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muscle in his hindquarters. In fact, a Scottish 

 Terrier, though essentially a Terrier, cannot be too 

 powerfully put together, and should be from about 

 9 inches to 12 inches in height. 



Special Faults. 



Muzzle. — Either under- or overhung. 



Eyes. — Large or light-coloured. 



Ears. — Large, round at the points or drop. It 

 is also a fault if they are too heavily covered with 

 hair. 



Legs. — Bent, or shghtly bent, and out at elbows. 



MRS. B. M. HANNAYS CH. HEWORTH RASCAL 



BY SEAFIELD RASCAL SEAFIELD ROSIE. 



Coat. — Any silkiness. wave or tendency to curl 

 is a serious blemish, as is also an open coat. 



Size. — Specimens of over 20 lb. should be dis- 

 couraged. 



Scale of Points. 



The two points which strike the writer 

 most in looking over the above standard 

 and scale of points are, first, the small 



amount of points allotted to the tail, and, 

 second, that a bent or slightly bent leg is 

 to be looked upon as a special fault and 

 therefore severely handicapped, equally, 

 indeed, we must assume, with an under- 

 shot mouth. About 99 per cent, of the 

 Scottish Terriers living to-day have bent or 

 slightly bent fore-legs. Formed as he is, 

 if he has plenty of rib and depth in body, 

 it is extremely difficult to get, on a dog built 

 so close to the ground, a quite straight leg. 

 Breeders must, therefore, not take to heart 

 too much this " special fault." A straight, 

 properly placed leg on a Scottish Terrier 

 is certainly a beautiful thing to look at, 

 and one does occasionally see it, though 

 what is usually to be seen with a straight 

 leg is a badly placed shoulder and a dog 

 not properly knit together, who walks wide 

 in front and cannot help turning his elbows 

 out. It is, of course, unnecessary to state 

 that a good shoulder, with a slightly bent 

 fore-leg, is far better for work than a bad 

 shoulder with a leg attached to it altogether, 

 as one might say, outside the body. 



The tail of a Scottish Terrier is one of its 

 great characteristics, and is, in the writer's 

 humble opinion, meanly appreciated in 

 the above scale of points. A long, thin tail 

 is a most objectionable fault, and entirely 

 spoils the character of a specimen of the 

 breed. It is to be doubted whether, with 

 the points as they are, and those allotted 

 for general appearance being only ten, a 

 gentleman judging strictly on points would 

 find himself able sufficiently to handicap 

 a specimen for this fault. In this connec- 

 tion it is worth noting tlaat judges do con- 

 sider scales of points when officiating ; 

 they get into a way of going for those 

 dogs possessed of particular points more 

 highly appreciated in the scale than others. 



There have, of recent years, been many 

 very excellent specimens of the Scottish 

 Terrier bred and exhibited. Pre-eminent 

 among them stands Mrs. Hannay's Ch. 

 Heworth Rascal, who was a most sym- 

 metrical terrier, and probably the nearest 

 approach to perfection in the breed yet 

 seen. Other very first-class terriers have 

 been the same lady's Ch. Gair, .Mr. Powlett's 



