Rough-Coated Collie 351 



"Tramp, bred in Ireland, was a good-coated dog of a red colour, a bit 

 sour in expression and weak in front pins; he was shown at the Alexandra 

 Palace Show in 1879 by Mr. Richardson Carr. 



"At the Bristol Show held in October, 1879, ^^e Rev. Hans F. Hamilton 

 put in competition a strong team, which consisted of Angus, Captain, Jock, 

 Tricolour H., Eva, Ruby HI., and a litter from the latter by Marcus, 

 which contained Donald, Zulu Princess and Madge I. 



" Lufra, who was bred from a celebrated working strain indigenous to the 

 district of Blair Athol, mated with, an unshown son of Old Cockie, produced 

 Duncan, a dappled sable in colour, and the remainder of the litter were blue 

 merles. Old Bess, black-tan-and-white, was true collie" in type, very intel- 

 ligent, and a clever worker with sheep. From the union of her with Duncan 

 the issue was Lorna Doon, Nesta, Floss, Varna, Bonnie Laddie, Druce, and 

 Malcolm I., and thus the Duncan-Bess quality strain was founded. 



"The starting-point of Mr. Bissell's show success was a litter by Old 

 Cockie ex Mr. Ashwin's Lassie, which produced Clydesdale and Cocksie, 

 both winners of many prizes. Meg, by Old Mec, ex Clyde, visited Old 

 Cockie, from which union came Maude, a short-legged sable bitch, rather 

 short in head, yet nice in expression. This bitch was bred to Tartan, and 

 produced Lorna, who was put to her grandsire. Old Cockie, and produced 

 Wolf. The next litter from Maude was by Trefoil, and contained six, 

 which were remarkable for their dissimilitude one to the other. The star 

 of the litter was Charlemagne, a beautifully shaded sable with showy white 

 markings, whose immense coat helped to give him a very attractive appear- 

 ance, but he was built on cloddy lines. He, however, had a decent head, 

 and although his ears were not absolutely pricked there was only a slight 

 suggestion of a bend at the extreme'tips. Trevor, another sable-and-white, 

 was a dog of distinctly different type and conformation; head a fair length, 

 but deep in muzzle and lippy; ears big, and carried low, was well furnished 

 with coat, and built on racing lines; his very gay tail carriage, however, 

 was an abomination. Topper, another dog with heavy ears, in colour 

 black with rich tan markings, had a long coat, but in head and general 

 appearance too much of the setter type. Bell, a black-tan-and-white bitch 

 with one prick ear, had a good coat and not a bad type of head. Effie 

 and Flirt, two red sable bitches, whose superiority lay in their typical heads, 

 were cloddy in build. They, however, had good coats, and both gained 

 distinctions in the show ring. 



