THE SKYE TERRIER. 
IV.—JUDICIAL AWARDS. 
. Over extreme weight to be handicapped 5 per 
Ib. of excess. 
. Over or undershot mouth to disqualify. 
3. Doctored ears or tail to disqualify. 
4. No extra value for greater length of coat than 
_54 inches. 
Not to be commended under a total of 60 
Not to be highly commended under a 
te 
a 
total of . 65 
5: «Not to be very highly commended 
under a total of 5 70 
No specials to be given under a 
total of . . . : 75 
The foregoing measurements and weights 
apply to a small dog under 20 Ib. in weight, 
with a length of 40 inches, and 
4II 
” 
the advantage of being both longer and 
lower than the average. 
Whereas the Scottish Club limits the 
approved length of coat to 5} inches, the 
English Club gives a maximum of g inches. 
This is a fairly good allowance, but many of 
the breed carry a much longer coat than 
this. It is not uncommon, indeed, to find 
a Skye with a covering of 12 inches in 
length, which, even allowing for the round 
of the body, causes the hair to reach and 
often to trail upon the ground. 
To the uninitiated’ these long coats 
standing g inches in height at the 
shoulder. The Skye Club of England 
recognises a larger animal, allowing 
another inch in height, another r} inch 
in length, and an additional 5 lb. in 
weight, with proportionate increase in 
other measurements. 
MRS. F. A. R. SANDWITH'S 
BANSTEAD BUCK 
BY CH. ALISTER——LADY GLEN. 
In this connection it may be interesting 
to put on record the measurements of Ch. 
Wolverley Chummie, a dog who has never 
yet been excelled in competition, and who 
is recognised by all judges as being as near 
perfection as it is possible for a Skye Terrier 
to be. His weight is 274 lb., his height at 
the shoulder is 9} inches, his length from 
muzzle to back of skull 9 inches, from back 
of skull to root of tail 24 inches, his tail 
from root to tip Io inches, and his totai 
length 44 inches. Thus, while he is slightly 
heavier than the prescribed weight, he has 
MRS. W. WILMER’S 
CH. YOXFORD LONGFELLOW 
BY YOXFORD WONDER—YOXFORD 
LASSIE. 
seem to present an insuperable 
difficulty, the impression prevail- 
ing that the secrets of a Bond 
Street hairdresser are requisitioned 
in order to produce a flowing robe, 
and that when obtained it is with 
supreme difficulty that it is kept 
in good order. But its attainment and 
management are easier matters than would 
appear at first sight. 
Assuming: that the dog is well bred to 
begin with, the first essential is to keep 
him in perfectly good health, giving him 
plenty of wholesome meat food, plenty of 
open air exercise, keeping him scrupulously 
clean and free from parasites, internal and 
external. As to grooming, the experienced 
owner would say, Spare the comb and brush 
and save the coat. Asa rule, the less you 
tamper with a Skye’s coat the better that 
