THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER. 397 



north of Newcastle. Its present population is about 14,000, 

 mostly outlying from the original village, which seems to 

 retain its old-time simplicity. 



We have brief descriptions, given in several articles on 

 this Terrier, of the parents of Young Piper. The sire, 

 Anderson's Piper, was a slender-built dog, fifteen inches 

 high, and weighing only fifteen pounds; he was liver-col- 

 ored, the hair being of a hard, linty texture; ears large, 

 hanging close to the cheek, and slightly feathered at the 

 tips. The dam, which was brought from the town of Bed- 

 lington, in 1820, was black, with brindled legs, and with a 

 tuft of light-colored hair on the top of her head; she was 

 thirteen inches high, and weighed fourteen pounds. Thus 

 we can see that seventy years ago, at least, some of the im- 

 portant characteristics of the modern Bedlingtons were met 

 with in their progenitors. 



To be a little fanciful, we may imagine that this breed 

 evolved itself, or was developed, in adaptation to its circum- 

 stances. The coat is less long and heavy than those of the 

 rough Terriers farther north, and the build is lighter, with 

 more pace for, perhaps, mountainous regions, and longer 

 bursts of speed; in fact, we find the miners of the great 

 coal-beds in this district using these Terriers to run rabbits, 

 and seeking pace, and therefore long legs, in their dogs. 

 When the Bedlingtons were first brought before the public, 

 they were, in the most part, in the hands of these same 

 miners. The demand for speed in coursing had caused the 

 Bedlingtons to be given up, in a measure, for the Whippet 

 and Greyhound; but he will always be remembered as 

 having been the companion and pride . and joy of the 

 "Geordie." 



However, our subject has other fanciers as well who are 

 more able and ready to show and carefully breed their dogs. 

 Ten years ago, to be sure, the Bedlingtons had been seen 

 and heard of out of their home county, but were not much 

 bred elsewhere. Now there are kennels of them all over 

 England, from Devonshire far north into Scotland. The 

 Bedlington Terrier Club has a good list of members well 



