An increasing number of specialist clubs in all
breeds encouraged the Kennel Club to promote
the idea of Consultative Councils to be made up
of a majority of clubs in each breed. Rough Collies
were one of the earliest to see the advantage of
having a single unified voice in the councils of our
governing body, taking this opportunity to press
for clarification of the Rough Collie Breed Standard
which many considered was long overdue. The new standard, published in 1969, giving
a detailed description of the acceptable colours for the first time.
The Rough Collie’s popularity continued to rise with registrations increasing from 2801 in 1961 to 6086 by 1970. This reflected in the number of Challenge Certificates offered to the breed rising from 25 sets in 1961 to 30 in 1970. Entries also increased sharply, with Mrs Aileen Speding ANTOC attracting such a large entry of Rough Collies at the Collie Association’s Championship Show in 1967 that the club considered it necessary to engage two judges, one for each sex, in subsequent years.
In the show ring Mywicks Meadowlancer continuing his run of success eventually retiring after gaining fifteen Challenge Certificates, a post war record equalled by his tricolour daughter Mywicks Satine of Simbastar who gained all her CC during the decade. As to which of these two were the greater star one can only advise that where as Meadowlancer added eight Reserve Best of Sex awards to his tally, his Challenge Certificates were awarded by just eight individual judges, one of which gave him four over a five year period, while Satine, who only acquired two Reserve Best of Sex awards, gained her Challenge Certificate total from fourteen different judges.
