124 The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



SCALE OF POINTS. 



Head and expression 15 



Ears i o 



Neck and shoulders I o 



Legs and feet 15 



Hind quarters i o 



Back and loins 10 



Brush 5 



Coat with frill 20 



Size 5 



Total 100 



NOTE. Point judging is not advocated, but figures are only 

 made use of to show the comparative value attached to the 

 different properties ; no marks are given for " general symmetry," 

 which is, of course, in judging a point of the utmost importance. 



Such we must take to be the accepted description of the 

 collie dog as he is now admired on the show bench and 

 kindly treated in his own home. There may be exceptions 

 taken to some of the remarks, and without being thought 

 hypercritical, I may say that the line as to colour being 

 immaterial is at any rate misleading. Colour has a 

 considerable amount of weight with all our judges, and 

 there is not one who would place a really tip-top dog that 

 was all white, over one a little less perfect in livery of 

 the orthodox black, tan, and white, or the even handsomer 

 rich red sable with a collar of white, and frill and tail tip to 

 match. Nor would a brindled dog do, nor one brindled 

 and black, nor one altogether black. Colour ought to have 

 had, at any rate, five points given in the scale, for certainly 

 they are allowed, although not prescribed. The back and 



