CHAPTER XXXVIII 

 THE SCOTTISH TERRIER 



THE Scottish Terrier as a show dog dates from about 1877 

 to 1879. He seems almost at once to have attained popularity, 

 and he has progressed gradually since then, ever in an upward 

 direction, until he is to-day one of the most popular and 

 extensively owned varieties of the dog. Sir Paynton Pigott 

 had, at the date mentioned, a very fine kennel of the breed, 

 for in The Live Stock Journal of May 30th, 1879, we ^^ ms 

 kennel fully reviewed in a most enthusiastic manner by a 

 correspondent who visited it in consequence of a controversy 

 that was going on at the time, as to whether or not there 

 was such a dog at all, and who, therefore, wished to see and 

 judge for himself as to this point. At the end of his report on 

 the kennel the writer adds these words : "It was certainly one 

 of the happiest days of my life to have the pleasure of looking 

 over so many grand little dogs, but to find them in England 

 quite staggered me. Four dogs and eight bitches are not a 

 bad beginning, and with care and judicious selection in 

 mating, I have little doubt but Mr. Pigott 's kennel will be as 

 renowned for Terriers as the late Mr. Laverack's was for Setters. 

 I know but few that take such a delight in the brave little 

 ' die-hards ' as Mr. Pigott, and he may well feel proud of the 

 lot he has got together at great trouble and expense." 



The fact that there was such a kennel already in existence 

 proved, of course, a strong point in favour of the bona fides 

 of the breed. The best dog in it was Granite, whose portrait 

 and description were given in the Journal in connection with 

 the said review ; and the other animals of the kennel being of 



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