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fancy pet. And as a general rule most of the exhibits 

 and most of the prize winners are in every way very 

 considerably larger than the adopted standard of the 

 clubs, although allowance has been made therein to 

 the extreme limit for the more genial circumstances 

 in which the modern Skye terrier is generally placed. 

 It will require the most strenuous and persistent 

 endeavours of both the clubs and every individual 

 member of them to effect a thorough reformation. It 

 has been said that the English club, during its seven 

 years of existence, has done nothing or little to im- 

 prove the breed. It remains to be seen whether the 

 Scottish club, which has existed only three years or 

 so, is to be successful. Should it fail in being so it 

 will prove an exception to the good fortune which 

 usually attends that tenacity of purpose, per- 

 severance of effort, and application of skill for which 

 the natives of North Britain are distinguished." 



From the above valuable contribution it will be 

 seen that there is a desire to remove the Skve 



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terrier from the category of pet dogs, into which they 

 have gradually drifted, to their proper position as 

 working terriers. Whether this will prove successful 

 is an open question, and we have yet to find that both 

 show and work can be obtained in the highest per- 

 fection in the same long-coated terrier. Moreover, 

 with scarcely an exception, the best specimens of the 



