52 The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



whites in smallness of ear, but in nothing else ; and does 

 not Burns tell us the collie should be black and white ? 

 One of the best of these came south, a bitch named Time, 

 which George Stables, now kennelman to Sir Humphrey de 

 Trafford, claimed at one of the Scottish shows for some- 

 thing like 15. She was an excellent bitch in every way, 

 and, so far as show was concerned, must have proved 

 remunerative to her exhibitor. 



Another of these white and blacks, a heavier stamp 

 though than Time, ran well at the Westmoreland trials some 

 years later, viz., in 1883, and in the end won the cup 

 presented by Lady Bective for the handsomest dog on 

 the ground, whose work had proved satisfactory. This dog, 

 Sir William, direct from Scotland, was the property of the 

 shepherd on the Storrs Farm, on the banks of Windermere, 

 and had not had special training for the Field Trial work. 

 The only animal approaching this strain I know to-day in 

 England as a winner on the bench, is that right excellent 

 old dog Sly Fox, the property of Mr. H. Ralph (London). 

 He is a medium-sized dog, with not very much white about 

 him, his sire was Fox, his dam being Zulu Princess by 

 Marcus, he of course inheriting the black blood on his 

 dam's side. This cross of the sables with the blacks for 

 Fox was of the sable strain, being by Charlemagne appears 

 to have been fairly successful, for the owner of Sly Fox, 

 whenever he be inclined to put his dogs on the show bench, 

 has something above an average to be seen, What's Wanted 

 and Johnny Norman usually being there or thereabouts in 

 the prize-list. Sly Fox has done a considerable amount of 

 winning, and is at the present time eligible to compete 

 in the champion classes. 



In such a summary as this it is not quite advisable to 



