1 1 6 Modern Dogs. 



Other good collies of the earlier days of shows 

 were Mr. J. Holmes' Bob, Mr. Henry Lacy's and 

 Mr. John HenshalPs Mec ; Mr. C. W. Wilson's 

 Malcolm, and following them came Mr. S. E. 

 Shirley's Shamrock. The latter was bred in the 

 north of Ireland, but there is little doubt his 

 ancestors came from Scotland ; his sire is given as 

 Mr. McCall's Shep, his dam Mr. C. Glasby's Bess. 

 From Mr. Shirley's kennels also came Tricolour, 

 Trefoil, and Hornpipe. 



With the advent of the Cockie strain, and he 

 formed a strain although his pedigree was unknown, 

 and that of Mr. Shirley's, great improvement in the 

 appearance of the collie became apparent. Trefoil 

 was the sire of Mr. Bissel's Charlemagne (the most 

 successful of all collies both at the stud and on the 

 bench), from Maud, a daughter of Cockie's. The 

 continuity of type handed down from these strains, 

 points to their purity in the first instance, and one 

 may well wonder what our present collies would have 

 been had Trefoil and Cockie never had existence, 

 or their excellence have remained undiscovered. 



Charlemagne, a sable and white in colour, made 

 his first appearance in public at Curzon Hall in 

 1879, when, as a puppy, he received an honour- 

 able card only. Next year and for the four following 

 years he won in his class and took the challenge cup 



