SHEEP-DOG TRIALS 



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the right or left, sometimes even going in opposite 

 <iirections. Again the dog recovers them, and, by- 

 short rapid turns, puts them once more at the 

 brook. This time they seem almost to tumble in, 

 and, wading through the shallow water, scramble 

 up the opposite bank on the meadow side. Here 



A SCOTCH COLLIE DOG. 



they are ; the spectators are called upon to stand 

 back as far as possible, while the sheep are brought 

 towards the pen. Then comes the difficult climax ; 

 to get the excited sheep (two or three, as the case 

 may be) into so small a pen, through so small an 

 opening, is indeed a clever feat. Although a couple 

 of hundred are looking on, not a sound is uttered 

 by anyone ; indeed, a single word from the judge 



