THE SCOTTISH TERRIER. 



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It was this letter of " Strathbogie's " 

 that brought forth as a rejoinder the verses 

 which head this chapter, for in the said letter 

 " Strathbogie " complains that in an article 

 written some time pre\-iously by Dr. Gordon 

 Stables on the breed, the doctor, a Scots- 

 man, appeared to class Scottish Terriers 

 with " the silly long-wooUed Toys of Brad- 

 ford," and he goes on to say, " Now I am 

 not second to the funny doctor in my 

 admiration (love, if you like) for 

 ' flowing tresses,' still I prefer 

 such to adorn the shapely head 

 of a bonnie Highland lassie to 

 seeing them covering the backs 

 of Scotch Terriers " — a sentiment, 

 no doubt, with which not one of 

 the many male admirers of the 

 Scottish Terrier of the present 

 day will fall out. " Strath- 



MR. J. DEANE WILLIS' CH. CARTER LADDIE 



BY CAMOWEN LADDIE CARTER JEAN. 



bogie's " letter had also the effect of 

 drawing from his lair "The Badger," who, 

 writing shortly afterwards in the same 

 periodical, says he quite agrees with 

 " Strathbogie's " description of the breed, 

 but adds that he fancies there are also some 

 of a sandy colour, that their ears may be 

 either drop or prick, and that he prefers 

 them of 14 lb. to 16 lb. weight, long and 

 low, with a hard wire coat and straight in 

 the fore-legs, " though sometimes they will 

 be found slightly bowed." 



There can be no doubt that the present- 

 day Scottish Terrier owes a great deal 

 to " The Badger " and " Strathbogie." 

 These two gentlemen, despite many set- 

 backs, stuck to their point, and eventually 

 were rewarded by the late Mr. S. E. Shirley, 

 then President of the Kennel Club, who 

 seems to have been very popular with Scotch- 

 men — as, indeed, he was with everyone — 

 granting their request and giving or getting 



MR. A. G COWLEYS 



CH. EMS CHEVALIER 



BY CAMOWEN LADDIE CARTER JEAN. 



them two classes for their breed at 

 the Kennel Club show of that year, 

 held at the Alexandra Palace. 



The Scottish Terrier as a show dog 

 undoubtedly, therefore, 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 — for he docs in 

 fact e.xist — to-day one of the most popular 

 and extensively owTied varieties of the dog. 

 Sir Pa\Titon Pigott had undoubtedly at 

 that time a very fine kennel of the breed, 

 for in The Live Stock Journal of May 30th, 

 1879, we find his kennel fully re\iewed in a 

 most enthusiastic manner by a correspon- 

 dent who visited it in consequence of aU 

 the 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 



