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House & G a r a t n 
TWO MORE GOOD TERRIERS 
The Sealyham and the West Highland White, Small Dogs of Large Merit Which Will 
Make Themselves at Home in Either Town or Country 
R()BP:RT S. LEMMON 
I X this series of arti¬ 
cles on real Housk 
& Garden dogs I have 
already sketched five of 
the true terrier tribe— 
the Airedale, wire Fox, 
Scottish, smooth Fox, 
and Irish. Here are 
two more which are in 
every way deserving of 
Aour consideration and 
interest—the Sealyham 
and the ’\\’est Highland 
■White. 
Precisely as sporting 
conditions in the high¬ 
lands of Scotland pro¬ 
duced the rugged, pow¬ 
erful, superlatively 
game Scottie, so Avas 
the Sealyham decMoped 
among the generally 
similar mountains of 
Wales. His original 
purpose was the same 
—to go to earth after 
Ijadgers, foxes and the 
lesser vermin AAdiich 
preyed upon his mas¬ 
ter’s game and poultry 
He is a self-contained, independent little 
fellow, this Sealyham. In appearance he some- 
Avhat suggests a short-legged Avire fox terrier, 
but his nature is distinctly different. His dis¬ 
position is more like a Scottie’s than a fox’s, 
although he lacks the highland dog’s uncanny 
shrewdness and odd Avays. He is a splendid 
dog, small enough to fit in anywhere, poAverful 
and jAlucky to take care of himself under 
difficult conditions. 
The direct ancestry of the Sealyham, so far 
as Ave knoAv it, runs back some se\'enty-five or 
more years. About that time Captain Edevards 
of Sealyham (an estate on the Sealy Riv'er) de¬ 
cided that the terriers in his kennels Avere not 
hundred-per cent badger diggers, so he began 
experiments to improve them. Just Avhat other 
breeds he brought in for this purpose Ave are 
not certain, but probably the Dandle Dinmont, 
the bull terrier and the old WTlsh cur-dog Avere 
among them. At all 
events, the result Avas a 
true sporting terrier, a 
game little rascal that 
today it is a pleasure 
and a source of endless 
satisfaction to OAvn. The 
photographs on this 
page are characteristic 
of him; but only actual 
acquaintance can show 
hoAV AAdiolly desirable 
he is. 
There appears to be 
a vast amount of con¬ 
fusion in the public’s 
mind about W’est High¬ 
land terriers. Many 
think that they are 
merely a Avhite variety 
of the better knoAvn 
Scottie. I must con¬ 
fess that there is justi¬ 
fication for this, for the 
two dogs are of very 
similar appearance ex¬ 
cept in the matter of 
color. They really are 
separate breeds, hoAv- 
ever, and each has a 
perfectly good and long ancestry of his OAA'n, of 
aaFIcIi his admirers are proud. 
W’est Highlanders as a pure strain Avere Avell 
knoAvn in Argylshire seventy years ago. Per¬ 
haps those kept at Poltalloch Avere the most 
famous, as AA-e are told that they Avere first 
shoAvn under the name of Poltalloch terriers. 
They have many of the regular Scottie’s char¬ 
acteristics and belong in the same general class 
of desirability as do he and the Sealyham. 
All of these small, heavy-coated terriers are 
so hardy that they are quite free from many 
of the ills to Avhich other breeds are heir. 
They are perfectly able to sleep in an un- 
heated stable or kennel and to Avithstand ex¬ 
posure to severe Aveather Avithout being bundled 
up in hand-knit SAA-eaters and goggles. All 
in all, they are superlatively satisfactory in 
both city and countr}'. And they Avill not 
eat A’ou out of house and home. 
LevicU 
The West Highland White terrier is a wholly worthy citizen. He possesses many of the 
characteristics of the Scottish terrier, which he closely resembles in all respects except color. 
These four are puppies perhaps six months old 
An excellent Sealyham is shown at the 
left — compact, strong and full of true 
sporting terrier readiness to tackle any¬ 
thing that comes along 
The Sealyham was developed among 
the mountains of Wales to protect his 
master’s game and poultry from foxes, 
badgers and other lesser vermin 
The Sealyham somewhat resembles a 
sawed-down wire-haired fox terrier. He 
is more stockily built, however, and 
more self-contained in disposition 
He is a rough looking little rascal, but 
a gentleman at heart. His direct an¬ 
cestry, so far as we know it, runs back 
for three-quarters of a century 
