I can find no indication that
this new approach to
Championship status was
intended to run concurrently
with its predecessor, but it
does appear that the selected
shows could initially choose
whether or not to implement
the new requirement, and shows
not granted this elevated status continued to schedule Challenge Classes, enabling a show structure and awards system, which still forms the mainstay of the United Kingdom’s structure, to be effectively phased in over a period of time. By the end of the decade the number of Championship Shows had grown from the initial six offering Championship Prizes, which were sometimes limited to a single prize for Best Collie, or even Best Sheepdog when Old English Sheepdogs would be included, to 22 offering what had now been re-christened Challenge Certificates to either Rough or Smooth Collies, and although single tickets were still sometimes awarded for Best of Breed, or Best Collie regardless of coat, it became more usual to give matched pairs, one for each sex, particularly for Rough Collie entries.
The honour of being proclaimed the first Collie Champion, of either coat, under the new rules went to the Smooth sable & white dog Heatherfield Tip, the only Collie, of either coat, to earn a British title under two different systems.
