DOG TRIALS AT CLINTON

Southland Times, Issue 23540, 21 June 1938, Page 5

DOG TRIALS AT CLINTON

Otago Championship

Fixture SOUTHLAND OWNERS IN PRIZE-LIST (Special to The Times) BALCLUTHA, June 20. The Otago Collie Dog Association’s championships, which were held on Mr G. Walker’s property) at Kuriwao, near Clinton, were concluded on Saturday. The Kuriwao Club’s maiden and local events were held in conjunction with the championships. The weather was good throughout and the attendances quite good. The Kuriwao Club’s officials, with Mr J, Kean as president, and Messrs J. Matheson and J. Morrison as secretary and assistant carried out their duties with credit. Mr D. Murdoch, of Brighton, was judge.

Results: — OPEN MAIDEN AND LOCAL HEADING. Prizes in each: £2 10/-, £l, and 10/-. Total points, 60.—J. Hellier’s Mac (51pts) 1, J. Harris’s Fqy (451pts) 2, P. Turnbull’s Ted (45pts) 3. Twenty-six entries. LOCAL HEADING.—J. Harris’s Fay (45}pts) 1, G. Dodd’s Black (44pts) 2, D. Landefe’s Tip (43|pts) 3. Twenty-three entries.

MALDEN HUNTAWAY AND SLEW AND LOCAL HUNTAWAY AND SLEW. Prizes in each: £2 10/-, £1 and 10/-. Points, 60.—R. Tuffley’s (Clinton) entry 53pts 1, Dick (52pts) 2, Dot (50|pts) 3. Twenty-one entries. The same owner won the local huntaway with the same dogs and points in an entry of 22.

OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP LONG PULL. About half a mile. Prizes: £lO, £5, £3, £2, £l, 10/-. Points, 60. Two runs by first six dogs to count.—M. A. Matheson’s (Middlemarch) Scott (58£-53-lllj) 1, J. B. Queale’s (Invercargill) Bess (551-551-111) 2, J. Nelson’s (Winton) Pat (561-54-1101) 3, R. Wilson’s (Kirwee, Canterbury) Fly (53-56-109) 4, A. T. Millar’s (Clifden, Southland) Len (56-521-1081) 5, J. B. Queale’s Roy (521-54-1061) 6. There were 30 competitors. OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP HUNTAWAY. Prizes: £lO, £5, £3, £2, £l, 10/-. Points, 60. Two runs by first six dogs to count.—W. E. Stiven’s Ding (561-59-1151) 1, W. Kennedy’s (Waitahuna) Jack (56-59-115) ?, M. A. Matheson’s Vale (57-571-1141) 3, S. Peterson’s (Warepa) Crib (56-551-1111) 4, L. A. Charleston’s (Waikaka) Ronald (56-52-108) 5, A. T. Millar’s Alen (591) 6. There were 21 entries.

Special prizes: Cup for local competitor gaining most points in maiden head and maiden huntaway, R. Tuffley (Clinton) 2511 points; cup for competitor running any two dogs gaining most points in long pull and huntaway and slew, J. Kellahan (941); cup for competitor gaining most points at trials, R. Tuffley (346); miniature cup for local competitor gaining most points in open events, R. Tuffley (941); youngest competitor gaining most points at trials, G. Walker; most entries in local events, R. Tuffley; unplaced competitor gaining most points, E. McGraw; local competitor gaining most noints in championship events, R. Tuffley (941); competitor within radius of 15 miles gaining most points, R. Tuffley (346); most points in style in local events, R. Tuffley; fastest head in open maiden, D. Landels and G. Dodd (Clinton) equal; most points for noise in huntaway and slew, J. Hellier (Arthurton); most points in command in long pull, M. A. Matheson; most points in hunt in local event, R. Tuffley; most entries in trials, R. Tuffley. Sheep guessing competitions: First day (correct weight 10911 b), D. R. Lawlor (Waikaka) 109|lb 1, D. Livingstone, W. Harris, M. Fletcher and Mrs T. Milne (all 11b out) 2 eq. Second day (correct weight 1191 b), J. Waddell (Waikaka) and C. McLachlan (Clinton), both guessed correct weight. Third day (correct weight 1011 b), Kenneth Taylor 10111 b 1, Mrs G. Jefferies (Mokoreta) 10211 b 2, Mrs Follett 1031 b 3.

A successful ball was held on Friday night in Clinton. Mr J. A. Roy, M.P., presented the prizes after the trials and the judge received a small presentation in appreciation of his services. OTAGO ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the Otago Collie Dog Association was held at Kuriwao, Mr D. G. Thomson, of Middlemarch, presiding over a fair attendance of delegates. The annual report and

balance-sheet, showing a profit on the season, were adopted. The following office-bearers were elected: President, Mr D. G. Thomson; vice-president, Mr W. S. Thomson (Warepa); joint secretaries, Messrs M. A. Matheson and G. S. Gillespie (Middlemarch); executive, Messrs D. Cant (Ngapara), A. J. Hore (Tokoraki), G. Ross (Palmerston), J. Morrison (Kuriwao), A. Gibson (Miller’s Flat), G. Maze, sen. (Kakapuaka); delegates to South Island Association, Messrs G. Ross, G. Maze and the president. Considerable discussion took place on the methods of allocating the Otago championship trials, and it was finally decided to divide the district into four sections (north, south, east and west) and instead of balloting for the trials to fix a centre in each section and hold the trials in turn at these centres.