64 The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



Mr. F. Hurst, Knutsford, and shown by Mr. J. Rankin, 

 Scotland, called " Bleachfield Wonder," whose sire is 

 Metchley Wonder, and dam Britannia by Rutland. This 

 female wonder was as good in every particular as Dolly, 

 and bigger to boot ; and such being Mr. Heaton's opinion 

 she went into his kennel and won for her new owner 

 almost immediately. 



Another successful exhibitor and frequent judge is Mr. 

 C. H. Wheeler, of Birmingham, who has a happy knack of 

 buying a dog for a small sum and selling it for a large 

 one ; but, in addition to this, he has bred some very good 

 sheep dogs, and claims to be one of the oldest admirers of 

 this now fashionable breed. A man must be a good judge 

 to be able to buy a dog for a few half-crowns, and then 

 sell it for as many pounds ; but I am rathec doubtful whether 

 such procedure is quite the proper method to take with a 

 view of improving any breed. The best dogs Mr. Wheeler 

 has possessed have been Malcolm I., Edgbaston Fox, sold 

 for 250, Lorna Doon, Sir Noel, and Edgbaston Victor. 



Although in Scotland there are no such celebrated 

 kennels as this country has provided, there have been a 

 few extra good specimens of the collie from the Land o' 

 Cakes, still, as already hinted, the lovely black and 

 white specimens, so often found there, have had their 

 places usurped by the southern invaders of brighter hues. 

 Not long ago, at one of the Edinburgh shows in Waverley 

 Market, I thought I had found an extraordinarily good collie 

 of real Scotch breeding, a special one in every way. On 

 referring to the catalogue I became disillusioned, for this 

 dog (Tarquin, Mr. T. Gilholm's) had for his sire our old 

 English champion, Rutland. This Tarquin, albeit of evil 

 temper, is, perhaps, the best of his class that has been 



