Points of the Collie. 125 



loins, too, are hardly dealt with, for with but ten points 

 allowed there, a cripple in his hind-quarters could 

 win in the best of classes, were he perfect in other 

 respects. 



The following is the apportionment of points that 

 might be adopted, though I, like those in authority, 

 by no means advocate this point judging, a scale may 

 be useful to amateurs in determining how far a seeming 

 defect in their dog may be fatal to its success in the 

 ring : 



Shape of head i o 



Expression in eyes and face, with general 



carriage (character) 1 8 



Ears 10 



Neck and shoulders 5 



Legs and feet 15 



Back, loins, and hind-quarters 15 



Brush or tail 5 



Size 5 



Coat, including colour, and frill 17 



Total 100 



Weight for dogs from 5olb. to 6olb. ; bitches from 4olb. 

 to 5olb. 



With some little appearance of an inclination for " home 

 rule," our neighbours over the border have formed a Collie 

 Club of their own, which they call the " Scottish Collie 

 Club," and have taken considerable pains to draw up a 

 description of their own, and made an apportionment of 

 points. These are as follows, and readers will thus be able 



