The Shetland News publishes the following small paragraph referring to the article in The Field (21.02.1903) - unfortunately without commenting on it:

The Shetland News, 07.03.1903, Page 4:
"Local Intelligence.
THE SHETLAND COLLIE -- The current number of 'The Field' contains an illustration and article of the Shetland collie. “At one of the shows for toy dogs,” remarks 'The Field,' “which was held at Westminster Aquarium in October last, a peculiar light brown or red coloured dog was shown which caused some little interest. About the size of a fox terrier, it was described as a Shetland collie, and although it bore certain characteristics of that variety, an ordinary observer would scarely have recognized it as a variety of our fashionable sheep dog.” Enquiries were made in Shetland with regard to this breed of dogs, and the result is given in an article descriptive of the peculiarities of the breed. It seems that the most common type of the dog is a small animal, generally black and white, but sometimes black and tan, and occasionally jet black. These dogs are found to be most abundant in Delting and Northmavine. They are not generally used as sheep dogs, being to small for the purpose, and they are usually kept as house dogs or pets. In some districts, these dogs are bred very small, and some specimens are exceedingly pretty little animals."

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