THE COLLIE. 509 



The skull of the Collie should be quite flat and rather 

 broad, with fine, tapering muzzle of fair length, and mouth 

 slightly overshot. 



The eyes widely apart, almond-shaped, and obliquely set 

 in the head; the skin of the head tightly drawn, with no 

 folds at the corner of the mouth. 



The ears as small as possible, semi-erect when surprised 

 or listening, at other times thrown back and buried in the 

 "ruff." 



The neck should be long, arched, and muscular. The 

 shoulders also long, sloping, and fine at the withers. The 

 chest to be deep and narrow in front, but of fair breadth 

 behind the shoulders. 



The back to be short and level, with the loin rather long, 

 somewhat arched, and powerful. 



Brushing, "wf upward swirl" at the end, and nor- 

 mally carried low. 



The fore legs should be perfectly straight, with a fair 

 amount of flat bone; the pasterns rather long, springy, and 

 slightly lighter of bone than the rest of the leg; the foot 

 with toes well arched and compact, soles very thick. 



The hind quarters, drooping slightly, should be very long 

 from the hip-bones to the hocks, which should be neither 

 turned inward nor outward, with stifles well bent. The hip- 

 bones should be wide and rather ragged. 



The coat, except on legs and head, should be as abundant 

 as possible, the outer coat straight, hard, and rather stiff; 

 the under coat furry, and so dense that it would be difficult 

 to find the skin. The ' ' ruff ' ' and ' ' frill ' ' especially should 

 be very full. There should be but little ' ' feather ' ' on the 

 fore legs, and none below the hocks on the hind legs. Color 

 immaterial. 



Symmetry. The dog should be of fair length on the 

 leg, and his movements wiry and graceful. He should not 

 be too small; height of dogs from twenty-two to twenty- 

 four inches, of bitches from twenty to twenty-two inches. 



The Greyhound type is objectionable, as it gives little 

 brain-room in the skull, and with this there is to be found 



