In the latest issue received out here, "The Field" touches a note which should appeal to a very great number of people in connexion with the Distemper Fund which that paper is raising in order to further scientific investigation with a view to the discovery of a reliable preventive of distemper, namely "We are asking now for the support of the owner of the ordinary house dog, who is not as yet fully cognizant of the fact that we are working just as much in the interest of his dog as of packs of hounds, greyhounds and gun dogs. We want henceforth to get in touch with him; to make him realize that distemper is the most powerful enemy of all dog owners, and to secure his help in an effort to fight it,"
That is indeed a powerful_ appeal, - for very often it is the dog of no sort of breeding who is his master's best friend, though that same master may think that the owners of pure bred animals never give a thought to such true and honest creatures. That is a great mistake, for often it is the case that there is an out-and-out little mongrel who never leaves the heels of a man with a big kennel of almost priceless thoroughbreds. They are all man's friends and distemper is the common curse to all_ of them. In the United States, Mr. Chas. H. Tyler has gathered together a group of representative sportsmen who are doing: their very best to aid the fund and Mr.- Tyler "has expressed to "The Field" a hope that: the Research Committee will find us something to save our little pals.'"' An appeal so touching in its simplicity and the spontaneous outburst of affection for dogs which it reveals cannot be ignored. Generous as have been the contributions we already have received, it is to be hoped that many more will come along.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.