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as we also did her sister, Floss, who died within a few days of her arrival 
in New York, when heavy in whelp to Mr. Boddington’s Rob Roy Mc- 
Gregor. 
The article on old-time collies is as follows: 
Mr. WHEELER ON THE History oF THE COLLIE 
“That the strains of the majority of the early progenitors of our collies, 
whose pedigrees are in obscurity, emanated from Scotland, and that their 
blood is traceable to the pure working sheep dog, there is no reason to 
doubt. When the breed became fashionable as household pets, and classes 
were provided for them in dog shows, undoubtedly many of the most 
handsome ‘specimens were obtained from the north region, and so supplied 
the material that founded the Warwickshire strain, which, in a great measure, 
forms the basis of the pedigrees of all collies that have any pretensions to 
prize-winning qualifications. 
“About the year 1860 classes were first provided for sheep dogs at the 
Birmingham Show, and at the show in 1863 the entries numbered six only. 
However, the entries steadily increased until they reached as many as 
forty-five at the show held in Birmingham in 1874, and it was about this 
era that breeding for show points started in earnest, more especially as 
applied to Birmingham and the surrounding district, the principal breeders 
being Mr. M. C. Ashwin, Mr. J. Bissell, Mr. W. A. Walker, Mr. D. Tomlin- 
son, Messrs. W. H. and J. Charles, and the writer. 
“At this period collies were to be seen of almost every imaginable 
colour—buff, red, mottle of various shades, not many sables; but the’ 
commonest of all colours were black, tan and white, black and white (without 
tan), and what are now called blue merle but were then known as tortoise- 
shell. 
“Of the names of the old progenitors, the first to claim attention is 
Old Cockie, a grand dog, who in his day had no compeer, although occasion- 
ally in the show ring he had to give way to his inferiors. Besides being 
a handsome show dog, he had the reputation of being a capital worker with 
sheep. 
“Old Cockie was born in the year 1867, and was the winner of upward 
of forty prizes, including firsts and cups at Birmingham and Nottingham 
two years in succession, the Border Counties’ Champion Cup at Carlisle, 
