Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1911 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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FEATURES AT THE CHICAGO STOCK SHOW. Sheep Deg Trials. . < ' ■ « " One of the most novel, as well as interesting and instructive features of the International Live stock Exposition, Dec. 2 to 9, will be the sheep dog trials. . - There is nothing more dear to the shepherd than his dog, nor has he a more useful companion and friend. In the Highlands of Scotland, where some of the best shepherds come from, and where their dogs, the Scotch Collies, are the most extraordinary sheep dogs known, it is a common thing for these men to take their dogs to church with them 1 and to hear the • Meenlster O’ the Kirk O’Scotland” preaching to a congregation of shepherds and their dogs. The shepherd could not do without his dog, and the Collie particularly, through years of breeding and training, has become almost human in instinct and intelligence,- and it is these wonderful canine traits that will be shown for the first time in a Live Stock Show In this country. Pens and gates and sheep will be provided in the arena, where the master will show his visitors how his dog assists him in getting the sheep in and out of These places, as well as demonstrating the amount of time and labor he saves. ' , Nothing con possibly appeal' more to the great sheep owners and shepherds of this country than a demons stration of this kind, and it is confidentially believed that this unique, and useful feature will be one of the mose interesting exhibits. The Bey Scouts. ’• Another feature that will strongly appeal to the general public >lll be a demonstration by' three or four hundred boy scouts, in first aid to the injured, erecting tents, raising the flag