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breed, to be really obedient, lovable, and well-behaved, cannot have 

 the animal too much with them. 



With regard to the popularity of the Scottish Terrier (Fig. 97) 

 in this country, no better proof can be adduced than that 

 afforded by the entries at shows of the present day, or by the 

 number of registrations that are recorded at the Kennel Club. One 

 has but to carry one's mind back twenty years to fully recognise the 

 headway the compact little Terrier has made in the Fancy. Though 

 in this respect, of course, not to be compared with the Fox-terrier 

 and one or two other breeds that might be instanced, yet he has 

 made a bold bid for the favour of the dog-fancying public, and the 

 measure of success attained could hardly have been anticipated by 



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FIG. 97. MRS. HANNAY'S SCOTTISH TERRIER CHAMPION VILLAIN. 



even the dog's warmest admirers. As indicating the possibilities 

 there are in breeding the Scottish Terrier, it is worthy of record that 

 at least ^250 has been paid for a first-class specimen. 



To what, then, it may be asked, is this popularity due ? Mainly, 

 it may be said, to the exertions of a few ardent souls, foremost 

 among whom were Mr. J. A. Adamson and Mr. H. J. Ludlow, 

 both of whom were breeding, showing, and winning prizes a quarter 

 of a century ago, and working with a will to make known, by every 

 legitimate means, the game and hardy Terrier whose cause they had 

 espoused. Later on we find Mr. Ludlow, in conjunction with 

 Messrs. Blomfield, Hammond, and Spelman, rendering still further 

 service to the breed by bestirring themselves to establish a Club, 

 which was accomplished in 1887, and now lives and flourishes 



