CHAPTER XXXIII 



THE CLYDESDALE TERRIER 



SUPERFICIALLY the Clydesdale Terrier looks very 

 much like his hardier brother the Skye, but he must 

 be regarded merely as a pet, and the Kennel Club 

 classifies him among the non-sporting varieties. 

 [The coat, however, is longer than that of the Skye, 

 and is of a more silky texture, in colour very much 

 resembling Yorkshire Terriers, which have probably 

 a good deal of his blood in them. Mr. Robert 

 Leighton, writing in the Kennel Gazette of January, 

 1908, says: "A retrogression rather than an 

 advance must be recorded of the Clydesdale. One 

 wonders why it is that this beautiful and com- 

 panionable terrier fails to become popular tieyond 

 the prescribed locality, from which its name is 

 derived. The breed is supposed to be difficult to 

 rear and to maintain in creditable condition, and 

 the circumstances that the colour and texture of the 

 coat represents 50 per cent, in the scale of points 

 for judging no doubt presents a; serious obstacle 

 to those who have not mastered the art of cultivating 

 a long and silky jacket, with the desired combina- 

 tion of steel-blue and tan colour. But the Clydesdale 

 ought not to be more troublesome to keep in show 



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