Useful Companions of Man. 83 
Noted examples of the class are “Sir Hereward,” a 
winner of numerous first prizes, and his descendants 
“Sir Tatton,” ‘Sir Coventry,” “Sir Peveril,” “Dame 
Rachel,” etc. 
The Scotch Collie, or Highland Sheep Dog, is a far 
more graceful animal, and his sense and intelligence are 
equal to any breed of dogs in the world. . Two races are 
to be found in Scotland—the rough and the smooth. The 
rough or shagey-coated collie is the most choice descrip- 
tion; for his impenetrable warm thick coat is a good 
protection to him when his duty calls him to face the 
storms and mists and snows of the wild mountains, espe- 
cially when the stragglers of the flock have been covered 
by the snow-drifts, and he goes in search of them with 
his master. He has a fine fox-like muzzle; full, expres- 
sive, but rather crafty eyes ; small ears dropping forward, 
and the mask of his face is smooth. From the base of 
the skull the whole of the neck and the entire body are 
protected by a deep, warm, long coat of various colours— 
sometimes black with tan points; sometimes sandy, or 
of various mixed greys, some of which are singularly 
beautiful and picturesque. There is generally a very 
fine white line down the forehead, not amounting to a 
blaze, as in the spaniels. His legs (especially the hind 
legs, from the hocks) are bare, that is, not feathered; and 
for many years authorities on the dog have described the 
collie as having one, or even two, dewclaws on each hind 
leg, which is indeed generally the case. Hisneck is long 
and rather arched ; his shoulders are set well back, and 
are very powerful ; the elbow is well let down ; the fore- 
arm is short; the ‘ankles or pasterns are long, and rather 
small for his size; and the feet are round, arched, and 
have excellent thick hard soles ; the chest is deep, but 
rather narrow ; he is broad over ‘his back; his loins are 
well arched; the hips are wide ; his thighs are muscular, 
and he is inclined to go rather wide behind ; the tail is 
very bushy and large, and carried up when he is in 
motion, and when he is controlling his excitement it is 
turned over his back. 
The Collie Club have arranged the standard of poirits 
