SHEEP DOG TRIALS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3193, 26 May 1915, Page 49

SHEEP DOG TRIALS.

MARAROA CLUB. Tho Mararoa. Collie Club held its second annual trials on the 14th and 15th May in lino weather. There was hard frost on each morning, and it turned out fine and warm on both days. Tho trials wore held in a paddock kindly lent by the Plains Station, which made an ideal ground for tho purpose, and there was a lair attendance' of spectators from the surrounding districts, Tho sheep, which were supplied by Burwood, proved to bo a fine lot of halfbicd wethers, which gave the competitors a hard job to yard in the Maiden; but on tho whole tho dogs were a very faillot. The iudgo (Mr T. J Tendergast) gave every satisfaction. Tho results were as follow: — Maiden (head, pull, and yard). Sixteen entries —J. Flyn’s Ned, 26 points, 1; J. Paterson’s Roy, 24 points, 2; (4. Browns Fred and G. Beer’s Skip, 21 points (equal), 3; W. Thomas’s Gh-n and A. Fdwards’s Maid, 19 points (equal), 4. Long Pull (all-comers). Eighteen entries —J. Paterson’s Roy, 23 points, 1; J. Johnston’s Mick and A. Edwards’s Maid, 22 points (equal), 2; A. Charters’s Scot, 21 points, 3; A. Charters’s Border Moss and W. Thomas’s Glen, 20 points (equal), 4.

Huntaw»;y and slow through throe sets of poles. Thirteen entries — G. Brown’s Rock. 21 points), 1; S. Love’s Smut, 19 points, 2; J. Paterson’s Darky, 18 points, 3. The huntaway proved to be too hard for tho most of the dogs, and the placed dogs were tho only ones to complete the course. There were 34 entries for tho fat sheep guessing competition, which was won by Mr Andrew Glendining. Mr J. Paterson won Mr Wyber’s gold medal for local competitors in the maiden, the winner to bo a shepherd; also Mr P. Johnston’s gold medal for gaining most points in the maiden, winner to be a shepherd. Mr G. Brown won Mrs W. J. Thompson’s gold medal for local competitor in the huntaway, Mr A. Charters Mr S. Munro’s gold medal for fourth in the long pull, and Mr G. Beer Mr J. H. Pink’s goods, value £l, for most entries. Messrs W. Thomas and A. Edwards tied for pair of spurs donated by Mr F. C. Sutherland for fourth in maiden, while Mr G. Murrell won Mr W. J. Thompson's box of cigars for the most successful competitor. A collection which was made by the secretary for the Belgian Relief Fund was

headed by Mr Blatch with £2, and was finally wound up with £ll 14<s 6d.

TUAPEKA CLUB. Tli© above chib’s trials wore hold in Messrs Potts Bros.’ paddock, near Lawrence, on Tuesday and Wednesday in beautiful weather. There wore not so many visiting dog owners as in previous years, and, as a consequence, the entries in the All-comers (the principal event on the programme) were much fewer. The local competition, however, showed a marked improvement, and, taken as a whole, the trials may be described as successful. Mr R. Sutherland provided good, strong halfbred sheep for the Maiden, All-comers, and Consolation events, and Mr M. Fahev the crossbred sheep for the Huntaway Trial. Mr D. Maider, of Waiwera South, was the judge, and his placing of the dogs was received with entire satisfaction by the competitors. The work shown by the various competing dogs was, on the whole, good, while in several instances it could hardly have been excelled. All the officials of the club worked hard for the success of the trials, and as secretary Mr IT. T. Thompson proved the right man in the right place. It is the intention of the club to hand over the balance over expenses to the Belgian Relief Fund. Results: —

MAIDEN. Head, pull, and hold in ring; about 400yds; time, lOmin. Points: Heading, 8; command, 8; pulling, 8; style at ring, 4; holding in ring, 4. Sleventeen entries.

