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The retriever bitch C. B. Nell is by Black Pearl, of Kinnone, ex Heriot Gip, by King Coffee ex Pearl of Devon, by Nigger III ex Champion Gloom. King Coffee is said to be the best dog in England, and Dunedin may be congratulated on the prospect of having a bitch with his blood coursing in her veins owned by a resident fancier.
1896 Otago Witness,? 8 October NOTES BY TERROR.I hear that Mr W. S. Barnard is inclined to withdraw from the fancy, and is offering the whole of his dogs for sale. C. B. Nell, the now celebrated retriever bitch, is to go with the rest, and as she is without question the champion of New Zealand and Australia she would be an acquisition to anyone desirous of strengthening or starting a kennel. C. B. Nell is by Black Pearl of Kiumore. She won several firsts at Home from well-known dogs and bitches, and has never been beaten in New Zealand. Rewi, by Mervell ? Leo, a grand big dog, is of the true retriever type, and bis progeny are sufficient guarantee of his quality. Rewi Drake, by Heather Drake, is a really good typical dog just from quarantine, and judges who have seen him speak in high praise of him. Rewi Lad, by Good Lad out of Tiverton Gem 11, is still in quarantine, and outside of G. B. Nell is undoubtedly the best of the kennel. The sire and dam of C. B. Nell and Rewi have been great winners in the norih part of England. Heather Drake, from late files, proves to be one of the best dogs in England. Good Lad has put down such notable dogs as ? Gomersall Beauty and other well-known dogs and bitches. Rewi Most, the first in the retriever bitch class at the late Wellington show, and reserved for the best dog in the show, is evidently no mean retriever. Seeing that the whole lot are from the winning retriever families of Great Britain, Mr Barnard should have no difficulty in finding purchasers.?Mr Barnard has already sold Bruin, the clumber spaniel, to Mr P. G. Farmilo, of Hobart.


By February 1897 Walter Barnard has sold his kennel of curlycoated retrievers to Mr Jowitt, of collie fame. Report - "I am very sorry indeed to hear that Mr Barnard is lost to the fancy. He has been a really enthusiastic fancier. On the other hand, nothing could please me better than the knowledge that these fine dogs have got into such good hands. No one can be better qualified to turn them to the best account in the interest of the fancy and the colony than their new owner.Mr Jowitt's kennels of collies were already far-famed, and deservedly so, for certainly they contain the finest specimens of their kind that money and judgment can procure. Enriched by the powerful addition that has just been made to them, the Renfrew kennels are now, I believe, the A1 dog establishment of the colony. I think it would be impossible to pick five such perfect dogs in the whole of Australasia as those Mr Jowitt has just purchased. I shall not trouble to go into details of all the dogs as they are already so well known ; suffice it to say that C. B Nell's quality and that of her progeny ? such as Rewi Moa?are well known throughout the colonies The two last imported dogs, Rewi Drake and Rewi Lad, are undoubtedly the fines; specimens of retriever dogs that have ever been imported here, and the splendid litter from Moa by Rewi Drake and also Mr R Watson's Rewi Nell's litter by the same sire are quite sufficient to stamp Drake as the sire of the future.One thing that strikes me painfully in regard to the sale, however, is the fact that her late owner could have the heart to part with C. B. Nell ( or ' Jess," her fireside name). She is really a noble animal, and I thought Mr Barnard would have kept her, whatever he did with his other dogs."