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coated ; had she possessed the shaggy jacket and good 

 frill many worse workers owned, she would have won the 

 " beauty cup " oftener than was the case. Mr. Martindale 

 (Bendrigg), Westmoreland, had another handsome dog, a 

 black and tan, called Milton, good enough to win both by 

 field and bench. Mr. J. Akerigg, Mr. J. Ivison, Mr. J. S. 

 Pattison, and Mr. R. Bracken, in addition to the farmers 

 already named, have at times owned some highly-successful 

 workers, both of the rough-coated and smooth-coated 

 varieties. 



During recent years Mr. J. Barcroft, of Scout Moor, 

 Shuttle worth, Lancashire, appears to have devoted more 

 time and money in endeavouring to obtain perfection in the 

 working sheep dogs than anyone else. His efforts, too, 

 have met with quite an average amount of success. The 

 best dogs he has owned have been Bob, Trim, Sail, and 

 Nip, the latter an active black and white little bitch, as sharp 

 as a needle and more sensible than some human beings. 



Dr. James (Kirkby Lonsdale), Mr. Steward, already 

 mentioned, Mr. W. D. Inman (Coniston), and Mr. W. W. 

 Thomson (Mitcham), seem to be about the only bench 

 exhibitors of collies who have made entries at the sheep 

 dog competitions. Mr. Lloyd Price has given them 

 great support, and, as I have already stated, was one 

 of their founders, and he at times does not deem it deroga- 

 tory to his dignity as the head of a leading county family, 

 to occasionally place some of his dogs (not collies how- 

 ever) within the magic circle of the show ring. 



The surroundings of these trials are simple enough, and so 

 are the rules for their conduct, and the following are the 

 only ones in use at the old established Llangollen meeting. 

 They may be found useful to those who wish to promote 



