It is in the nature of things that, where there is competition, there should be arguments which it is well-nigh impossible to conclude. For Instance, does Larwood bow! faster than Tom Richardson did; can Maher, Wootton, Donoghue, or Richards compared with Archer; did Vand Dut of his boat retain the America' Cup; is any modern profession: Daller capable of shooting; with the same force and accuracy as G. 0. Smith, or able to tear through his field inthe of A most ancient breed, he has not a trace of wolf in him, he is most docile, and he can do anything with sheep or cattle that a collie cat, and better, These meet an army from the other side equally emphatic. However, on June 14, this journal drew pointed attention to "the unaccepted challenges made by the International Sheepdog Society and other experts in regard to the Alsatian's alleged capacity for collie-work. In conformity with its policy of letting the other side state its case, this journal later reproduced from the "Scottish Field" an article by Mr. James Garrow, a recognized authority, who stoutly supported the the. Alsatians' champions Actually produced evidence that were bred from the smooth collie by a group of Scottish monks who founded an abbey in Muenster (Alsace) so long ago as in 1140, Now there comes in reply, Mr. James A. Reid, "hon. secretary of the Intern:
Sheepdog Society, who. she that the abbey was founded 500 years earlier, and not by Scottish monks, and that the smooth collie was not known of until the 17th Century. On the subject of the useful work Alsatians can do, Mr. Reid is devastate ing. "He points' out that his Society has taken up frequent individual challenges, and, from its side, has given open invitations, which' still stand, to any individuals or clubs to bring' along all the Alsatians they care, and, free of entry fees, to compete' against the collies in the national and international trials, with the sole proviso that they must take the same tests as the collies. To date, not one these challenges, though accepted, has been followed' up by the chal-Jengers, -and no individual or. club has accepted the open invitation, Surely, definite proof would be better than argument,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.