SHEEP DOG TRIALS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16798, 31 March 1919, Page 4

SHEEP DOG TRIALS.

XEACKENZIE OOLLIE DOG CLUB,

. The annual competitions nio under ttie auspices or the Mackenzie Collie Dog Club -vvere brought to a successful on Fridav last, the uhole, jy.acticaHv running through very satisfactorily, the exception merely Le-ng tho sheep piovmg most unsuitable for the purposss of Class I. Huntaway, which had to be itin over .1 second timo, not of the -many doss bonis stole to comply 111611 the conditions Otherwise the same sheep proved most suitable for some of tho other wort i»--qnirecl. The iiidgnc: was in the experienced hands of Mr. 17. Andprson. V*n<*. of flic earliest assoriites of the Club, and iwentlv of Southl-tnd TT<? "as most fiblv assisted bv Mr TV. T) McDonald, hut rccentfv hack from the front, where he, served as a Main Body man with r, record of neailv The P r fi"ont manner in ,vmch the general nrranp;emoii- l -s were 'carried out received' very w,irm prainn y? l^! 1 . 1 * vho "expla'ned thai he h-iri oTficinted ,t some rmnivtvfcinTiq i» Southland, Gtnco, CinWbnrvMarlhoronpli and the. No.-th Wand "id nojer saw mo-n aeneral efficient 1 ne attendance was rew pleisintr. nT , f i seemed-a very interested and satisfied comtmnv.

The Club's anmi'il so' Til rwvofl" t 1 " 1 gieatest success, and left nothing to be desired in the \wiy of improvement, except a larger hall. The ever popular ' AF.C. conducted the assemblage efficiency, and was able to jdisperis liis large change well satisfied t\ ith. b's task. ' -

* >tF np l r l opeiatjons opened with ' Tlu> HiitJt c, iviy" which ,as befoie •.tntetl, hadsjp'b" jnn ovei again (at teim'in»tioaJbf the wo succeeding events, the linal icsiilt being that the fust position oy Mr G n a. -Keeifc -nii-h a vciy fine run, the only dog of- some 25 going r that succeeded in iompleting it3 f task, and earned 37 ct.it> of 48-points The sccoird po*it on wa-, notched by Mi B N Wheiton s "Pai/' who succeeded in "uceessfullv ncp;otii J '- mg about two-thirds cf the cour-«. and Mr O'Contioi (last veai's iviniiei) lrom North Ot.igo notched" third place CLASS T HUNT \ WAY—lst £7 and gold medal Mi Geo Keelfe's "Hun ImV £4, Mi Bob Robertson's ''Pat ' 3rd £2. Mi J L O'Connoi 9 "T>i>\ ', 4-th special Mi W r Hl-uk'* "CK'V H 3th, 'pecial, Mi C Mac ntosh * 'Las,sip " Ist distnct maiden C2 <n d gold medal, Mi Geo. Keeffe. 2nd do £l, Mr W E Bl?ck. lEfc lo'-al jnnidet) ,competitior Mr \V Black 2nd \cai do 3 Mi \V Cottei 11 Not more than lialf_ a dozen, dogs suece9ded m quahfving CLASS II -YAP-DING—-Ist -C7 and cold medal, Mi Geo Kcefto's "TW 2nd £4, Mr D Macintosh's Qlt feomers) "Sharp", 3id £2, Mr Tho<. TTogg s "Whitney Tf )«o" ; 4th spe ml Mi A. Comtis's "Tib', oth special, Mi J Nelson's "Speck" Ist distnct m.udexi dog £2 and gold medil, "Wh t ney Rose", 2nd do, £1 J Xolson -, "Speck ' Ist local maiden eompetitoi medil, Mr J. Nelson; 2nd do fapcciaJ, Mi F Ken. i The \ioik m this clafs foi the 1 ait was \eiv satisfactory, mam a dog ■-lioTvJni' good work and had tlip sheer proved more reasonable, soma varv ] i<di neut would havf* been exhib'ted OL Y 111 LONG PULL (34 enti iesi —lst £7 and gold medal, Mi All Kecfrp 'Gail" 2nd £4. Mi Geo Kecffev "Tiu", Sid £2, Mi C V I'arkei s "Sweep' 4th special Mi V Mannto-h> J Op e s 'Speek" ; Ist district maiden £■> nnd geld medal, "Gail'J , 2nd do LI, Mi Bob Robeitson's 'Gil! " Ist looil maiden competitoi. Mi AH Kerfio, 2nd do, Mr W 13 Black The =heep nnd other conditions pio\ - ng fa\ om able, 'Oiae excellent peiloumnces we-ie witnessed The leading special prizes weie won >c follows—The Club's challenge shield AL Geo Keel's "Tin; do. foi ietnined sold-eis—Mi 'Alex Ivee.tfe"ccoU", aggregate puze/ also team Mi Geo'Ketffe