The morning call., 1892-01-17
THE KENNEL.
Pacific Coast Field Trials at Bakers


Pacific Coast Field Trials at Bakers
field.
The California Kennel Club will meet
this month 10 arrange for its next bench
show.
Mr.. Roberts of London, Ont, who judged
the Victoria D. c. kennel show on the 4th
and eth INST, has been selected to Judge
the Washington Kennel Clubs show at
Seattle.
Members Of the Pacific Coast Field Trial
Club left yesterday for Bakersfield, where
the trials viii be held the first series to-
morrow. The contests will be very Inter-
esting to spOrtsmen this year owing to the
large number Of pointers, the ajOrity Of
which are owned by San FTancscauS. The
contests will last four days.
Breakfast aud dinner at Judge Farrar's
during the Philadelp hla trials were occa-
siOns when dog talk was omitted, AMI top
les relating 10 the preparation OF game for
the table were often discussed. During one
Of these talks the subject was ducks. and
John White very seriously prOpOUnded the
following recipe for making "Old SQUAD"
palatable: You draw him, stuff with sage
and onions, and boil two hours. Then place
In pan, smother In onions and bake two
hours. After taking from the oven carry
the bird TO the back yard and throw over the
fence"
Doggy men in Australia have MANY trials,
but the worst thing they have to contend
with is ticks, which are 80 venOmOus that,
once OG a dog, he either dies from the
poison or Is left in such a condition that he
has to be killed The Queenslander has
the following Item about these pests:
Ticks stlll proceed with their ravages on the
CANNES. Mr.. j. Steward has, hear, recently
lost three fox terriers from tick poison, and In
these cases the ticks had The impudeuce 10 come
10 the kennels, in which they were secured. Mr.
WARY has lost his ST. Bernard, fourteen ticks
having hand IN his decedse. There are many
Otner cases have heard Of, and In one instance
the dog, rough teTTI'r, recovered after a severe
spell OF paralysis. D0g.Owners must be particu-
larry cautious and diligently seach their pets
daily. foa Out Sanford way has become par
alyZ"d from lick poisoning, aud although il cuUgs
10 dear life small hopes are entertained for It's
cOVefy. correspondent mentions thar he re-
Gently came across b2ndteOOt apparently help
less. lie caught II aud found 1t quite paralyZed
and discovered dozens of ticks on II. The band.
icOOt died short time after he was found.
A very popular Cana ian SPORTSMAN, DR..
w, sey Mills of Montreal, writes to the
Forest and Stream as follows concerning
dogs and dog shows:
The Canadian Kennel Club on nv motion
adopted rule uncommonly similar to Rule / Q
OF the a. X. G., as II now stands but with THIS
important difference, that While the veterinarian
VIII be lie sole judge In the matter OF the con-
taRiOuSuess OF disease, II rests with the COM
miitee 10 determine whether tie dogs condition,
from any point Of view, units him from being on
exhibition. IT s only TOO well known that many
veterinary surgeons know but little about the
points Of dogs as breeds, that they lille for
shows and, In fact, little for dogs as dogs (and
not cases. at all, while the committee Is usu-
ally selected just because the members can ap-
preeiate all these things. dog may not be a
menace 10 the health of other animals in a show
yet be Ia a condition calculated TO do much han m
10 dog shows; In fact, liable 10 disgust the Wis.
itOTs 10 the show, as witness several dogs. the
property Of one kennel, exhibited al Hamilton
and Toronto last September.
Yet these dogs were admitted to the show by
the veterinarian appointed. II Is true that under
a slGicL Interpretation OF the new rule these dogs
could not be admitted now in a show in the
United States (much less IN Canada) but dog
may slil in spite OF the specifications OF eczema,
as well as mango, etc, be In very unfit cOud
lion TO m ct the public eye, aBd.why should not
the committee decide rs TO his fitness or tile
reverse Tor exhibition? 1t seems a pity that
Section OF Rule II was not amended so as
10 exclude challenge dogs from the open class in
any case 1t is 10 be hoped that In these rules
the correct term veterinarian" will be substl-
luted for veterinary" which Is surely very
questionable English. Upon The whole the
amendments Will probably be accepted as I'm
pToVemeuts.