446 DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



apron and ruffle ; shoulders fine an4 deep ; chest well let down ; 

 • legs straight and full of muscle, with cat-like feet. A good broad 

 back and thick over the loins, with well-bent hocks ; stifles well 

 developed ; tail feathered, not carried over the back ; coat long 

 and straight, wiry to the touch, with a pily coat underneath the 

 " over-coat." Color various ; but that most in vogue, black-and- 

 tan, the tan to be pale, not rich. This is the present fashionable 

 show-dog. 



POINTS IN JUDGING AS GIVEN BY STONEHENGE. 



Value. Value. 



Head lo Feet lo 



Muzzle. 5 Coat 15 



Ears and eyes 5 Color 10 



Shoulders 7J Tail j 



Chest ^\ Symmetry 5 



Loin 10 — — 



Legs. 10 Total i<» 



Though a colley is a sheep-dog, all sheep-dogs are not colleys, 

 there being a half dozen varieties of the tribe, of which the Scotch 

 (or colley proper) is the best known,, and perhaps the most in- 

 telligent and most valuable. However, we find the English 

 sheep-dog, the drover, and other cross-breeds often classed as 

 colleys at Bench Shows, and so judged, though color-mark- 

 ings and general characteristics vary considerably in each. It 

 is one singular fact, fully proven by long experience at the 

 Zoological Gardens of Munich, that the colley'l deficiency of 

 nose is due primarily to its close contact with the effluvia of 

 sheep. Just as the olfactories of pointers and spaniels which 

 have served a long time in carnivora cages, become blunted, so 

 is the coUey's sense of smell impaired by the odors of the sheep- 

 fold ; and in breeds which have been employed as shepherd 

 dogs for many generations, this deficiency becomes hereditary, 

 and cannot be cured by any change of occupation. 



Concerning the shepherd dog, it is worthy to be observed 

 that no severity can ever be used in his training. One single pun- 

 ishment with a whip, such as a breaker often thinks it necessary 

 to inflict on a pointer, would spoil a colley altogether. It would 

 break his spirit and render him worthless for life. 



