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Marlborough House, where their Royal Highnesses 

 complimented him for the action he had taken in the 

 matter in trying to save the life of the poor creature. 

 These dogs of Mr. Pratt's were for the most part 

 drop-eared specimens, had hard coats, not too profuse, 

 and when shown won pretty well all before them on 

 the show bench, and I do not think we have better 

 terriers than his at the present time. Some time 

 later Mr. Pratt was honoured by several interviews 

 with the Queen, whose partiality for Skye terriers 

 and, indeed for other dogs, was well-known as one 

 of the many favourable traits in Her Majesty's 

 character, who graciously accepted one of Mr. 

 Pratt's best dogs, which for many years was the 

 most favoured, as he was certainly the most valuable, 

 animal in the kennels at Windsor. 



These Skye terriers of Mr. Pratt's included the 

 strains from the Duke of Argyll ; Mackinnon's, 

 of Cory ; Cameron's, of Lochiel, and from the Lord 

 Macdonald's kennels. 



Skye terriers were included in the first volume of 

 the Kennel Club Stud Book, and the best of the 

 early dogs were such as Mr. Pratt showed, including 

 Dunvegan, Gillie, and others ; Mr. J. Bowman's 

 (Darlington), Dandie ; Mr. Russell England's Laddie; 

 and Mr. Macdona's Rook. Mr. A. Boulton, of 

 Accrington, and Mr. M. Gretton, Hull, about the 



