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same time showed some excellent specimens. Mr. 

 D. Pattison, then of Lancaster, had a first-class 

 dog called Tar, and some others ; whilst Mr. 

 D. W. Fyfe, of the same town, has from time to 

 time owned excellent specimens, a fawn dog of 

 his called, I believe, Novelty, being particularly 

 choice. Indeed, this was the best dog of the 

 colour I have seen for some time. It seems the 

 fawn-coloured specimens are gradually becoming 

 extinct, for no reason whatever ; so far as beauty 

 is concerned, they are handsomer than the dark 

 greys, which approach almost to blackness. All 

 other points being equal, I would rather have a 

 fawn-coloured Skye terrier, or a light grey or blue 

 one, than one of the darker hue, which some 

 judges prefer to all others. I think the clubs might 

 do a little in this matter of colour. 



A few years ago a majority of the Skye terriers 

 had drop ears ; now we find the erect ears the more 

 popular, and why the former have been almost 

 displaced is one of those things which no one can 

 understand. Perhaps it is accident, perhaps a freak 

 of the fancy. As we are now, nine judges out of ten 

 would give the preference to a dog with erect ears, 

 but at shows where a complete classification is 

 provided, the two varieties compete separately, and 

 I need scarcely say that such as have drop ears 



