SHEEP DOG TRIALS 687 



intermixed with white, which imparts to the dog a more attractive 

 appearance. 



Height. Fair stand and measurement at the shoulder, from 20 

 inches upwards. The bitches, of course, smaller than the dogs. 

 Great height is not to be encouraged, for it takes away the corkiness 

 and cobbiness l of the dog. 



General Appearance. He is a strong compact-looking dog, pro- 

 fusely coated all over. He has a peculiar springing style of move- 

 ment and is thick-set, muscular, and able-bodied, with an intelligent 

 expression. 



Scale of Points: Total, 100. 



Head 10 



Jaw ... 5 



Eyes ... 5 



Nose ... 5 



Colour . . . 10 



Teeth ... 5 



Ears .( 5 



Legs ... 10 



Tail (undocked) . . 10 



Neck and Shoulders . 10 



Body, Loin, Hind quarters 10 



Coat . . . 15 



The Tortoise-shell Collie is a very old kind. A great number of them 

 are wall-eyed or light-eyed, and they are said not to go blind. 



Sheep Dog Trials have for many years occupied a 

 good deal of attention and interest in certain localities of 

 the United Kingdom ; and thanks to such men as Edward 

 W. H. Jones, 2 in Wales, and G. F. Bowden, of Somersal, 

 Derbyshire, the method of competition is becoming more 

 and more systematised. Trials have also become popular 

 in America, where a considerable number of the best 

 British dogs have recently been taken. 



" The prescribed work or task," says Jones in his excellent little book, 

 " is generally as follows : Three sheep being set at liberty on a spot some 

 half-mile distant from the shepherd and the dog, out of the dog's sight, 

 and even sometimes out of the sight of the shepherd also, the dog has (i) 

 to go to find the sheep ; (2) bring them, over a course more or less beset 

 with natural and artificial difficulties, to the shepherd, who is restrained 

 from proceeding over a certain boundary to the assistance of the dog, 

 and, with the shepherd's assistance when within this boundary, to drive 

 the sheep to a small enclosure ; and (3) pen them within a certain speci- 

 fied time generally ten minutes." Out of a total of 60 points, the find = 

 1 8 ; the return = 30 ; and the penning =12. 



1 Compactness. 



2 Author of Sheep Dog Trials : their standard of adjudication, origin and progress ; 

 together with the Sheep Dog: its history, varieties, points, breeding, and training. 

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