THE KENNEL

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16986, 9 March 1923, Page 3

THE KENNEL

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Mr J. M. Cl'abbe, of Richmond, has decided to take up Fox Terriers and has secured two nice bitches. Way land Nimbus and Wiry of Wairiki. The former has been matched to Northland Nonsuch and the latter will shortly be sent on a vi&it to Westpoiint of WaiMrs F. B. Middlebrook, of Addington, lias a brace of Wire Fox Terrier pop- h\- Oxford Oa-ssington from Bo Be who recently died. Mr J. Smith, of Lee&ton has a first claa» litter of three dogs and two bitches from his Fox Terrier hitch Broonilea Sunrise. The pups are by Westpoint of Wairiki. Melrose Bruce, the well-known black ( ocker Spaniel lias; changed hands. Mr S. C. Crisps of Nelson has disposed ot him to Ali O. P. R. Armstrong, of Master ton. Mr G. Osborne's Airedale hitch Woolstun Scotia has whelped a litter of ten by Shirley President. Six of the pups are dogs. Colour varies greatly in follies In the early days of shows those with a jet black coat set off with deep rich mahogany or orange-tan were most sought after, and the Press, througl its reporters, did much to keep the fallacy alive. FT. Dalzicl. The eye of the dog is constructed somewhat Hifferentlv from the eve ot man, in this respect: that in the case ol the dog there is an additional eye lid. which is known as the “ haw ” and the object of this (which i- a mem brane) is to swoop the globe of the ey. free from any particles of foreign mat ter t-hgt may lodge upon it. It a Ist nee ms to be affected Via the genera health of the animal, and if there h a riv inflammation living about, thi; third eyelid has a tendency to expand Thus it is that during an attack of distemper. for example, there is very of ten what people who do not know bet 1 n •• ,T. as a “film” over the eve un/t .dves rise to the suouositioi •i». t it’*- dog i< going blind. It is no thin- n the -oi l The film will dUrt© h-Fi’ti th * normal health of tin f r ,-c)nr,A and it is 'h-ngerou A - t n ter Fo re t>n i iii< h .\vi*h 1 h” eve -u

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jbat account. Simply bathe it with a little milk and water or some very weak zinc sulphate lotion if the dog appeal's to have trouble with hi s eye; otherwise leave the matter alone and let it right itself, as it will do later on. Ihr Largest Kennel of Sporting Dogs m the World.”—The Christmas j supplement of “On,- Dogs " thus de- | scribes Mr Isaac Sharpe's kennels in 1 Scotland. Mr Sharpe, it is said, stands I a.I alone as the most consistently sucI ‘'t-ssful field trial competitor since field j trials were inaugurated, of which he is | one of the pioneers. Says “ Our Dogs ” : ! ° *till find him at all trials of imj portance. and as a rule a leader. Each j year he adds a further quota of field ! trial honours to his already vast store. Just as an example, of the present iu- , 'nates of the ‘ Stylish 5 kennels (so Air : Sharpe's kennels are known). two pointer dogs during the last two years j have stood out above all other, and ■ that at field trials." It is over twenty ! ;>curs since Mr Sharpe removed his es ! tablishment from The Chesters, in Eng- | land, to the North of Scotland, where i j In* well knew the great possibilities of a kennel of dogs right in the centre of : such a sporting country and the huge success which has attended his venture is fully borne out by the enormous clientele he has secured in the hiring of sporting flogs during the season. These include commissions from crowned heads, first and foremost coming his Majesty King George, whom Mr Sharpe has supplied for his Majesty’s shoots in Scotland ; and nobility and sportsmen all over the country. ‘‘Never” (says "Our Dogs”) ‘ in the long history of this branch of British sport, in which dogs are used with the gun, has the pastime been carried on upon such scientific lines. This means, of course that much more is expected of dogs than in the old days. Their curriculum i i the field has been considerably advanced. and there has accordingly been a much greater demand upon their intelligence. brains, stamina and restraint. All this is in keeping with the general march of the times, trout, the pr imitive * finger and thumb ’ days to new discoveries, and the application *.J scier.ee not onlv to manufactures of every description, but this snirit bn* entered largely nko into the «i>ortiiv.r spirit if tin- peonlc. Tn the . q)'* dne-

the toil of shooting was more equally divided between the- gun-dog and bi> master. In these days of greater luxury and leisure the dog is taught and called upon to do a much greater share of the actual work, leaving his master with less work and more pleasure.” Here n New Zealand we have- quite as good a field for sport as can be found in the British Isles, and we claim to be sportsmen and to possess good dogs. Why i' it. then, that we hear so little ot field trials? Is it because our dogs are not trained to take more of the toil and work and to leave their masters morti luxury, leisure and pleasure? It then it seems that field trials are necessary, il only for the training of dogs. 1 have on former occasions suggested ir these columns that perhaps the show judge would have quite a different ideof the show standard, were he to see tin tvpe of dog scoring at trials.”