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bred ‘‘Scottish Terrier.” The pages of 
the above publication 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 will 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. 
“Strathbogie” 
(Captain Gordon 
Murray) appears 
to have been 
aware of this; 
but very few other 
people in England 
seem to have 
known of it, or, 
indeed, to have 
been aware that 
there was such a 
thing as a real ule ean 
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Scottish Terrier in 
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existence. They 
knew of the Dan- 
die Dinmont, also of the Skye; and they 
knew also that the 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 PIGOTT’S GRANITE. 
THE FIRST SCOTTISH TERRIER ENTERED AT A 
THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 
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 the 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 
publishes 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- 
like; length of coat not over, if possible, 
3 inches, which ought to be hard and dense ; 
weight from 12 Ib. to 18 lb., not more, 
though I have 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.” 
