The Collie or Sheep Dog. 117 



likewise, nor was he beaten until the dark black- 

 and-tan Rutland lowered his colours in 1885. Charle- 

 magne was not much shown, so for an old dog he 

 was comparatively fresh when he appeared at the 

 Collie Club show in Holborn, in February, 1890, 

 when he was once more given the prize as the best 

 collie in the show. He died the following year, 

 leaving behind a reputation as the most noteworthy 

 collie of any time 



Rutland, the dog that beat Charlemagne, had 

 been bred by the Rev. Hans Hamilton, and after 

 changing hands several times, he was purchased by 

 Mr. S. Boddington, of Birmingham, from the selling 

 class at Warwick for ^5, but just previously he had 

 changed hands for half that sum. His new owner 

 showed him well, and ultimately disposed of him to 

 Mr. A. H. Megson, of Manchester, for ^250. 



From this time it seems that the collie gradually 

 increased in money value, and as I write, a matter 

 of a couple of hundred pounds for a perfect speci- 

 men would be considered by no means out of the 

 way. At Manchester in 1888, the gentleman who 

 had bought Rutland, paid ^350 at auction for a 

 young dog called Caractacus, that his breeder and 

 exhibitor Mr. J. J. Steward, of near Rugby, had 

 entered for ^100. This dog did little good after- 

 wards, nor was he a good one. Again did Mr. 



