THE SKYE TERRIER. 



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IV. JUDICIAL AWARDS. 



1 . Over extreme weight to be handicapped 5 per 



Ib. of excess. 



2. Over or undershot mouth to disqualify. 



3. Doctored ears or tail to disqualify. 



4. No extra value for greater length of coat than 



5^ inches. 



Not to be commended under a total of 60 

 Not to be highly commended under a 



total of . . . . .65 

 5- ^ Not to be very highly commended 



under a total of ... 70 

 No specials to be given under a 



total of . . . . -75 



The foregoing measurements and weights 

 apply to a small dog under 20 Ib. in weight, 

 with a length of 40 inches, and 

 standing 9 inches in height at the 

 shoulder. The Skye Club of England 

 recognises a larger animal, allowing 

 another inch in height, another i inch 

 in length, and an additional 5 Ib. in 

 weight, with proportionate increase in 

 other measurements. 



the advantage of being both longer and 

 lower than the average. 



Whereas the Scottish Club limits the 

 approved length of coat to 5^ inches, the 

 English Club gives a maximum of 9 inches. 

 This is a fairly good allowance, but many of 

 the breed carry a much longer coat than 

 this. It is not uncommon, indeed, to find 

 a Skye with a covering of 12 inches in 

 length, which, even allowing for the round 

 of the body, causes the hair to reach and 

 often to trail upon the ground. 



To the uninitiated these long coats 





MRS. w. WILMER'S 



CH. YOXFORD LONGFELLOW 



BY YOXFORD WONDER YOXFORD 



LASSIE. 



MRS. -F. A. R. SANDWITH'S 



BANSTEAD BUCK 



BY CH. ALISTER LADY GLEN. 



In this connection it may be interesting 

 to put on record the measurements of Ch. 

 Wolverley Chummie, a dog who has never 

 yet been excelled in competition, and who 

 is recognised by all judges as being as near 

 perfection as it is possible for a Skye Terrier 

 to be. His weight is 27^ Ib., his height at 

 the shoulder is 9! inches, his length from 

 muzzle to back of skull 9 inches, from back 

 of skull to root of tail 24 inches, his tail 

 from root to tip 10 inches, and his total 

 length 44 inches. Thus, while he is slightly 

 heavier than the prescribed weight, he has 



seem to present an insuperable 

 difficulty, the impression prevail- 

 ing that the secrets of a Bond 

 Street hairdresser are requisitioned 

 in order to produce a flowing robe, 

 and that when obtained it is with 

 supreme difficulty that it is kept 

 in good order. But its attainment and 

 management are easier matters than would 

 appear at first sight. 



Assuming that the dog is well bred to 

 begin with, the first essential is to keep 

 him in perfectly good health, giving him 

 plenty of wholesome meat food, plenty of 

 open air exercise, keeping him scrupulously 

 clean and free from parasites, internal and 

 external. As to grooming, the experienced 

 owner would say, Spare the comb and brush 

 and save the coat. As a rule, the less you 

 tamper with a Skye's coat the better that 



