EXHIBITION DOG SHOW.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12061, 4 January 1907, Page 5

EXHIBITION DOG SHOW.

(Per United Preas Association).

CHRISTCmJRCH, .January, 3. The inaugural Dog .Show of the newlyformed Canterbury Kennel Club, and th» first held in Christchurch for some five years, opened at the Exhibition grounds to-day, and will be continued to-morrow. Regarding the entries numerically, the show Is one of the ; largest ever held in the colony. The fox terrier class was an immensely strong one, both in point of number and quality, entries being attracted from Auckland, Napier, Dunedin, and other centres. The bulldogs comprised the largest and most representative, class of the breed ever got together in Christchurch, if not in New Zealand, no fewer than 43 entries being forwarded. Black pugs were shown for the first time here, and made an excellent display. Mr R. O. Duncan's imported Skye terrier Slate (Te Rangi Pai) . was unhesitatingly pronounced by experts to be the finest type of the breed ever exhibited in the Southern Hemisphere. Miss Ruby Seddon's Bahi was unopposed in the Skye terrier dog class, which was a matter for regret, as he would have gained laurels in the very best of company. In other departments of the show the same uniform excellence of quality was to be discerned, and the exhibition on the whole is one of which the clnb has every reason to be proud.