SOUTH ISLAND DOG TRIALS

Southland Times, Issue 24601, 25 November 1941, Page 7

SOUTH ISLAND DOG TRIALS

FIXTURE AT TAI TAPU The Ellesmere Club has been appointed to make the arrangements for the 1942 South Island Dog Trial Championships at Tai Tapu, the meeting to begin on Monday, June 15, at 8 a.m., or earlier on succeeding days if necessary. This decision was made at a meeting of the council of the South Island Sheep Dog Association at Oamaru.

The entry fee was fixed at £l/0/6. The classes were fixed as Long pull, Yarding and Huntaway, the points being as follows:—Long Pull: head 44, pull 44, hold in ring 12—total 100. Yarding: Head 36, pull 36, work at yard 20, yard B—total 100. Huntaway: first poles 33, second 33, third 34 —total 100.

There was considerable discussion on the distances and poles in the huntaway, and finally the meeting decided by six votes to four that the present system of two poles be retained, the first set to be 2 chains apart, and a reasonable distance from the pen, and the second and third sets to be not less than one chain apart, this to apply to championships and all club trials. The prize money was fixed at £l5 for first, £lO second, £5 third, £3 fourth, £2 fifth, and £1 sixth. Mr J. A. Nelson (Winton) was appointed huntaway judge, and Mr M. A. Matheson (Middlemarch) heading judge. It was decided that all clubs be advised that the points adopted that night should apply to all South Island trials, the time for any standard event to be not less than 10 minutes. The Malvern Collie Club wrote requesting a ruling whether a dog trial held by a ploughing match association would be counted as such, or would it be ruled as a competition. The secretary’s reply that it would be a trial, and would have to be held under the rules of the association was confirmed. PRINTING OF RULES The North Island Association wrote requesting that the South Island Association bear a portion of the cost of printing draft copies of the suggested rules. It was decided to contribute £2 towards the cost. The chairman and secretary were authorized to procure a supply of certificates to be awarded tire six placed dogs in each class of the championships.

The Stud Book Association wrote requesting that all dogs entered for the North Island, South Island and New Zealand Championships be registered in the stud book, and that an extra fee of 2/6 be charged and paid to the Stud Book Association for the purpose of financing a regular publication of the stud book. There was considerable discussion on the subject, the opinion being expressed that dogs entered for the championships should be entered in the stud book. It was also pointed out that shepherds and musterers who entered dogs in championships did not know the pedigrees of the dogs, and the extra charge of 2/6 each year would prevent them from competing. The meeting did not favour the extra fee of 2/6. Finally it was unanimously decided that all dogs entering for the South Island Championships must be entered in the stud book, provided the North Island Association followed the same procedure. There were present: Messrs J. Matson (Christchurch), chairman, G. Murray (patron, Pennscroft, Lake Tekapo), W. F. Ross (president, Methven), A. D. Finlayson (Dipton), W. S. Thomson (Warepa), L. Dawson (Mossburn), J. A. Nelson (South Hillend, Winton), G. Maize (Kakapuaka), M. A. Matheson (Middlemarch), B. G. Dalgety (Langley dale, Christchurch), L. Edwards (Warepa). J. Trotter (treasurer, Kurow) and A. Whyte (secretary, Oamaru). OTAGO PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Mr W. S. Thomson (Warepa) presided at a meeting of the Otago Provincial Sheep Dog Association, at which it was decided to hold the Otago Provincial Championships at Warepa, beginning with local events on May 19 and 20, and championships on May 21 and 22. It was resolved that in future the championships would be held in the third week in May in each year.