The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
u.P. HUNTER IS new
! LEADER IN COLLIES
Eeedly Sterling Latest Prize
Winner Imported From
, Old Country.
SIX TIMES A CHAMPION
Many Good Ones From Jersey
and Pacific Coast Likely
to Show Here.
SIX TIMES A CHAMPION

III can ne well Wf1tten tnat inc DeBt
Of collie good looks and collie good blood
have been owned In the United States.
For many years there always has been
some one ready TO purchase the best dogs
and bitches produced on the other side
and the wonder is that more good dogs
Of the old Scottish breed have not been
produced In this country. Between
kwenty and thirty years ago Mitchell
Harrison of Chestnut HILL Philadelphia,
started the ball rolling. and when he
gave $4,000 for the small. but highly
2ypicai sable and white Christopher It
appeared as II the limit had been reached.
But that was only flea bite, so to speak.
for when the late J. Perpont Morgan
Acame along he thought little Of giving
$4,000 for a first class collie.
His prime favorite at Cragston was
Seton Hero for which he gave $500.
but John Powers. who executed the COM
Emission to purchase Walter Birchs dog
ut the Collie Club show In London, had
eVceived n blank check. and he could
have filled II up for any amount he
wished. But Powers drove a hard bar
gain with Birch. who was and Is a mil
Her at Seton, Liverpool. Samuel Inter
Snyer was another plucky buyer and his
Jate kennel manager. Joseph Burrell. is
NiO" IoT
Hunter of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Hunter recently built very extern
.Aive kennels at Broomall. Delaware
county. Pa. and these he is filling with
Sehe best dogs his ample purse can procure
IN England and Scotland His latest dog
- the very handsome sable and white
lcolored Champion Seedly Sterling. He
WAS a winner of seventy-six first prizes
and six champion certificates over the
water. Those who are in the habit OF
purchasing this class of dog are pretty
well aware what "a dog of such merits
costs. In the kennel world 1t is not con-
,aidered good taste to ask man right out
what he had given for dog. He would
probably evade the question but the man
well versed in the value of dogs. the mar
ket for which fuctuates. would be able
TO make a shrewd guess. The collie mar
tet has not been so good since the clos
ing Of the Morgan collie kennels at Crag.
ston six or seven years ago. There are
apparently no $4,000 collies now. II is
possible the Philadelphia merchant prince
paid $1,000 for Champion Seedly Sterling.
The other new purchase made by Mr..
Hunter is Champion Seedly Sylvia. She
has not yet arrived in this country.
There Is a fine lot Of collie blood up and
down the country. From coast to coast
may be found some of the best dogs living
The colles imported by Mrs. Ellery Of
San Francisco certainly cost "A tidy for
tune. All that magnificent blood Is on
the coast; and 1t was said recently that
there Is an exceptionally good dog out
there which is likely to come East for the
New York show With the appointment
of a middle West man as Judge Il il likely
that the splendid kennels of colles in that
part Of the Union will be represented.
Harry Hungerford Of Chicago. always a
keen admirer OF coll!es. will undoubtedly
be forward. and his Mountaineer Kennels
have generally contained something out
OF the common.
There in much good collie blood around
and about Closter, y. J. Patrick Tully's
farm often rings with the sharp barkings
OF the highest bred colies, and in a cot
tage under the mountain and between
Tullys and the Palisades have been OBJ
served collies or great value. These came
from the stock once owned by the late Mr..
Morgan and the Princess de Montyglyon.
the latter once residing at Tappan. N. Y.
IL you ride or drive or walk all through
this part OF the country from Closter to
Tappan you will be likely to find some
collie bitches. Their owners do not know
anything about the dogs pedigrees. but q
good looking dog can't be badly bred
w. +. Mason has brought many good
collies to this country and large sums
have been given for dogs and bitches by
the Imna Kennels OF West Sunsbury, Conn
Tho Alstead Kennels also have been pur-
chasers and the Carteret Kennels always
sent out good blue merles-a most at
tractively colored variety Of the collie
The Canadian home bred dogs have been
able to hold their own. and usually bit
more. The collies bred and raised on
Mount Royal. Montreal. may be accounted
n some of the best in the world Collies
are more generally used as sheep and
cattle dogs In the Dominion than here.
He II the all around dog Of the farm and
ranch. and II handled well can be made
= decent hunting dog ION the side"
1t will generally be found that collie
puppies of the very best breeding. when
they have been allowed to run to seed"
by uncareful owners. will carry their ears
an an upright position. Technically this
formation is known as prick. or pricked
ear" Although II is customary for all
dogs Of the near wolf type to carry their
cared dog will be sent out of the judging
r1nS. When dogs ear Is carried in the
way mentioned II may be made to drop
over at the tip by placing a small fat
round piece Of lead on the under side OF
the ear. securing II by the means Of the
strongest sticking plaster. The weight of
the lead used must be according to the
''drop' required in the ear. This Is not
"faking." and many of the best dogs have
20 be weighted in the manner notified I'D
TO the morning Of the judging day.
At one time Scottish collies had down
or drop ears The standard OF points
called for a half cooked or listening ear.
the cartilage being so arranged by human
hands as to catch sounds-the voice or
words of command Of the shepherd to his
sheepdog. All the wild dogs however,
have upright or round. cuplike ears The
upright ear Is exemplifed In that Of the
German shepherd dog. and II will he found
that the orifice of the ears OF such dogs
are wholly protected from the uglier
elements Of rain and wind by short and
sharp hairs. which take the form Of an
ampenetrable stockade.