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the opinion that Marcus was the best collie he ever saw. We do not believe 

 he ever said any such thing, for Marcus was nothing so very wonderful. 

 We judged him at Pittsburg in 1882 and gave him first, but he had nothing 

 to beat, and at New York he had no opposition in the champion class. 

 There was a good sable at this show, the best collie in the country up to that 

 time — Mr. Van Schaick's Guido. He was a little timid about throwing 

 his ears forward, but he would do so now and again. Guido was the first 

 dog in this country that showed quality. Mr. John W. Burgess, who 

 was for a year or two very prominent at New York shows, bought Guido 

 a year later for the very moderate sum of ;^ 150, after he had defeated Marcus 

 at the Washington Show of 1883. Guido sired very few puppies, but Marcus 

 left quite a number, and almost every one of them was lop eared. You 

 could pick out the Marcus puppies as soon as you saw those ears. There 

 was one good one, however, and that was Zulu Princess, a bitch bred in 

 England by the Rev. Hans F. Hamilton out of that grand bitch Ruby HI., to 

 whom she undoubtedly owed her good looks, as she was the only good one 

 by Marcus ever in this country. Mr. Thomas H. Terry owned her, and 

 he had also bought the best of Mr. Apgar's and Doctor Downey's kennels, 

 to which he also added Robin Adair and a beautiful-headed sister to the 

 great Charlemagne, named Effie. We judged at New York when Effie was 

 first shown, but she was shown outrageously fat, otherwise she could not 

 have been beaten. Robin Adair won many prizes, but he was far from 

 being a good dog, and after he had been shown at Washington he cast his 

 coat and never got a top coat again. He should not have beaten Guido or 

 Rex as he did that year at New York. He was largely bred to, but got 

 nothing of any merit, and to most of them he gave his yellow eye. Mr. Van 

 Schaick, through his son-in-law, Mr. Dockrill, of London, continued to 

 get well-bred dogs from time to time, but not quite good enough to win. 

 They were therefore neglected by breeders, though such dogs as Darnley, 

 a dog close up to the prepotent Duncan-Bess cross, and Sable by Charle- 

 magne out of Minx, ought to have produced far better collies than Robin 

 Adair, Rex or the pedigreeless Marcus. It is easier, however, to look 

 back and say what might and should have been done than it was to 

 decide at the time. 



It was at this period that Charlemagne's great son, Eclipse, was having 

 such a successful career in England and siring so many good puppies, and 

 of course our importers followed along the winnmg Ime. The first to arrive 



