. THE SKYE TERRIER CHAMPION, "SIR STAFFORD" (33,731). The property of Clifford A. Shinn, Esq., 1709 Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pa SKYE TERRIERS. BY CLIFFORD A. SHINN, ESQ. THE Skye Terrier takes his name from the chief of those northwestern islands of Scotland, which as far back as his history can be traced, upwards of three centuries ago, formed his native home. The Skye terrier is a vermin dog and is admirably adapted for his work, which, as it is well known, is to enter vermin burrows and make his way where large dogs, or those of a different formation, would be unable to penetrate
. THE SKYE TERRIER CHAMPION, "SIR STAFFORD" (33,731). The property of Clifford A. Shinn, Esq., 1709 Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pa SKYE TERRIERS. BY CLIFFORD A. SHINN, ESQ. THE Skye Terrier takes his name from the chief of those northwestern islands of Scotland, which as far back as his history can be traced, upwards of three centuries ago, formed his native home. The Skye terrier is a vermin dog and is admirably adapted for his work, which, as it is well known, is to enter vermin burrows and make his way where large dogs, or those of a different formation, would be unable to penetrate. He has necessarily very strong legs, short in proportion to the length of the body, which is long and measures well in girth. He possesses a keen scent, and in disposition is determined and courageous. Having a strong and muscular jaw, he is enabled to grip tenaciously. Dame Nature has provided this breed with an ample covering all over; and, from the thickness and hard, wet-resisting quality of his coat, the Skye can face with impunity almost any degree of cold to which he may be exposed. He is the smallest of all the useful terrier tribe, the lowest set, the longest in body, the most muscular and flexible in his whole frame, with an unequalled acuteness of sight and hearing, an un- rivalled alacrity of action and an indomitable pluck. Possessed of pre-eminent quali- fications for his special work, he needs only to have it put before him to prove that he is imbued with the spirit of his native master, who, when taken from his hill to the battle- field, and was told : — '• There's the foe ; he has nae thought but how to kill twa at a ; Mr. Rawdon B. Lee, of London, and Mr. D. J. Thomson Gray (Whinstone) write of the Skye : "No kennel can be complete without him. To the present day he remains as unchanged as any variety of the canine race, and has certainly lost none of his merits or attractions, for he is exceptionally clean and sweet, less dependent on exe
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