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the same type, it was at once recognised that there was, 

 in fact, such a breed, and the mouths of the doubters were 

 stopped. 



Granite was unquestionably a typical Scottish Terrier, even 

 as we know them at the present day. He was certainly longer 

 in the back than we care for nowadays, and his head also was 

 shorter, and his jaw more snipy than is now seen, but his 

 portrait clearly shows he was a genuine Scottish Terrier, 

 and there is no doubt that he, with his kennel mates, Tartan, 

 Crofter, Syringa, Cavack, and Posey, conferred benefit upon 

 the breed. 



To dive deeper into the antiquity of the Scottish Terrier is 

 a thing which means that he who tries it must be prepared to 

 meet all sorts of abuse, ridicule, and criticism. One man 

 will tell you there never was any such thing as the present- 

 day Scottish Terrier, that the mere fact of his having prick 

 ears shows he is a mongrel ; another, that he is merely an 

 offshoot of the Skye or the Dandie ; another, that the only 

 Scottish Terrier that is a Scottish Terrier is a white one ; 

 another, that he is merely a manufactured article from 

 Aberdeen, and so on ad infinitwn. 



It is a most extraordinary fact that Scotland should have 

 unto herself so many different varieties of the terrier. There is 

 strong presumption that they one and all came originally from 

 one variety, and it is quite possible, nay probable, that 

 different crosses into other varieties have produced the 

 assortment of to-day. The writer is strongly of opinion that 

 there still exist in Scotland at the present time specimens 

 of the breed which propagated the lot, which was what is 

 called even now the Highland Terrier, a little long-backed, 

 short-legged, snipy-faced, prick or drop-eared, mostly sandy 

 and black-coloured terrier, game as a pebble, lively as a 

 cricket, and all in all a most charming little companion ; 

 and further, that to produce our present-day Scottish Terrier 

 or shall we say, to improve the points of his progenitor ? 

 the assistance of our old friend the Black and Tan wire-haired 

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