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prize-lists. As a watch, as a companion, and as a sporting dog, an 

 intelligent Collie has few equals, and what makes him the more 

 valuable in the eyes of the non-fancier is that he is as guid as he 

 is bonnie." 



In general appearance the Collie stands clear and distinct from 

 any other of our Domestic breeds : his build is light and graceful 

 no superabundance of needless bone or tissue to cumber him in 

 his work, no sacrifice of these at the shrine of elegance ; yet his 

 style and carriage are eminently elegant in every outline and 

 graceful movement, and there is a fitness about him for the rough 

 yet important work he has to do, and in his countenance there is 



FIG. 44 MR. PIERPONT MORGAN'S ROUGH COLLIE ORMSKIRK ALEXANDRA. 



a combination of wisdom and self-reliance, toned down by an 

 expression of loyalty and love for his master, that commends him 

 to us and commands our admiration. Fig. 44 represents Ormskirk 

 Alexandra, owned by Mr. Pierpont Morgan, and is one of a 

 remarkable quartet of bitches from one litter, each of which had 

 won championships before the age of twelve months had been 

 attained. She is a tricolour, and was bred by Mr. T. H. Stretch. 

 The general contour, with its filling-in, shows a combination 

 of agility, speed, and suppleness, with a power of endurance that 

 few, if any, other breeds possess. There is no waste, no lumber 

 about him ; even his heavy coat is so in appearance only, being 

 essentially wet-resisting, and a necessity of the exposed life he leads. 



