The Bob-Tailed Sheep Dog 385 



porters of the breed are Mr. and Mrs. Eustis, who showed four dogs at 

 New York last year and again this year. Their best dog is still Bilton 

 Bob, and they have a champion in Lady Stumpie. ArKrther very good dog 

 is Captain Roughweather, a son of the English champion Roughweather, 

 but the best dog now before the public is Mrs. George S. Thomas's 

 Wilberforce, who has been very successful, not only in his classes but in 

 winning specials, and has been kept in excellent condition at all times, . 

 which cannot be said of a good many of his competitors. 



Thus far the American-bred dogs have not been a success, but we 

 have not got the material yet to produce with certainty, for that takes 

 time to evolve. At the New York Show this year three were entered, but of 

 these we are inclined to think one was bred in England and another was 

 entered as of unknown parentage, breeder and date of birth unknown, 

 so it is an open question whether that one was a native. The future of 

 the breed depends very much upon what those interested in it will do 

 during the next year, for it wants pushing to keep it going and secure new 

 supporters. 



Having already described the salient features of the bob-tail, we now 

 give the description and scale of points adopted by the English Club. 



Descriptive Particulars 



Skull. — Capacious and rather squarely formed, giving plenty of room 

 for brain power. The parts over the eyes should be well arched and the 

 whole well covered with hair. 



Jaw. — Fairly long, strong, square and truncated; the stop should be 

 defined to avoid a deerhound face. 



[The attention of judges is particularly called to the above properties, 

 as a long, narrow head is a deformity.] 



Eyes. — ^Vary according to the colour of the dog, but in the glaucous or 

 blue dogs a pearl, wall or china eye is considered typical. 



Nose. — ^Always black, large and capacious. 



Teeth. — Strong and large, evenly placed, and level in opposition. 



^arj.— Small ajid carried flat to the side of the head, coated moderately. 



Legs. — ^The fore legs should be dead straight, with plenty of bone, 

 removing the body a medium height from the ground, without approaching 

 legginess; well coated all round. 



