Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and Disease — John Shaqi
Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and DiseaseBarton, Frank Townend
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Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and Disease
Barton, Frank Townend
Dogs
At the Kennel Club Show there are classes for this variety of
Retriever, and, in our opinion, the Labrador will, in course of
time, become very popular amongst sportsmen, as they are excellent
retrievers, when properly broken. They are wavy-coated dogs, either
black, fawn, or yellow in colour, and, what is remarkable, these
coloured dogs often appear in a litter belonging to a black sire and
dam.
[Illustration: CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER DOG.]
White specimens have been produced, and it seems likely enough that a
race of white Retrievers will, in course of time, become established,
though, from a sportsman's view, they will not be as serviceable as
their black or darker-coloured brethren.
The author remembers several fawn-coloured Labradors on an estate in
Scotland, and the gamekeeper spoke most highly of the breed for work,
though, constitutionally, somewhat delicate.
CONSTITUTIONAL RULES OF THE RETRIEVER SOCIETY
1. That the object of the Society be to promote the breeding of pure
Retrievers, and to develop and bring to perfection their natural
qualities. In order to carry out these purposes, a working trial, if
practicable, shall be annually held.
2. That the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-Presidents, a
Committee, and an unlimited number of members.
3. That one-third of the Committee (exclusive of officers) shall be
withdrawn by lot each year, at the Annual General Meeting for the first
two years, and afterwards by rotation, and members shall be elected
to fill their vacancies; the retiring members to be eligible for
re-election. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Honorary Secretaries
shall be _ex-officio_ members of the Committee, and shall be elected
annually.
4. That the entire control and management of the Society shall be
vested in the Committee (of which three shall form a quorum), who shall
have power to make bye-laws, and decide upon all matters in dispute not
provided for by the rules of the Society; and, further, that any member
of the Committee, if unable to be present at a Committee Meeting, shall
be permitted (upon application for same) to vote by proxy, duly signed,
upon any resolution appearing upon the agenda paper, except as provided
in Rule 8.
5. That each candidate for admission shall be proposed and seconded
by members of the Society. The candidate's name, rank, residence, and
profession or occupation, if any, shall be sent to the Secretary a
fortnight before the election of candidates at the Committee Meeting;
and that each member of the Committee be advised, at least seven days
beforehand, of the proposed election of a new member of the Society.
6. That the election of members shall be vested solely in the
Committee, and be made by ballot, two black balls to exclude.
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