In this excerpt from the new 280page pictorial book Life & Times — Images from the Otago Daily Times Collection ,a dog trial comes under close scrutiny from both human and canine spectators.

Sheep dogs have an important job to do herding stock, but the best of them have been taken to shows by their owners for generations to compete against each other. The 1972 Wanaka Collie Club trials drew 100 contestants from across the South Island, and watching this run intently are (from left) G. Lucas (Tarras), trial clerk P. Anderson, J. Brown (Dingle Burn), Mr W. Atkins (Luggate) and W.S. Wilson (Waitahuna).