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FOREST AND STREAM. 



258 



EP DOG TRIALS. 



libera i il oastthe judges. Hit.-, co 



oi tings. The hurdles iwerte passed 



Clnvefly the bitch tooktheui back, 



16 pen. Here the sheep werei 



.- ■ . ■■ risdd not -'lie down,' t h i i ric - 



- stupid. 



,-ould I 



t, BBtUuia gOb'l naturally, 

 j stir until with a deal of 

 in hill, facing the dog. but 

 & through which they hod 



Went quickly along to her sheep, and got very well to the 

 right side bf them, she theu. keeping at a nice distance, 

 drQri! them ouietlv ontelde the first flasr. then on the risrht 

 i id., ,,,' g n 

 the li ill. ih 

 the next I 

 side, bu1 i 



safely in ti 

 went quic 



the judges 

 bouudsj v. 

 there build 

 railings wi 



oi i : led 

 stupid ami 



just backa 

 persuasion 



gradually i , . 



to be driven, Now Mat showed s< 



ever sa w nr a trial, barking and bounding toward his flock, 



which steaelilv continued i.li.eii course of backing, They 



actually went so 10 t be apeuing, but bvbb here they stuck fo'r 



a time, are! v.- e-o e.,-,i, ■ h-d • trough went pretty elieeil'ullv r 



So the pen. whf a, aftta Bomelittla work, they were Safely en- 



seonced. Time nineteon S.UU ' half minutes. 



Puck, am ril.ee pla .'■ am ite bitch, got the sheep well 



enough round the first Hag. th- n inside the next ones; put sh 

 took them back the rigb . they mads 



. ie hjlj md i! i. i eared sh^ ha 1 lost two 



a .little hi 

 sheep dot 

 He Work 



no hind them, rather slowly than 



taken on the outside, but at the fatal 



i, .1 1 .i,i lee.nLue utmost tmmanageat 

 the hiU the dog eppes red quite at a 

 was occupied I himafelv most of tl 

 but the. sheep were no- taken 

 hurdles, neitnt r were they penned. Job: 

 rather of ile o one ' ihela-t. found hi 

 taking them round the- II e-e Neiefi i n 



aearlyta them. When steadied and, a 



JVeretokonhlsidetle:ti:i;;s and. b i ng lr. 

 the do? was called up. IVext ea.:u .- tie 

 Rob. not a bad looking collie by any 

 entered for the beauty prize. ~ 

 for although he undoubtedly 

 past theiu, and appeared too 

 as though in quest oi a liar..- 1 

 use. Lady: a brown mid whi 

 and When behind them uem 



word being eivrn she. keeping a respectful distance, drove 



i Bool along and outside four or live flags. When down 



the hill (he sheep turned 9.1 bit but were ulti- 



,..,.-.. , HT.sidf, of t,hc. ft a.::-. 



lowmost Hags ba.dv could do nothing, and failed to 

 make further progress, atthough half the course was 

 worked in verj ROQn I air. ITdpay, a little brown bitch 

 snowed consider; : - - '■■- I too much. perhaps, for instead of 

 driving tho sheep a-, 'hrcerjd, just brought them straight to 



ide the fifth, bn 



U, though his sheep eaano on the low side of the second flag, 

 r he eie.1v took them had; a -earn. Jack now did a little 



nuickly l 



Tl,. u -'.. - 







;:. I 1 :..:' 



after some 









Bags: aga 









a, feat safe 





.coram 



(ished. 



and so bo 1 



he 



ninll.,, 



. Mis si 



at the Seer, 



nd 



er.t.,-n,i 



it, that 



pen. Here 



the 





vera "h< 



two and 









coated bla 







bitch, s 





-111 -, 



Qa 



acre the 

 Udj then 

 but on!v 

 ork here 



a led. 



,'ild'lo 



usually 





i, and perhaps 



Certainly he was no worker, 

 v his sheep he would a . 

 put his nose to the ground 



On tin 



• the gap the Qrsi tii 

 ire driven through, then to the 

 ;ed" quickly. Whole time.twenty- 

 eatity. a good-looking, sraootii- 

 iworl groat pace, and at the outset 



side and driving them outside' four flags. At the fifth, the 

 sheep broke away as usual, but in due "course were brought 

 back, then missing the lower Hags, were taken ttnuueh flic 

 openings iri the hurdles to the pan. Here som- capital mirk 

 wasdone and the Coat accomuliahed in Iftaen mbvates. Al- 

 though thfebitah worked well and secured quickly, ate did. 

 not shoW any particular work. [leg, next in turn, had 

 worked previously iu th.- 1 real class a-nl done badly. She 

 now -.honed c lusiderably iinproi ed form. binding her sheep 

 she, in answer to the voice of her shepherd, drove, t.bem qni- 



eth- and patiently oi bslde tha early flags, crossed th-;- difficult 



descent without scattering her sheep, ami properly around all 

 the flags but the lower one. The gap was safely passed, and 



amusement, by -m'luug his c'-yu, which ha held in his loft hand, 



The 



of 



Nell', flint; Ml'. MojCI 

 Young Mat, third; J. Bf 

 Champion Stakes, for 



or upwards.— in this elt 

 em - . emneaee 



.;,!!;, wee at OJJ0 

 and went, around her sb 

 on the putside, At the 

 their would-be guardian 



ohatOpe-:;, ' i. I OB 



r. i hit.n .viv- 

 in* tin- first flag 

 ent away from 



,-iere.l. the first 



i-.e eommanced ' 



but 



barki; 

 them vei 

 much th 



Bag We-l 



l.itch, ki 

 thei 



id at 



flags, t.akiog 

 the hill. At the third I 

 the lower ground, and ca 

 were driven the right 

 reached, and this part of 

 flock was taken through 

 pen. Here, the bitch pro 

 work, and after CbttStda 



. but wlK 



lie. 



chine, th 



ictive blai 



k and tan 



galloped 



well round 



along the 



outside of 



•v too uea 



• the top of 





"%.^:{t 



the hurdle 



■ and to the 





this sort of 





vas lie fait 





i-il" three 





•-i to reach 





eemded" in 





one wrong. 



being ah 



e to get ou 



t out of cc 



urt, Rob. 



with a gl 



eat rc-puta- 



- he w-aa 



ablc to do 



, retting 



..n the right. 





jund to the 





opcrly out- 



So the 

 side the next ones: and. p 

 the sheep went off bodil 

 f rien'Uy terms with thcr 

 a big, etrong, brown-brii 

 tion, which lie sustained 

 under the circumstances, 

 side of the sheep, he drove then 

 fourth flag, which they took on the 



side the others all but the lower one, which most other com- 

 petitors had omitted. In tunning- down the bill, Harding, 

 who was working his dog. fell, but the animal took no notice 

 of the aeeidem to his master, but. allou duty, drovi hi. - 1. . 

 through the gap in the 'hurdles mid to the pen All this work 

 had been done quickly, oeeiipying but eight minutes. Now 



came the most troublesoina portion of the business, tor the 

 sheeD were not safely penned until twelve minutes more had 

 ty minutes in all. If, was th- stupidity ol the 

 ant Is --'. of skill in either doc brshepherdwbioh 



,e»ol-l.< 





flags, 



the pr 



u. Going 



first two 



hill over 



ectly and 



egOtiated. 



trouble. 



iriee tttfi 



1 jes must 

 S of sheep 

 !e slow in 

 t by them 



I : 



etieecsstul at the Ah-xaodra Palace trials, had now it turn. 

 She Is a tan and black bitth, inclined to be smooth-coated, 

 nice-lookiDg, and e ng.jod one to boot, " She was verj 



