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is singular to say, but nevertheless a fact, that, notwithstanding the ex- 

 ceedingly large number of puppies by these two dogs, that were not 

 only bred but were exhibited and won many prizes, they produced no 

 dog to carry on the family in the male line. We will refer to this 

 subject later, and now return to the record of the collie in America, 

 which we had carried up to the appearance of Mr. Mitchell Harrison 

 as a competitor in 1886. 



Mr. Harrison originated the Chestnut Hill Kennel, which was sub- 

 sequently transferred to Mr. Jarrett, who still uses the building, which 

 was the first erected in this country with any pretensions to being any more 

 than a place for dogs to sleep in. After dabbling in a few purchases of 

 some rather common American-bred stock, Mr. Harrison purchased, 

 when in England in the winter of 1885-6, a dog called Nullamore, a brother 

 to Dublin Scot, and a few bitches. The dog was sent to the New York 

 Show, but not exhibited, and as this purchase was not satisfactory he then 

 got Dublin Scot and that good bitch Flurry H., and expected to sweep the 

 decks, only to find, just before the important show at Newark, N. J., in 

 1887, that Mr. Van Schaick had imported two sons of the Chestnut Hill 

 importations, which were named Scotilla and Scotson, and the latter could 

 beat Dublin Scot. To win it was necessary to buy them, and the two 

 new dogs changed owners before the show opened. It was a very strong 

 class of collies at that show. Scot was not shown in the class competitions, 

 and in open dogs Scotilla won from his brother; we came third with Clipper, 

 of the second Eclipse-Nesta litter; Nullamore was fourth; Glenlivat, reserve; 

 and Glengarry, reserve. The latter had won the special for the best in the 

 show at New York the previous year, and was a litter brother to Clipper. 

 The reason Glenlivat got so low down was owing to an accident two days 

 before the show opened, the dog being run over and badly cut below one 

 of his hocks. At the show we were kept so busy fighting off accusations of 

 fraudulent pedigree, and attending meetings, that we had no opportunity 

 to massage the dog's leg, and on being ordered into the ring he walked lame. 

 There were two judges, and they began with a consultation as to what to 

 do with the lame dog, finally deciding to give him the reserve card and let 

 him go back to his bench, the judging then proceeding without him. It 

 was a costly accident to us, for he was in the sweepstakes, the first prize 

 of which amounted to $250, and we had to be content with ^50, even although 

 by the time that prize was judged the dog showed not the slightest lameness. 



