Useful Companions of Man. S3 



Noted examples of the class are " Sir Hereward," a 

 winner of numerous first prizes, and his descendants 

 "Sir Tatton," "Sir Coventry," "Sir Peveril," "Dame 

 Rachel," etc. 



The Scotch Collie, or Highland Sheep Dog, is a far 

 more graceful animal, and his sense and intelligence are 

 equal to any breed of dogs in the world. Two races are 

 to be found in Scotland — the rough and the smooth. The 

 rough or shaggy-coated collie is the most choice descrip- 

 tion; for his impenetrable warm thick coat is a good 

 protection to him when h^s duty calls him to face the 

 storms and mists and snows of the wild mountains, espe- 

 cially when the stragglers of the flock have been covered 

 by the snow-drifts, and he goes in search of them with 

 his master. He has a fine fox-like muzzle ; full, expres- 

 sive, but rather crafty eyes ; small ears dropping forward, 

 and the mask of his face is smooth. From the base of 

 the skull the whole of the neck and the entire body are 

 protected by a deep, warm, long coat of various colours — 

 sometimes black with tan points ; sometimes sandy, or 

 of various mixed greys, some of which are singularly 

 beautiful and picturesque. There is generally a very 

 fine white line down the forehead, not amounting to a 

 blaze, as in the spaniels. His legs (especially the hind 

 legs, from the hocks) are bare, that is, not feathered ; and 

 for many years authorities on the dog have described the 

 collie as having one, or even two, dewclaws on each hind 

 leg, which is indeed generally the case. His neck is long 

 and rather arched ; his shoulders are set well back, and 

 are very powerful -, the elbow is w^ell let down ; the fore- 

 arm is short ; the ankles or pasterns are long, and rather 

 small for his size ; and the feet are round, arched, and 

 have excellent thick hard soles ; the chest is deep, but 

 rather narrow ; he is broad over his back ; his loins are 

 well arched ; the hips are wide ; his thighs are muscular, 

 and he is inclined to go rather wide behind ; the tail is 

 very bushy and large, and carried up when he is in 

 motion, and when he is controlling his excitement it is 

 turned over his back. 



The Collie Club have arranged the standard of points 



