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, the Rev. Hans F. Hamilton 
put in competition a strong team, which consisted of Angus, Captain, Jock, 
Tricolour II., Eva, Ruby III., 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. 
