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slaty grey, or even a much paler or silvery grey ; sometimes a combina- 

 tion of both, in which case the back is grey, while the legs, inside of ears, 

 chest, and under side of tail are mustard, verging on a pale red or fawn 

 colour. No other colours admitted, and any white, even on chest, is 

 objectionable. 



The subjects of our engravings are Grip and Shamrock. Mr. W. 

 Wardlaw Eeid's well-known Grip, a very compact and muscular dog, a 

 true and excellent specimen of the breed, and one likely to leave his 

 mark on the Dandie Dinmonts of the future, judging from the specimens 

 of his pups we have seen. He was bred by the Eev. S. Tenison Mosse, 

 and is a grandson of the old patriarch and champion Dandie Shamrock, 

 Grip has also, as will be seen, a strain of Mr. Nichol Milne's celebrated 

 Old Jock, and is the son of Mr. E. Bradshaw Smith's Dirk, known as 

 "the incomparable Dirk," a son of Mr. Smith's Pepper, a dog that, on 

 account of his fighting proclivities, received the appellation of " Peter the 

 Murderer." 



Shamrock has been longer before the public than any other Dandie, 

 and is acknowledged one of the best ever shown. The following are the 

 pedigrees of the two : 



Pedigree of Grip. Grip, sire Dirk (known as "the incomparable 

 Dirk"), by Pepper: (known as " the murderer ") out of Jenny, all bred 

 by Mr. E. Bradshaw Smith, Blackwood House, Ecclefechan. Grip's dam 

 was the Eev. S. Tenison Mosse' s Schann II. by Shamrock out of Nettle. 



Pedigree of Shamrock. Shamrock, by Mr. Hodge's Mustard out of 

 Broadwith's Vic, bred by Mr. W. Johnstone, by a dog of good blood be- 

 longing to an officer at the Purshill Barracks, out of Johnstone' s Maud 

 by Miss Mather's Spice, out of J. Scott's Wasp, by E. B. Smith's dog 

 out of Scott's Little Spice, by his Brandy out of Johnstone' s Spice, by 

 Sir G. Douglas's Pepper out of Mr. Brisbane's Nettle ; Mustard by Mr. 

 Scott's (of Newstead) Pepper out of Boyd's Nettle, by Sir F. Douglas's 

 Pepper II. out of Scott's Vixen, by Brisbane's Pepper out of his Spice, 

 bred by Mr. D. M'Dougall, of Cessford (celebrated for his pure breed) ; 

 Pepper by Brisbane's Demon out of Nettle, bred at Kirkmichael ; Demon 

 by Friar Tuck out of John Eeed's Pepper ; Pepper II. by Sir G. 

 Douglas's Pepper I. (bred by the Duke of Buccleuch, and descended 

 from Old John Stoddard's blood) out of Schann, descended from Stod- 

 dard's Old Schann and Dandie; Scott's Pepper, sire of Mustard, was by 



