The Collie or Sheep Dog. 119 



kennels and the pitch to which collie breeding has 

 reached, may be judged from the fact that it is said 

 that during 1892, something like two hundred and 

 fifty bitches visited their dogs for stud purposes 

 alone. And there are other notable kennels of 

 collies at Manchester, Newmarket, Stratford-on- 

 Avon, and elsewhere, where results in a similar 

 way, if not quite so extensive, are to the uninitiated 

 somewhat astounding. 



Whilst alluding to the prices of collies, I may say 

 that the dogs have usually brought most money, 

 still, sundry bitches have been sold for 200 apiece 

 and more. Some of the best of this sex of late 

 have been Ormskirk Dolly, Bleachfield Wonder, 

 Bertha, Portington Beauty, Lady Christopher, 

 Sefton Grace, Barwell Pearl, Matrimony, Parbold 

 Phyllis, Ormskirk Memoir, Barwell Princess, but 

 with so many high-class animals of both sexes now 

 being shown it would be almost impossible to 

 compile a perfectly complete list. 



Messrs. Rae and Parsons have for a few years 

 owned a particularly strong kennel of collies at 

 Newmarket, and at the time of writing this in 1893, 

 their Great Gun is by some judges considered the 

 best dog at present before the public. He is a sable 

 and white, a large, strong animal, whose expres- 

 sion might be improved, coat hard and profuse, 



