484 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



The most successful dog that has yet appeared on the bench, 

 over here, is Mr. W. P. Sanderson' s Jim, whose winnings are: 

 First, Pittsburgh; champion, New York; champion, Cleve- 

 land, 1882; champion, New York; champion, Washington, 

 1883; champion, New York; champion, Philadelphia, 1884; 

 champion, Philadelphia, 1885; champion, New York, 1886; 

 first, Boston, 1887; first, Philadelphia, 1887. Boss, imported 

 by Mr. George Peabody Wetmore, of Newport, the best 

 Skye that had, up to then, appeared on this side, with the 

 exception of Mr. Sanderson's Jim, was shown at New York 

 in 1884, and in the same year, Mr. George Sanderson, 

 of Moncton, New Brunswick, entered the lists with Watty 

 and Fanny. 



Among the principal breeders and exhibitors of the Skye 

 in America, besides those already mentioned, are: Mr, A. W. 

 Powers, of Lansingburgh, N. Y. ; Dr. M. H. Cryer, of Phil- 

 adelphia; Mr. S. S. Howland, of Mount Morris, N. Y. ; Mr. 

 Cornelius Stevenson, of Philadelphia; Messrs. Oldham and 

 Wiley, of Mamaroneck, N. Y. ; the Meadowthorpe Kennels, 

 of Lexington, Ky., and Mr. F. W. Flint, of New York.* 



The following is the standard and scale of points of the 

 Skye Terrier : 



Value. Value. 



Head 15 Coat 20 



Ears and eyes 10 Color 5 



Body and neck 15 Size and symmetry 15 



Legs and feet 10 



Tail 10 Total 100 



The head should be long, rather narrow between the 

 ears, increasing in width between the eyes, with a flat 

 skull, little or no brow, and a pointed nose. The teeth 



* Other breeders and exhibitors of Skye Terriers in this country are: J. 

 L. Banks, 120 Broadway, New York City; Lewis H. Spence, 78 Broad street, 

 New York City; C. H. Smith, St. Stephen, New Brunswick; W. W. Silvey, 

 1428 South Pennsylvania Square, Philadelphia, Penn. ; W. P. Sanderson, 4202 

 Baltimore avenue, Philadelphia, Penn.; H. P. McKean, Jr., Pulaski avenue, 

 Germ;intown, Penn.; J. S. Garner, 1134 Baltimore street, Philadelphia, Penn.; 

 Miss Sarah Stewart, 143 North Eleventh street, Philadelphia, Penn.; C. A. 

 Shinn, 1543 Filbert street, Philadelphia, Penn.; A. McGregor, 353 Forty- 

 seventh street, West Chicago; M. H. York, 307 North Third street, West 

 Camden, N. J. ED. 



