Countess Bessborough and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, in Ireland in 1910, with two dogs, a Jack Russell and I think a Skye terrier of the day.
The first Cairn Terrier appeared on the Kennel Club scene in 1909, when a Mrs. Campbell marched into a ring at Crufts with what she described as a “short-haired Skye Terrier.” The taxonomic battle that ensued revolved around whether a “real” Skye Terrier was long-coated or not, and whether a shorter-haired dog was “defective” or not. There is no reason to re-fight this linguistic mudsling. Suffice it to say that the battle was resolved in 1910 when a “new” (but allegedly old) breed was named a “Cairn Terrier” and given its own class at Crufts, and in the Kennel Club. This dog had erect ears and a slightly shorter coat.
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