quality, though- the fudge seems to have been unable to perceive it. He has the style of a bulldog, is well broken in the head for a 1 puppy of his age, has plenty of bone, and by 1 far the best tail of any of the bulldogs at the rfiow. I fail to see how the judge can claim to have looked for quality in this clare , when ho did not discover it in this dog. j Bui' Terriers : The first prize dog'is a long: I way too big and coarse for a prizetaker, though ; in other respects he has very good points, j The second prize went to a very inferior dog. Irish Terriers : Avory nice lot. Seemingly this breed is fast becoming very popular. The class wa& very large, and though there was no really first quality specimens present, I have ! j no doubt, that in the course of time tke breed j will bo -cultivated up to a bettor- standard. • EnglisH.Setters : TUere was pnly -one entry j — Gipsy, a. very moderate one indeed. ! Gordon Setters : One very nice dog, and the bitch with two puppies was also very nice. , These wore as -good Gordon setters as I have pppii for n, lone time. Retriever? : Really; -there was nothing worth , mentioning in this -class. The first dog, Master Glitters, by ■ Nelson Prince pat of Rewi Tui, is a vcrj poor specimen indeed, compared with what we have been accustomed to sco in Dunedin. He is coarse in head, poor in neck, weak in loins, and ha? anything but good legs and feet. His stern is not the correct tiling at all. In fact, he is altogether a very poor specimen. Tho second dog is j likewise very poor. • The third dog ought -to have been bracketed with Master Glitters. 1 , He is certainly 'worthy of a better place than ,| he got. In some respects he was better than | Glitlprs, but altogether nothing to boast of. ; J In bitches', the firpt prize went to a miserable ' creature without a Head point to recommend it. The second bitch ought to have been placed first if only for its head. 1 Brown Ret r'evera: Tolara, the first dog in this class,_has been hpfore.fhe public so often : that it is really unnecessary to say anything about him, but as l_have_E.aid before, he is a j very good one for a local retriever. Irish Water Spaniels : Mr P. Mason's .Shot was undoubtedly rightly placed. Second prize was also a very fair dog, but neither 1 dog was benched in a creditable condition — they looked very untidy. Collies: Shetland Grace, first in roughcoated bitches, first in puppies, second in pup- , pies owned in Otago and Southland, is a ' i nice bitcb with splendid expression. She carries her ears well, but was not in exactly the good condition she should have been for showing, and perhaps she is a little light. Shetland Breek, first in several classes, was • shown in the pink of condition, and is almost j faultless in most re?pects. Allen Breck never J looked in better condition than he now is '

in. He would lead at any show — in the opinion of the judge — south of the line. Mr W. C. Thompson's Maid I referred to last week. —Mr Graves, of Ashburton, now in Dunedin, has a litter of pups out of his imported fox terrier bitch (by Champion Visto) by his imported dog by Venio. They are about seven weoks old — three dogs and one bitch. Mr Graves_ reports that they ara thriving and very promising.