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still remains. A much more likely origin is that the 

 variety was made by the Glasgow and other Scottish 

 dog fanciers crossing the softer-coated, lighter- 

 coloured prick-eared Skye terriers with each other 

 until they bred fairly truly and produced the Skye 

 terriers in an altered form. 



The Yorkshire terrier is a drop-eared dog ; the 

 Clydesdales are all prick-eared, and the latter were 

 even within the present generation shown amongst 

 Skye terriers, and known generally as such, although 

 sometimes they were distinguished as " silky-coated " 

 terriers. The Clydesdale Terrier Club was esta- 

 blished in 1887, but ceased to exist after a few years. 

 A fresh club was then formed, called the Paisley 

 Terrier Club, which still survives, though in a 

 somewhat somnolent condition. The Kennel Club 

 gave the variety classification in their Stud Book in 

 1888, but a year or two previously classes had 

 been specially provided for them at the leading 

 Scottish shows. Classes for them were likewise 

 given at the Jubilee show held at Barn Elms in 

 1887 ; but, although a few representatives were 

 present, the encouragement the committee received 

 was evidently not sufficient for the Kennel Club 

 to encourage the variety at future exhibitions. 



I remember at the earlier Scottish shows, 

 especially the Glasgow ones, which were usually 



