144 Modern Dogs. 



The smooth-coated collie differs only from the 

 rough variety in coat, which in the former should 

 be hard, dense, and quite smooth, so no special 

 scale of points is required for him, but in judging 

 care must be taken that the prizes are awarded to 

 really " smooth or short-coated " animals that have 

 no long hairs or feathers on their hind quarters and 

 stern. I fancy it is there and on the neck that the 

 cross with the rough-coated dog would become most 

 apparent ; and instances have been known where 

 attempts have been made to win prizes in classes 

 devoted to the smooth variety with rough-coated 

 specimens in the process of " moulting," assisted by 

 the trimming operations of their owners. A smooth- 

 coated tri-colour is a handsome companion, though 

 unfortunately not a fashionable one. 



