126 Modern Dogs. 



Thornton, of Winmarleigh, Lancashire, and is by 

 Christopher from Prim of Winmarleigh. The dam 

 of Charlie was a good working bitch, and her 

 pedigree goes back to the Trefoil blood on one side. 

 Her owner considered Prim of Nateby, her grand- 

 dam, as all round one of the best working bitches 

 in Lancashire, being equally good with sheep and 

 cattle. With the latter her intelligence was such 

 that, when sent to bring in the cows to milk, she 

 always separated the young from the old stock 

 without assistance. Evidently Charlie has inherited 

 some of her cleverness. 



The collie has had several clubs established to 

 increase his beauty and his popularity, and that 

 they have been successful in so doing goes without 

 saying. Such clubs have hitherto been sadly negli- 

 gent as to the working merits of the dog, and any 

 improvement that of late years may be noted in the 

 latter must be set down to those associations in 

 Wales, the North of England, and elsewhere, that 

 annually hold competitive trials. The first meeting 

 of the kind took place at Bala in North Wales in 

 1873, and since that time such have been of annual 

 occurrence, and in some districts they are received 

 with great favour by the farmers and the shepherds. 



No more interesting sight can be imagined than 

 on a fine day to see a number of highly-trained 



