154 THE SHORT-HAIRED SKYE TERRIER 



large, with black pads arid thick nails ; tail not 

 too long nor too bushy, and must not curl over back. 

 The coat in perfection should be from two to three 

 inches long, of fine wire hair with soft undercoat ; 

 in colour from cream, red, and grey brindled to nearly 

 black. The head is small and well set on to strong 

 neck ; face resembling a fox, eyes wide apart, with 

 dark hair round. Forehead rather broad. The ears 

 in old terriers were drop, but for over twenty -five 

 years they have been both drop and prick eared ; 

 though some consider semi -erect ears correct I do 

 not care for them. The body should have straight 

 back, deep chest, and should be light and active. 

 Jaw shortish, with strong, large teeth ; black nose, 

 and black roof to mouth. In weight dogs are 14 Ib. 

 to 17 Ib., bitches 12 Ib. to 14 Ib. The names of 

 those who breed or keep these terriers are McLeod, 

 of McLeod ; Mr. Macdonald, of Waternish ; Sir 

 Samuel Scott ; the Hon. Mary and the Hon. Alice 

 Hawke ; (Lord Hawke won with one of these at 

 Cruft's in a class called Roseneath Terriers) ; the 

 Hon. Mrs. Tew; Mrs. H. Macdonald; Mr. Colin 

 Young ; Mrs. Young (successful exhibitor in the 

 sixties) ; Mrs. Wilbraham ; Mrs. Omerod ; Major 

 Kemble ; Mr. Macdonald ; Mr. Neil Nicolson ; 

 Colonel and Mrs. Alastair Campbell. The points 

 are decided by members of a club we are forming to 

 keep to the old type, also to help to get them regis- 

 tered as a separate class ; they admit them as a 

 breed, but there are so many types of Scottish breeds 

 now that the difficulty is to find room for the oldest 

 one. Our chief aim is to keep them free from 

 modern Scottish type. These old terriers are also 

 to be found in the Uists and the Isle of Harris, 

 where Sir Samuel Scott has good ones. 21 



