100 The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



together with the scale of points, worth printing here. At 

 any rate, they give some amount of completeness to what 

 has been written on the subject. Without going into any 

 minute criticisms of the matter the club has put together, 

 I may take exception to what is said about the feet being 

 moderately large, and also their particulars as to the tail. 

 Personally I believe a skilful operator can reduce the stern 

 of a puppy in such a manner as to make it an absolute 

 impossibility for even an expert to tell whether this 

 shortening be natural or otherwise. And we must not 

 forget that natural " bob-tails" are rarer than the artificial 

 ones, and that in the same litter puppies with tails of 

 varying length or shortness are produced. 



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