. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 4o8 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. get established under this classification was the Cairn Terrier of the Highlands, known in some localities as the short-coated, working Skye, and in others as the Fox- terrier, or Tod-hunter. A sub-division of. SIR CLAUD ALEXANDER'S YOUNG BALLOCHMYLE BEAUTIFUL. Photograph by Russell. this breed was the more leggy " Aberdeen " variety, which was less distinctly Highland, a
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 4o8 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. get established under this classification was the Cairn Terrier of the Highlands, known in some localities as the short-coated, working Skye, and in others as the Fox- terrier, or Tod-hunter. A sub-division of. SIR CLAUD ALEXANDER'S YOUNG BALLOCHMYLE BEAUTIFUL. Photograph by Russell. this breed was the more leggy " Aberdeen " variety, which was less distinctly Highland, and it was the " Aberdeen " which finally came to be called, as it is still rightly called, the Scottish Terrier. At one period the Skye, Scottish, and Paisley Terriers were threatened with ex- termination on the show bench. Prior to 1874 no authentic particulars regarding the terriers of Scotland were forthcoming, ex- cepting perhaps of Dandle Dinmonts and Skyes. Dandies showed the regularity of an old-established breed, but Skyes pre- sented the heterogeneous appearance of a variety class, and indeed might have been more correctly catalogued as rough-haired terriers. In 1875, owing to the urging of Mr. (now Sir) Paynton Pigott, the Kennel Club did give a class for Scottish Terriers, thus separating them from other breeds. In 1876 two Skyes were shown at the Agri- cultural Hall, in London, and the judges were denounced for not recognising them as genuine Skyes ; one of these dogs was Pig (Mr. Carrick's), and the other Splinter (Mr. Gordon Murray's) ; the latter took second in her class, and was the dam of the well- known Bitters, Rambler, and Worry. From 1879 the Scottish Terrier, the Skye, and the Paisley Terrier parted company, to their common advantage, and have never since been confused. It is to be remembered that the Skye Terrier was used in the Highlands for otter and fox hunting. They accompanied the hounds, keeping as near to them as their short legs would al
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