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own to it, and the " faking," if faking it be, is always done sub rosa. I 

 do not know that to use the watering can on the back of a curly retriever 

 just before taking him in the ring can be called faking, but pulling the 

 coat of the same dog is, and yet that practice is, if not approved, winked 

 at by those in authority. 



I have no wish to spread a knowledge of faking further than to ensure 

 contempt for it, and its thorough condemnation by all good men 'and true, 

 hoping that public opinion may ere long bring about reforms which those 

 who have assumed the reins in canine matters seem to have no heart to 

 undertake. 



Sending to Show. Having made your entry you will in due course 

 have received address label and a metal number with instructions what to 

 do with them. 



Let these instructions be obeyed to the smallest minutiae, or you may 

 give the show authorities unnecessary trouble, and yourself also. 



Basket or Box. The comfort of the dog in transit may considerably 

 affect his chances of winning. A close box without efficient means for the 

 admission of fresh air and the emission of that which has been consumed 

 and altered in process of respiration is sure to cause illness, if not death, 

 a plain sided box with a few holes bored in it does not do, many instances 

 of suffocation have occurred through this, or through packing two in a 

 box only big enough for one. This is false economy, for if suffocation 

 escapes the dogs, one is almost sure to suffer, and the want of sufficient 

 air, together with the excitement of the journey, not unfrequently brings 

 on a sudden attack of diarrhoea. Give space commensurate with the size 

 of the animals, and provide air in like ratio. If your box is flat topped 

 have ventilation secured by square pieces cut out of top and sides, and 

 over these strong iron rods bent outwards, so that nothing placed on or 

 against it can lie flush, and prevent ingress of air. Have strong handles 

 to the box, it is a convenience to railway porters, and removes the 

 temptation to indulge in what appears to be a natural tendency in them, 

 viz., to turn everything they handle upside down, whether it contain a 

 live creature or not. 



Baskets, because of their lightness, are preferred for small dogs, but if 

 used for terriers they should be lined inside with perforated zino, or they 

 will seldom last a journey. 



In the Ring. It is the right and duty of every one to show his dog 



