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might have done so even to a greater extent had 

 there not been the Irish terrier and the fox terrier, 

 who had preceded him in the field. So far there 

 has not been much change in his make and 

 shape, although every now and then a cry out has 

 been made about big dogs winning. The gradation 

 to cause this is extremely simple and easy, and I 

 believe that the climatic, domestic, and other sur- 

 roundings of the Scottish terrier in the south have 

 more than a tendency to make him grow bigger 

 than he really ought to do. Originally few or any 

 of the best strains ran to more than i81b. weight at 

 most ; the majority of terriers were 4lb. below that 

 standard. Still, when a dog is brought into the 

 ring that in show form is 2olb., and he is good in 

 all respects, it is a difficult matter to discard him 

 on account of size. Thus he wins. Perhaps some 

 time later he meets a still bigger dog, one that may 

 run to 22lb. or 24lb., and it would be very difficult 

 to, as it were, disqualify the latter on account of 

 size alone. And so we have bigger dogs than 

 many people believe to be the correct size, winning 

 prizes. 



Dundee, perhaps, when owned by Capt. Mackie, 

 and after, did as much winning as any Scottish 

 terrier. I fancy he of late years when on the 

 bench, having grown wide in front and thick, would 



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