458 BRITISH DOGS 



white Scottish Terriers before the public, and a few years ago a 

 puppy out of White Heather by a dog of his known as White 

 Victor and bred by Mrs. Keene was shown by Lady Forbes, and 

 was "in the money." White Heather was the product of dark 

 parents, and so also were some of the best specimens of Dr. 

 Flaxman. These whites are, of course, judged upon the lines of 

 their darker relatives. One difficulty with the white productions 

 was in the nose-colour. The early specimens were flesh-coloured 

 as to nose ; but this has apparently now been got over, as the noses 

 of those white Scottish Terriers shown by Dr. Flaxman have 

 jet-black noses. 



These white Scottish Terriers are by novices frequently con- 

 fused with the Roseneath Terrier, which is a grey or a fawn, some- 

 times with black points, and to which Mr. Thomson Gray alludes 

 above though not by that name ; it is a very different-looking type 

 of dog from the Scottish Terrier. It is found in all its purity 

 at Poltalloch, Lochgilpead, Argyll, where Colonel Malcolm is very 

 proud of this strain of Terrier, and is nothing like the Scottish Terrier 

 as known to the show-bench, but is a modern representative of the 

 dog that Mr. Thomson Gray refers to as the old Skye, or West 

 Highland, Terrier. They are small dogs suited for the work that 

 they are called on to perform to oust the foxes from the positions 

 that Mr. Thomson Gray so well and faithfully describes. In appear- 

 ance it more closely approximates to a Skye Terrier, though not to 

 the dog that we are accustomed to see at shows, such a dog, alike 

 on account of its size and its length of jacket, being quite unsuited 

 for serious work. Mr. J. C. Macdona, who a few years ago attempted 

 to revive the Roseneath Terrier by providing classes at Cruft's Show, 

 has kept the breed ; while the late Queen also possessed a brace, 

 one of which came from the Duke of Argyll's kennel, and the 

 other from Donald Ferguson, the Lochgilpead fox-hunter. 



So many novices are called upon to make a selection of a puppy 

 practically from the nest that a hint on what to avoid may be useful. 

 First as to the head : there must from the first be indicated the 

 slightly domed skull ; while the colour of the eyes and their shape 

 are all-important. A typical " Scottie " should have an almond- 

 shaped, dark hazel eye, a light, round, prominent eye being very 

 objectionable, and a puppy possessing such should be avoided. 

 Straight fore legs should be combined with promise of plenty of 

 bone ; those light in bone or crooked in leg are objectionable. Ear- 

 carriage cannot be determined with certainty until after teething ; 

 but ear-placement can. In a puppy over teething see that the mouth 

 is a good one ; for a typical healthy specimen should possess a 

 beautiful set of white teeth, and any premature decay noticeable 

 in the permanent teeth should not be lightly passed over. A bad 

 mouth is a serious blemish, whether in a show specimen or only 



