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for vermin there is nothing known of Davidson's ideas or whether he had 

 anything Hke a fixed type in his breeding. That we imagine came when 

 the variety was taken up by a later generation. We must also take into 

 consideration that Davidson was only one of many who undoubtedly had 

 these terriers, and it is well known that he did not keep what he bred to 

 himself. Hence about all we owe to Davidson is the fact that Sir Walter 

 Scott's mention of him as Dandie Dinmont gave the name to this variety. 



Mr. E. Bradshaw Smith seems to have been the gentleman to whom 

 we owe the placing of the breed upon a firm footing, for he got hold of 

 a number of dogs from various owners who had descendants of the Hindlee 

 dogs and bred up to a standard. Mr. Locke was another who did much 

 for the breed some years ago. At present the Dandie seems very strong 

 in England and Scotland, and at the recent show at Altrincham, where 

 Mrs. Lloyd Rayner judged, there were no less than fifty-five entries. 



In America the Dandie has never achieved popularity. Now and 

 again we come across a specimen, but how few there are and have been is 

 well shown by the fact that for ten years the total registrations of the breed 

 with the Kennel Club has been but five, and for the past five years only two 

 have been shown throughout the entire country. It looks as if we meet 

 once more with the evidence that Americans are not prone to take hold 

 of curiosities when there are other breeds which possess more taking qual- 

 ities. There is nothing the Dandie can do that other varieties of terrier 

 cannot also accomplish, and others possess attractions the Dandle does 

 not. You can lead the American to the dog show easily enough, but he 

 is not going to be cajoled into buying what he does not fancy. The result 

 is therefore that the Dandie has no history in this country and the little 

 we have said regarding the breed is all that is necessary, coupled with 

 the extravagantly long descriptive particulars of the Dandie Dinmont 

 Club standard. 



Descriptive Particulars 



Head, — ^Strongly made and large, not out of proportion to the dog's 

 size; the muscles showing extraordinary development, more especially the 

 maxillaty. 



Skull. — Broad between the ears, getting gradually less towards the 

 eyes and measuring about the same from the inner comer of the eye to 

 back of skull as it does from ear to ear; forehead well domed. The head 



