Another prominent dog was Ben Butler. He also was a son 

 of Tom, out of Barnard's Nellie. 



Other prominent stud dogs were Hall's Max, O'Brien's Ross, 

 Hook's Punch, Trimount King, McCullen's Boxer and Ben, 

 Goode's Ned, and Bixby's Tony; all of whom, through Bar- 

 nard's Tom, or his brother, Atkinson's Toby, trace their an- 

 cestry back to Hooper's Judge. 



Among the earlier bitches who proved worthy may be men- 

 tioned Reynolds' Famous, dam of Gilbert's Fun; Kelly's Nell, 

 dam of O'Brien's Ross and Trimount King; Saunders' Kate, 

 dam of Ben Butler; Nolan's Mollie, dam of Doctor, Evadne and 

 Nancy. 



Besides the above dogs, and quite remote from them, were 

 several imported small dogs. These served to introduce fresh 

 blood into the line represented by Judge and Tom, which had 

 been considerably inbred up to this time. 



One of these was the Jack Reed dog. He was an evenly 

 marked, reddish brindle and white dog, and weighed from twelve 

 to fourteen pounds. He had a straight three-quarter tail, but 

 was unfortunate in having a rather rough coat. 



Aaother outside dog was t.he Perry dog. He was imported 

 from Scotland, and .weighed but six pounds. He was of a 

 peculiar blue color, having some white on him. He also had a 

 three-quarter straight tail. 



Kelly's Brick was another outsider. He also came from the 

 other side. This fierce little dog was of white color, with sev- 

 eral black spots. - His weight was from sixteen to eighteen 

 pounds. He had a good, large skull and an unusually large, full 

 eye. The tail was straight. 



A fourth outsider was O'Brien's Ben. He was a short, cobby, 

 low-set dog, of a white and. tan brindle color. His weight was 

 about twenty pounds. His tail was straight and of three-qiiar- 

 ters length, carried low. He had an exceedingly short head and 

 was even mouthed. His breeding was unknown. 



These few outside dogs were all small, and undoubtedly 

 helped to fix the small size of the present dog, while tne con- 

 tinued interbreeding of the sons and daughters, of Tom tended 

 to make the type permanent. 



The above gives very briefly the main facts concerning the 

 older dogs of this breed, practically bringing the line down to 

 the present generation. 



