. 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. MR. J. DEANE WILLIS' CH. CARTER LADDIE BY CAMOWEN LADDIE CARTER JEAN. bogie's" letter had also the effect of drawing from his lair " The Badger," who, writing shortly afterwards in the same periodical, says he quite agrees with "Strathbogie's " description of the breed, but adds that he fancies there are also some of a sandy colour, that their ears may be either drop or prick, and that
. 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. MR. J. DEANE WILLIS' CH. CARTER LADDIE BY CAMOWEN LADDIE CARTER JEAN. bogie's" letter had also the effect of drawing from his lair " The Badger," who, writing shortly afterwards in the same periodical, says he quite agrees with "Strathbogie's " description of the breed, but adds that he fancies there are also some of a sandy colour, that their ears may be either drop or prick, and that he prefers them of 14 lb. to 16 lb. weight, long and low, with a hard wire coat and straight in the fore-legs, " though sometimes they will be found slightly ; There can be no doubt that the present- day Scottish Terrier owes a great deal to " The Badger " and " ; These two gentlemen, despite many set- backs, stuck to their point, and eventually were rewarded by the late Mr. S. E. Shirley, then President of the Kennel Club, who seems to have been very popular with Scotch- men—as, indeed, he was with everyone— granting their request and giving or getting. MR. A. G. COWLEY'S CH. EMS CHEVALIER BY CAMOWEN LADDIE CARTER JEAN. them two classes for their breed at the Kennel Club show of that year, held at the Alexandra Palace. The Scottish Terrier as a show dog undoubtedly, therefore, dates from about 1877 to 1879. He seems almost at once to have attained popularity, and he has progressed gradually since then, ever in an upward direction, until he is—for he does in fact exist—to-day one of the most popular and extensively owned varieties of the dog. Sir Paynton Pigott had undoubtedly at that time a very fine kennel of the breed, for in The Live Stock Journal of May 30th, 1879, we find his kennel fully reviewed in a most enthusiastic manner by a correspon- dent who visited it in consequence of all the controversy that was going o
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