Dog Articles
Past and Present: Smooth Collie
The Smooth
Collie is to be judged by exactly the same standards in everything,
except coat, as the rough, or common, Collie.
The artist
had never seen one and was somewhat desperate for a model, when to
his surprise he found that the Belgian farmer who comes for the
neighborhood garbage was accompanied by a fine specimen, brought
with him in 1914 from home, whence he fled at the instance of the
Hun!
It is
somewhat of a surprise to see what a Collie looks like in short
hair, but it rather increases our regard for him than otherwise. For
he is a fine, strong, ‘doggy' animal, and in this example, at least,
the refinement which so often results in extremely nervous and
high-strung dogs has not been sought.
The
present fad for long, slender, Roman-nosed and narrow-faced collies
seems to introduce an entirely undesirable slenderness of temper as
well, quite different from the genial, easy-going dependability of
the old-fashioned Collie, wide between the eyes and ears. It is a
distinct loss to the breed.
Source:
National Geographic 1919
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