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race now on the bench are by the length of their coats 

 quite inadapted to act the part of ordinary terriers, and 

 whether exhibitors are prepared to curtail the quantity 

 of coat in any great degree is a matter of grave 

 opinion. Take Mr. Bobbie's own excellent dog Roy 

 of Aldivalloch, and no one can gainsay the fact that 

 he is a first-rate specimen, what would he be on a 

 wet day amongst the rocks and cairns and drains ? 

 The same with the Rev. T. Nolan's dogs, and such 

 as Mr. D. Cunningham has so often bred and shown 

 successfully. 



Perhaps the best couple of Skye terriers 

 now being shown are Mrs. W. J. Hughes' Laird 

 Duncan and Wolverley Roc. I like them specially 

 because they are so straight in the coat, and are of a 

 very much lighter shade of grey than is prevalent at 

 this time. Mr. H. Buckley's Young Duke, Mr. W. 

 Cummings' Burgundy and Madeira, the Rev. T. 

 Nolan's Tackley Boy, Mrs. M. Tottie's Sunbeam 

 and Victoria II., Mr. R. Bruce's Silver Prince, Mr. 

 T. Young's Little Dombey, and Mrs. H. Freeman's 

 Lord Lennox are amongst the choicest of the breed 

 being shown at the time of writing. Owing, no 

 doubt, to the trouble required to keep their long coats 

 straight and clean, Skye terriers were never in many 

 hands. The coat requires brushing or combing 

 daily, but the process of tubbing should not be 



