White Scottish Terriers 247 
“Tt appears, however, judging by the pictures of Scottish terriers painted by 
Sir Edwin Landseer more than sixty years ago, the prevailing colour was white or a 
sort of oatmeal colour. He selected his models doubtless because they were beautiful. 
In breeding white from dark Scottish terriers of the modern type I have found that 
their progeny have reverted back, not only in colour but also in type, and you might 
almost suppose, in looking at these little white dogs, that Sir Edwin Landseer’s models 
had been reproduced; ‘Miss Tich,’ ‘Nipper,’ and ‘Bessie’ are three of these reversions, 
representing in type some of his models taken from dogs of my own. 
“Ten years ago the ie ; a Cee Sew 
white Scottish terrier was ‘ eee 
almost an unknown animal 
to breeders of dark Scottish 
terriers. Not that it did 
not exist, but fashion had so 
changed that they imagined 
all Scottish terriers should 
be dark or coloured other 
than white. 
“Tn breeding all varieties 
of animals—horses, dogs, 
cats, rabbits, mice, rats, etc. 
—variations in colour some- 
times crop up. A breeder 
of animals must never be 
surprised at the colour, 
shape or characteristic of 
the offspring of the animal 
he is trying to bring to 
a fixed type. 
“The late Captain Keene 
bought a white Scottish 
terrier which was bred from 
a prize-winning strain of 
the dark variety. He called 
her ‘White Heather.’ I give 
her portrait, and a capital 
specimen of a terrier too. 
“T bred a white Scottish 
terrier dog, called ‘ White 
Victor, from a _ prize- 
winning dark strain and § 
exhibited him among the  ~— AGM RND IM 
dark-coloured dogs at the 
Edinburgh Kennel Club Show, in 1895, and he got ‘V.H.C., so that he was evidently 
a Scottish terrier according to the judge’s opinion. : 
“The old ‘tod hunter’ or ‘fox catcher’ in the Highlands, years ago, made his living 
by killing foxes and otters, and anyone who has been at this exciting sport must have 
observed how easily white dogs, when working the cairns, can be seen. Hence white 
and creamy-coloured terriers were used by these old sportsmen. ‘Tod hunters’ had 
little chance of attending dog shows and arranging among themselves as to what . 
types were best. All they wanted was a dog which could tackle and bolt the 
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