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exceedingly. It was about this time that Scotchmen woke up to 

 the fact that there was money in the breed, and that, moreover, they 

 were passionately fond of their native Terrier. Whether this is so 

 or not matters but little ; for henceforth the admirers of the Scottish 

 Terrier steadily increased, until it now boasts a strong phalanx of 

 supporters on both sides of the Border, while even across St. 

 George's its merits have duly been recognised. 



Even at this lapse of time Mr. Ludlow as a breeder and an 

 exhibitor stands pre-eminent. To him belongs the credit of not 

 only having bred a host of champions, but also more winners than 

 any half a dozen living fanciers a record that will not be readily 

 effaced. 



To refer to all the owners entitled to be placed on the scroll of 

 fame during the past twenty years would serve no good purpose. 

 All that is called for is the enumeration of a few of the more 

 noteworthy during that period, which is perhaps the most important 

 in the history of the breed, as it has witnessed the gradual rise 

 of the dog into favour, to the detriment, undoubtedly, of its near 

 relatives the Skye Terrier and the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, both 

 of which it has easily outdistanced in the race. 



First and foremost there have been Mr. H. J. Ludlow, Mr. 

 J. D. McColl, Mr. J. F. Alexander, Mr. R. H. Blain, Mr. W. W. 

 Spelman, Mr. J. Nuttall, Mr. C. H. Wood, Mr. C. B. Allen, Mr. 

 G. H. Stephens, Mr. W. McLeod, Captain Wetherall, Mr. Robt. 

 Chapman, Messrs. Astley and Aston, Mr. P. Taylor, Mr. A. Kinnear, 

 Mr. J. N. Reynard, Mr. A. MacBrayne, Mr. D. J. Thomson Gray, 

 Mr. A. M'Kerrow, and Mr. H. Panmure Gordon. Even of this 

 restricted list many, alas ! are not now with us. 



Of the names just mentioned there is none that was more 

 enthusiastic over the Scottish Terrier than the late Mr. D. J. 

 Thomson Gray, a thoroughly practical fancier, keen critic, fair- 

 minded man, and a ready writer. Some seven or eight years ago 

 he contributed to the columns of The Bazaar a splendid series of 

 papers upon the "Terriers of Scotland," and neither before nor 

 since has anything more genuinely interesting in connection with 

 dogs or truer to life been published in that journal. Writing of 

 the Scottish Terrier, he says : 



" Few there be that know anything about dogs that do not 

 recognise the perky little chap called the Scottish Terrier. He 

 is by no means an old resident south of the Tweed ; for it 

 is only some twenty years since he was introduced to the southern 

 dog-public. But from time immemorial the breed has existed 

 in the Highlands and islands of Scotland, the daily companion 

 of the fox-hunter, a solitary individual quite distinct and far 

 removed from your English fox-hunter. The Highland fox- 



