96 The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



The following are the points to be allowed in judging the 

 Old English sheep dog : 



Shape of head and colour of eyes (the latter 



preferred pearl, light blue, or china) 20 



Teeth 5 



Ears 10 



Neck and shoulders 5 



Legs and feet 10 



Back, loins, and hind-quarters i o 



Coat 20 



Colour (any shade of blue, grizzled, or mirled, 



with or without white markings) i o 



Size (weight from 45lb. to 6olb.) 10 



100 



Disqualifications : soft, curly, poodle-like coat, black and 

 tan and brindled colours. 



From time to time good " bob-tails " have been shown by 

 Mr. R. Abbott, Hingham, Norfolk ; by Mr. W. G. Weager, 

 Streatham, Surrey ; by Mr. Morton Campbell, Brechin, 

 N.B. ; by Mr. D. Parry Thomas, Pontypridd, whose Mayor 

 of Cardiff was a great favourite in the show ring ; by Mr. 

 Freeman Lloyd, London ; Mr. E. T. Rees, Cardiff, and by 

 Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price, already alluded to, whose Belle of 

 Ranelagh was good enough to win at Birmingham and 

 elsewhere. 



The special club to promote the interests of the old- 

 fashioned English bob-tailed sheep dog was established in 

 1888, and, not to be behind similar institutions, forthwith 

 compiled a list of rules, and submitted the following 

 description of the dog as he ought to be, with the scale of 



