New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-02
ColGes Gather
For Big Show
AtBryantH Hall
Entries Received From as
Far Away as Idaho
Valuable Prize List
By lanes S. Mitchell


row at Bryant Hall, Forty-seeond
Street and Sixth Avenue, where the
organization will hold It's second an f,
nual speciality show. A string Of sixty
Of the best specimen Of the breed now
in America has been handed In TO Man
agor Purcell. This Is twenty in excess
Of the number Of competitors shown
a year ngo.
Cracks have come from as far away
rs Idaho. while Chicago. Buffalo, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia will be representY
ed By their best dogs. 'Noefort has
been spared 20 make the exhibit a sue
cess, The main share OF the WORK ksy.
ing been contributed BY Prcsidsn,
Tully, Tom Morris and Fred Leighton.
Where the club Is bound TO excel is
in it's prize list, for no more elaborate
catalogue Of trophies has ever graeed
q specially show. The club special
prizes number thirty-three, and This
array Is supplemented BY string Of
seventeen miscellaneous specials
both collections being subject 10 yari-
Gus conditions. There are eighteen
prizes in the regular classes, inelud-
ing trophies for the winners classes,
both in dogs and bitches.
Forty Gold Cash Prizes
No less than forty gold cash prize.
have been donated, so that almost every
dog in the show will be apt 70 earn one
or maybe more. In some instances club
collie scarfpins have beer offered for
second place.
All the local kennel clubs and some
out-of.town associations have lent a
! helping hand 10 the show in the shape
of challenge cups and other valuable
trophies. Cups valued at $50 have been
donated by the Richmond County Ken.
mel Club, the Kennel Club Of Philadsl.
phia and the greensboro Kennel Club,
while the Dog Lovers Protective As
ISOLATION has come forward with the
Henrietta Crosman trophy and the
Doherty medal.
Owing perhaps 10 the patronage be-
slowed on this breed by the late J.
Pierpont Morgan and other wealthy
men, the collie became exceptionally
popular few years ago. For while
il was quite fashionable 20 own collie.
and 70 such an extent did the fad work
itself that people attempted TO keep the
dog in fats and other limited places.
Essentially an outdoor. animal. this
class Of dog needs plenty Of room 70
run and frisk about, and is seen a. his
best only when working with the shep.
herds on the hills around hock OF
sheep. When well trained, a good dog
Nwill almost know what his master wants
him tc do without being spoken 70, and
in the majority of cases the collie wiz,
If left TO himself, start in 10 perform
the job, and nearly always in the cor
rect manner.
On the other nand, the collie, II
petted around house, shows little OF
his real instinct and is simply no bet
ter than a mongrel, and, what is still
worse, often develops dangerous traits
of viciousness. Innumerable instances
are on record OF collies trying 20 a.
tack visitors in flats and apartment
houses, and young children have often
been bitten by badly-mannered house
collies.
Spreader Of Disease
Another point against the practice OF
keeping a collie indoors is that his coat
gathers all sorts OF dirt and vermin,
and as an agent 20 spread distemper
and disease there is nothing 10 beat
dog with thick coat
There are two classes OF collies, the
gh-costed and the smooth, the for
mer being much more in favor with the
fanciers and in fact with those who
make practical use of the dog in the
omen. Two other features recommend
the rough coat in that il is usually
handsomer than the smooth and re-
ouires little or no attention 70 keep 10
In order Still further has it been
maintained that the dogs with a rough
coat are harder and Of a better con-
stitution.
AS TO what might be the best color
il largely a matter of fancy. In this
show tomorrow three kinds are men
toned. the tricolor. sable and blue
merle. Formerly the black and tan
found a good deal of favor, but IL has
not been 80 popular OF late years.
The general coat OF the collie, with
its markings, is the next thing 70 be
considered, and unless q dog is pos
/ sessed of a good coat he will never
really shine in the bench show. On a
close observation IL will be seen that
a full-grown collie has two coats-that
il. an outer one, which Is rather coarse
10 the touch, and the inner one, which
is softer. as il is intended TO keep the
I - ba bndv
The name and frill should be well
developed, az they add 70 the general
beauty Of the appearance. As 20 the
tail. Il should never curl over the back,
az ia the case in half-bred specimens
During repose the tail should be car
ried low. but IL should assume gay
position when the dog becomes eycitee.
Fifty Pounds Good Weight
Anywhere between City and sixty
pounds has been considered about the
right weight for an adult collie, nns
specimen being Champion Alstesd Allus,
owned bv President Tully. When at
his best the well-bred dog should show
a long, wedge-shaped head. with ns'
skull and wide between the ears, vita
hardly any trace Of stop: The mum.
snould De long, out itSe Ai'"4 Wv
sign Of coarseness.
Small ears are preferred, throw
back when the dog is at repose, ana
when AZ attention they should be partly
cooked, with the tips slightly dropping
forward. Both ears should show me
same carriage. Other points critically
regarded by the judges are black nos
,rils. sound. level teeth. neck OF ne,
dunn length, deep chest and wen
sprung ribs. A height OF about twenty
. tvo inches is best, with feet Oval