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drive their sheep something over 800 yards, and 

 the trial ground covered about 90 acres. The 

 latter, of course, not including the portions occupied 

 by the spectators. Here, on our wild, bleak fells 

 of Cumberland, the space to be obtained was 

 almost unlimited. As circumstances occur, these 

 estimates may be extended or decreased at will. 

 Having secured such suitable ground, the next 

 thing is to draw out a plan denoting the course over 

 which the dogs have to drive their sheep, the 

 positions where the worker of the dog, the judges, 

 and officials are to stand, the location of the spec- 

 tators, and the place where the pen is erected 

 into which the competitors have to drive their 

 flocks. 



" The course is indicated by a succession of flags 

 placed at intervals, on the far side of which the dogs 

 drive the sheep, the time occupied and the manner 

 in which the work is done being placed to the credit 

 or otherwise of the competitors. The sketch on 

 the opposite page will assist to convey an idea as 

 to a plan of the ground. 



" The sheep are liberated near A, the shepherd 

 standing at B sends his dog to the sheep, which are 

 to be driven in the direction indicated by the arrows 

 on the far side of the flags to D, a pen of hurdles 

 into which the sheep have to be driven. The 



