3i 8 British Dogs. 



Mr. H. Nicholson's Vic : Weight, 181b. ; height at shoulder, llin. ; 

 length from nose to set on of tail, 32in. ; length of tail, lOin. ; girth of 

 chest, 19in. ; girth of loin, 15in. ; girth of head, 13in. ; girth' of arm, 

 Gin. ; girth of forearm, 4|in. ; length of head from occiput to tip of 

 nose, 7iin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 7in. 



Mr. E. C. R. Goff's Whiskey : Weight, 2Ulb. ; height at shoulder, 

 lOin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 28in. ; length of tail, 9|in. ; 

 length of ear, 4in. ; girth of chest, 19in. ; girth of loin, 16in. ; girth of 

 head, 14in. ; girth of arm, Sin. ; girth of forearm, 4in. ; length of head 

 from occiput to tip of nose, Sin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes 

 and tip of nose, 6Jin. 



CHAPTER XX. THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THE Bedlington terrier had a hard struggle to obtain from dog show 

 committees that recognition to which he is so well entitled. He has, 

 however, now gained his true position among modern terriers, and there 

 are very few schedules issued that do not provide prizes for this breed. 



As will be seen from the statements of the writers I quote, the Bed- 

 lington has long been a distinct breed, the strain from which the modern 

 specimens have sprang having been peculiar to the district for at least 

 thirty years before the name Bedlington was applied to them, the first 

 dog so called being Mr. Ainsley's Young Piper, whelped about the year 

 1825. 



The following, which appeared in the " Newcastle Chronicle," 24th 

 July, 1872, gives a fair statement of facts respecting this breed, and is 

 valuable as embodying the opinions of the late Mr. Thomas John Pickett, 

 well known to exhibitors generally under his soubriquet of the Duke of 

 Bedlington a title earned by his great success as a breeder and exhibitor 

 of these terriers: "Of the breed of dogs for which this locality is 

 noted, none has caused so much controversy as the Bedlington terrier, 

 who is, I believe, the last new-comer amongst recognised breeds exhibited 



