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much regret that the Collie Club has not done as much for 

 the working capacity of its idol as it has towards beautifying 

 and improving his appearance. Some of the very best 

 working shepherds' dogs I have ever seen have been small, 

 light-limbed animals, active and fleet, owning intelligent 

 faces, and with such short wiry coats as to lead one to 

 suspect a not very remote cross of the terrier which the 

 farmer has kept to assist in destroying the rats, or to help 

 the huntsman when he brings his scratch hounds round to 

 make a raid upon the foxes. At the trials, the smooth- 

 coated dogs, as a rule, more nearly approach show bench 

 form than do their rough-jacketed cousins, for speed and 

 endurance are required rather than long woolly coats, huge 

 " frills," and " brushes " big enough to disgrace the best 

 that ever hung behind the boldest of bold reynards. 



