Ins, E, 'T. Byrne, the President, occupied the chair at a full meeting St the committee of the China Kennel Club, held son Tuesday evening in the Shanghai Chub. The Sceounts. showed that, despite the many diticulties that had to be met, the emergency "show held' last December eid not Involve the Club Inve lose, the receipts, and ex. penditure about balancing. Hearty} congratulations were extended to Mr Ti. Brien Dates, the hon. secretary, on having done a0 well during his first year in office and against the handicaps that existed. Ile was Dr. PG. Philipp was elected to fil a vacant seat on the evsamittee 2 contribution of ten guineas was Yoted to. the "Field" Distemper Fund; and it was decided provisionally to hold another dog show on} Saturday, May 19.
Some amuxenient was occasioned by the reading of a letter from a well-known enthusiast who had approached the' Municipal Council inthe endeavour to get them to present "the Kennel Club with Trophy to: be awarded for the Dest fighting dog" owned by a Chinese exhibitor, his idea probably quite correct—being that" nothing "was fettse calculated to lessen the mum ber of armed robberies than the koepling of well-trained watch-dogs. The Municipal Council apparently could not see their way to giving a trophy, bat the committee agreed that they would be quite willing to include the Suggested class in their next show it"romeone. would present a. prize, define a "lighting dog," and exp exactly how i could be distin ed from any other—and judged.
Thereafter, the committee engaged Tongthy debate regarding. the Sheting of rage for China-bred Titore hes been. discoused. There reed dogs, a matter which often
fre more dificultien in the way of this "than moat. owners would imagine, but it was docked that, 1 flog. shive are to continue, something of the sort eventually must be Q established, and the hon. secretary was instructed to open a preliminary register, particulars of which he will announce shortly by advertisement. A sub-committee also was appointed, specially to consider the subject and, if possible, to draft a definite sct of rules and conditions to govern registration and exami
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