Mr D. Morgan’s Tweed Junior, 27 points 1 Air A. Robertson’s Scott, 19 points ... 2 Mr R. T. Martin’s Tweed, 14 points ... 3 Tweed Junior made a good oast and headed well, pulled nicely, was well under command, and showed good stylo' at yard. Scott headed fairly well, pulled rather onesided ; command fair. Tweed headed fairly well: command good ; pulled well, but failed to get sheep to yard.

ALL-COMERS. Hoad, pull, and yard; about 500yds; time, lOmin. Pojnts same as in Maiden. Eleven entries. Mr A. M‘Lean’s Glen and Boss, 25 points (equal) i 1 Mr D. Morgan’s Tweed Junior and Mr J. W. Rose’s Jeff (equal) 2 Glen and Boss were the only clogs who succeeded in yarding their sheen in this event. Both headed well, pulled fairly, and showed good command. Tweed Junior and Jeff headed well, pulled well, and showed good command, but failed to yard.

HUNTAWAY. Dog: to hunt away and slew as directed. Points: Huntaway, 8; command, 8; slewing, 6; noise, 8; style, 6. Mr D. Morgan’s Goal. 32 points ... 1 Mr M. Fahey’s Nell, 27 points 2 Mr W. Mundell’s Bounce, 24 points ... 3 Coal was awarded full points for huntaway, and was marked “good” for slewing, command, and noise. Nell was good on the huntaway, was fair in command and slewing, and good in noise and style. Bounce was fair in huntaway, command, slewing, and style, but good in noise. CONSOLATION. Head, pull, and hold in ring; about 500yds; time, lOmin. Possible points, 28. Mr A. Robertson’s Kelp, 20 points ... 1 Mr W. E. Leslie’s Bluey, 18 points ... 2 Mr A. Robertson’s Scott and Mr W. Bulfm’s Wag, 16 points (equal) ... 3 Kelp made a good head, pulled very fairly, was well under command, and did good work at the ring. Bluey led well, pulled fairly, showed fair command, and did fair work at the ring. Scott and Way were marked fair in all departments. A special prize of £1 Is (presented by Mr J. M. Rose) for dog scoring most points in Huntaway and Consolation events -was won by Mr M. Fahey’s Nell.

CHRISTCHURCH CLUB. The nineteenth annual trials of the Christchurch Collie Dog Club were held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of last week. The weather was very rough on the first day, but the conditions on Friday and Saturday were eminently suitable, and there was consequently a fairjiy large ‘attendance of visitors. The work of the dogs was not sensational; but, . nevertheless, some very good work was done, and the placed dogs in the majority of cases well earned their awards. The following are the results :

Heading, bringing back, holding in ring, and yarding. About 300 yards. First prize £2O and champion gold medal, second prize £B, third prize £4. fourth prize £2, fifth prize £l. Time, 15min. Total, 40 points. According to the club’s rules and conditions the six dogs scoring the highest number of points were given a second run, and the prizes were awarded to the five dogs scoring the highest aggregates in_ the two runs. —F. Richardson’s Sharp (34 points ; first, run 37-71), 1: W. Robinson’s Jem (33 points; first run 32-65), 2; J. S. Grievejs Don (31 points; first run 33-64). 3: H. K. Francis’s Border Kep (26 points; first run 34-60), 4; T, H. Sheridan’s Jed (23 points; first run 32-55), 5; T. H. Bennett’s Gale (19 points; first run 34-53), 6. Huntaway, with slew. About 500 yards. First nrizo £2O and champion gold medal and .Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co.’s Challenge trophy, second prize £B, third prize £4." fourth prize £2. fifth prize £1 and club certificates. Time, 9min. Total. 30 points.—W. MTvonzie’s AVag (29 points). 1; S. Kennedy’s Glen (27 points!, 2; J. Fitzgerald’s Lassie (26 points), 3; J. M'Aughtrie’s Bob (25 points). 4; H. T. Little’s Scott (24 points), 5; J. Trotter’s Roy (2o points), 6.