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October, 1906 



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Newton Abbott Squire, gives evidence of se- 

 curing championship laurels herself. Here also 

 is to be found that wonderful bitch Champion 

 Columbia's Hope, whose list of winnings com- 

 prises twenty-five firsts, six seconds and many 

 special prizes. She is the only one who has 

 won over Champion Baby Beautiful. 



Many others of equal breeding, including 

 two sisters of the great Crusader, are here, and 

 in perfect health and condition, due to the 

 exceptional rigidness of the sanitary rules 

 maintained by Mr. Van Wyck and faithfully 

 carried out by his kennel-manager. Thus, for 

 example, each of the compartments of the main 

 kennel-building contains a disinfecting appa- 

 ratus that continually charges and purifies the 

 air with a clear, pleasant-odor chemical, that 

 also keeps the flies and other insects and other 

 insects from lingering about the stalls. This, 

 however, is but a special precaution, for the 

 kennels are scrubbed daily with a disinfecting 

 solution, which is also used for the daily 

 sprinkling of the runs. Visitors are provided 

 with linen dusters and aprons that the cloth- 

 ing is not soiled by the frolicsome puppies. 



Both these kennels are freely open to visitors 

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NEW BOOKS 



The Seasons in a Flower-garden. A 

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The author wisely points out that a farm 

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