The Scotch Terrier. 363 



The head rather short and the skull somewhat round, the jaws being- 

 strong and also short more or less bearded ; a long lean punishing jaw, 

 as the phrase goes, is a modern feature in terriers of any variety, and the 

 idea is often carried to great excess. 



The eyes bright and keen, peering through short shaggy hair. 



The ears small, covered with soft short hair, semi-erect, falling over 

 at the tip. 



The neck short and strong. 



The chest moderately deep, ribs strong, the back ones fairly developed, 

 the back short as a fox terrier's, with strong loins and goodjinuscular 

 square buttocks. 



The legs stout, well covered with hard hair, stifles only moderately 

 bent, front legs straight, all covered with hard short hair ; the feet 

 compact, and hard in the sole, and the claws strong. 



The tail, if undocked, Sin. to lOin. long, brush-like, not fringed, the 

 covering being hard hair. 



The prevailing colour sandy, sometimes a dark grizzle, and I have 

 occasionally seen them brindled. 



The coat hard and very dense, from lin. or rather less to 2in. in length 

 at the greatest. 



I give the above, written from memory, as a rough description of the 

 Scotch terrier, as kept by my father, and such as'were commonly met with 

 in the West of Scotland some forty years ago. 



The above admittedly rough description first appeared in The Bazaar 

 newspaper, and drew forth rather strong letters expressing views 

 antagonistic to those of mine. 



Mr. J. B. Morrison, the judge referred to, naturally adheres to the 

 type he selected as best illustrating the breed of the old Scotch terrier at 

 the Alexandra Palace Show, and "The Badger," who owned the prize 

 winners, as naturally followed suit. 



I respect both these gentlemen and their opinions, and wishing that 

 both views might find expression in " British Dogs," I offered, at " The 

 Badger's" request, to give publicity to his remarks on the breed; but 

 after waiting some time, to the inconvenience of the publishers, without 

 receiving anything on the subject from "The Badger," I can only say that 

 I believe his views and description of an old hard-haired Scotch terrier will 

 be found given, as well as I was able, under the heading Aberdeen Terrier. 



