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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



bred " Scottish Terrier." The pages of 

 the above pubhcation for the months of 

 January, February, March, April, and May 

 of that year are well worth reading by any- 

 one interested in the subject of this chapter. 

 He wUl find there several letters written 

 by different enthusiasts, prominent among 

 whom were " Strathbogie " (mentioned in 

 the poem at the head of this chapter), 

 "The Badger," Mr Russell Earp, Mr. (after- 

 wards Sir) John Everett Millais, Dr. Gordon 

 Stables, R.N., and Mr. Thomson Gray. 



" Strathbogie " and " The Badger " were 

 most anxious to make well-known in England 

 the breed which they knew to be genuine. 

 " The Badger " (Mr., now Sir, Paynton 

 Pigott, M.V.O.) had undoubtedly in England 

 a strong kennel of the right article, which 

 he had gradually 

 and quietly pos- 

 sessed himself of. 

 "S t r a th bogie " 

 (Captain Gordon 

 Murray) appears 

 t o li a \' e be e n 

 aware of tliis ; 

 but very few otlier 

 people in England 

 seem to h a \' e 

 known of it, or, 

 indeed, to ha\-e 

 been aware that 

 there was sucli a 

 thing as a real 

 Scottish Terrier in 

 existence. Tliey 

 knew of the Dan- 

 die Dinmont, also of the Skye ; and they 

 knew also tliat tlie prizes in several 

 classes for Scottish Terriers had been won 

 by Yorkshire Toy Terriers, in glass cases, 

 from Bradford. Some few there were who 

 had a faint remembrance of seeing what 

 were called Scottish or Highland Terriers 

 when they were quite young, and had later, 

 with unfailing want of success, tried to get 

 hold of a specimen. Scotsmen themselves 

 do not seem to have been very clear on 

 the point, not only as to what a Scottish 

 Terrier in reality was, but also as to where 

 he existed and was to be obtained. 



SIR PAYNTON PIGOTTS GRANITE. 



THE FIRST SCOTTISH TERRIER ENTERED AT 



KENNEL CLUB SHOW. 



Drawn by C. BURTON BARBER. 



In 1877, about two years before, a tre- 

 mendous controversy had waged for months 

 in the columns of The Live Stock Journal ; 

 personalities were freely indulged in, and 

 so inextricably mixed did the contributors 

 become that the correspondence had per- 

 force to be put an end to by the editor, the 

 following note being attached to the last 

 published letter : " We see no use in pro- 

 longing this discussion except each cor- 

 respondent describes the dog he is talking 

 about and holds to be the true type." 



For some time this seems to have put 

 an end to tlie correspondence, possibly be- 

 cause no one felt himself able to fulfil the 

 editorial condition. However this may be, 

 eventually, in January, 1879, we find the 

 said " Strathbogie " again brings the matter 

 up, writes to the 

 said journal, and 

 publislies therein 

 his idea of what 

 a Scottish Terrier 

 should be. He 

 deplores the fact 

 that prizes go to 

 mongrels with 

 coats 10^- inches 

 long, and says the 

 Scottish Terrier 

 should " be in 

 colour either grey 

 or iron grey; 

 dark, with brown 

 muzzle ; legs brown 

 or dark fawn, no 

 white about them. 

 His head should be fairish long, strong mus- 

 cular jaws ; ears small, dropping to the 

 front ; body lengthy ; legs stout and well 

 covered with muscle ; tail carriage, hound- 

 hke ; length of coat not over, if possible, 

 3 inches, which ought to be hard and dense ; 

 weight from 12 lb. to 18 lb., not more, 

 though I ha\'e known good specimens a 

 trifle over this weight ; temper good, both 

 with man and dog. Scotch Terriers are 

 far from quarrelsome ; they are kind, quiet, 

 and fond of each other. . . . I am aston- 

 ished the K.C. does not give us a class for 

 this famous breed." 



