recognition thev insisted upon foisting upon him the localised name 

 of " Aberdeen," under which he still goes among many who do 

 not keep themselves informed in kennel affairs. It was not long 

 before Scottie became the rage ; again we ha\'e to thank the shows. 

 Now there is scarcely a street in which he is not to be met. 

 In his finest form, the flower of fine breeding, and with points 

 that put him in front of his fellows, he is worth much money, but 

 in the more homely guise of one discarded as being " not quite 

 sood enough " his worth is not esteemed highlv. Fortunately, the 

 majority of people are not worried about type and club standards, 

 simply asking for a dog that is intelligent, faithRil, and biddable, 

 who will assume his position as a suitable member of the household. 

 If we can get one combining these features with a satisfactory 

 pedigree perhaps on the w'hole it is more agreeable, the average 

 man preferring to feel that he has the correct thing, though he may 

 not know anything about it in reality. It is perfectly true, too, that 

 breeding is as apparent in a dog as it is in a horse or a man. There 

 is an indefinable something that betokens class. 



