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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1907 



iT IS natural that peo- 

 ple should love clogs, 

 for since the earliest 

 ages, long before the historical 

 period in Europe, there is evi- 

 dence that man possessed the dog 



A and that a close companion- 

 ship existed between the two. 

 Even kings and queens did not 

 disdain the friendship of ca- 

 nines, and it is a matter of record that 

 Queens Elizabeth and Victoria were de- 



votedly attached to their dogs 

 and that James I, Charles II 

 and Henry VIII took a great 

 deal of interest in the stock of their kennels. 

 For ages the dog has been the theme of 

 historians, philosophers, scientists and poets, 

 who have penned many brilliant tributes 

 to his faithfulness, unselfish devotion 

 and sagacity. Of these the eloquent 

 panegyric pronounced by the late Sen- 

 ator Vest during a so-called dog case in 

 court, many years ago, is probably best 



SCOTCH 

 COLLIE , 



known in this country and only approached, 

 but not equaled, by the celebrated eulogy 

 of Buffon, the eminent French naturalist. 

 It is undeniable that these encomiums are 

 richly deserved, for no other domestic ani- 

 mal has ever done as much to guard and save 

 life and property. For an example, we need go no 

 further than the unparalleled record of Barry, 



