THE SCOTTISH TERRIER. 467 



and the regiment was afterward better known by that 

 name than by any other. 



A Terrier resembling the Scottish, or Die-hard, has been 

 spoken of by some writers, and introduced in some works 

 on the dog, as the Aberdeen Terrier, but it is easy for 

 anyone acquainted with the proper Scot to see at a glance 

 the difference between it and the true Scot. The Aberdeen 

 is of very uncertain breeding, and the long feather or fringe 

 on his ear and the soft hair on his legs will always dis- 

 tinguish him from the correct Scottish Terrier, whose ears 

 are covered with a short, velvety coat, free from fringe at 

 the top or sides, and whose legs are covered with hard, short 

 hair. 



The carriage of ear in the Scottish Terrier is of two 

 kinds, the semi-erect and the erect ear, either of which is 

 correct; but a drop-ear is not correct in any case. The 

 semi-erect ear is now seldom met with, but is considered by 

 many competent judges of the breed as the old style. My 

 old semi-erect-eared dog Glenlyon is the only one with this 

 style of ear I have. He is now gray with years, being over 

 ten years old. He was born on the night of the great Tay 

 bridge disaster in Scotland. 



Sired by Fosoum, out of Wasp; Fosoum of the Kingussie 

 pack, Wasp by Botach, out of Fanny. Botach from Lady 

 Mengiess' kennels, and Fanny of the old Chestille-Glen- 

 lyon stock, once so famous in the Scottish Highlands, and 

 which are now extinct. Glenlyon is said to be the very 

 image of Fosoum, who had also semi-erect ears; while 

 Wasp, Botach, and Fanny all had erect ears. My Whin- 

 stone, half-brother to Glenlyon, had erect ears. He has 

 been dead several years. I had him preserved, and keep 

 him as a specimen of the correct stock. Many others of my 

 Terriers are well known to frequenters of American bench 

 shows, having carried off almost all the prizes for many 

 years, with Tarn Glen, Bonnie Belle, Heather, Whinstone, 

 Lowrie Dunbar, Fanny Fern, Glenlyon, and others; and 

 last, but not least, that old favorite, Rosie, who has now 

 over twenty first prizes to her credit. 



