262 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



ing of its neighbour. Lately, however, there has evidently 

 been an effort made to improve the drop-eared type, with the 

 result that some very excellent dogs have recently appeared 

 at, the important shows. 



Probably Mr. James Pratt has devoted more time and 

 attention to the Skye Terrier than any other now living fancier, 

 though the names of Mr. Kidd and Mr. Todd are usually well 

 known. Mr. Pratt's Skyes were allied to the type of terrier 

 claiming to be the original Skye of the Highlands. The head 

 was not so large, the ears also were not so heavily feathered, 

 as is the case in the Skye of to-day, and the colours were 'very 

 varied, ranging from every tint between black and white. 



In 1892 a great impetus was given to the breed by Mrs. 

 Hughes, whose kennels at Wolverley were of overwhelmingly 

 good quality. Mrs. Hughes was quickly followed by such 

 ardent and successful fanciers as Sir Claud and Lady Alex- 

 ander, of Ballochmyle, Mrs. Freeman, Miss Bowyer Smyth, and 

 Miss McCheane. Lately other prominent exhibitors have 

 forced their way into the front rank, among whom may be 

 mentioned the Countess of Aberdeen, Mrs. Hugh Ripley, 

 Mrs. Wilmer, Miss Whishaw, and Mrs. Sandwith. Mrs. Hughes' 

 Wolverley Duchess and Wolverley Jock were excellent types 

 of what a prick-eared Skye should be. Excellent, too, were 

 Mrs. Freeman's Alister, and Sir Claud Alexander's Young 

 Rosebery, Olden Times, Abbess, and Wee Mac of Adel, 

 Mrs. Wilmer's Jean, and Mr. Millar's Prince Donard. But 

 the superlative Skye of the period, and probably the best 

 ever bred, is Wolverley Chummie, the winner of thirty 

 championships which are but the public acknowledgment of 

 his perfections. He is the property of Miss McCheane, who is 

 also the owner of an almost equally good specimen of the 

 other sex in Fair field Diamond. Among the drop-eared 

 Skyes of present celebrity may be mentioned Mrs. Hugh 

 Ripley's Perfection, Miss Whishaw's Piper Grey, and Lady 

 Aberdeen's Cromar Kelpie. 



There are two clubs in England and one in Scotland instituted 



