. 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. 3^2 THE NEW B0(3K OE THE DOG. brud " Scottish ; The pages of the above pubhcation 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
. 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. 3^2 THE NEW B0(3K OE THE DOG. brud " Scottish ; The pages of the above pubhcation 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, , 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, ) had undoubtedly in England a strong kennel of the right article, which he had gradually and quietly pos- sessed himself of. "Strathbogie" (Captain Gordon JIurray) appears to h a \- e be e n aware of tliis ; but very few other people in England seem to h a \' e known of it, or, indeed, to ha\'e been aware that there was such a thing as a real Scottish Terrier in existence. They knew of the Dan- die Dinmont, also of the Skye ; and they knew also that the prizes in sc\'eral 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 '55::: â '-w^j5^ SIR PAYNTON PIGOTTS GRANITE. THE FIRST SCOTTISH
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