482 BRITISH DOGS 



Much more has been done to secure to us the correct article to- 

 day by those breeders who, some of them having personal knowledge 

 of Davidson's own dogs, stuck as close as they could breed to the 

 type, and selected on occasion, even without a knowledge of its 

 pedigree, a dog that bore the family character, than by others who 

 lay too much stress on pedigrees which cannot be proved with any 

 degree of certainty. Take, for instance, the well-known Shamrock. 

 His pedigree in the Kennel Club Stud Book gives his dam as Vic, 

 bred by Mr. W. Johnstone, by a dog of good blood belonging to an 

 officer at the Purshill Barracks. Here we have, in one of the best- 

 known and best dogs of his day, a break in the pedigree before we 

 go back two generations. No doubt Mr. Johnstone felt satisfied he 

 was using a dog of good blood because he possessed the character- 

 istics of a good Dandie Dinmont Terrier, but there is no proof 

 that he was of pure breed ; and so we find breaks in the chain 

 between every existing dog and those two given to Dandie Dinmont 

 by Dr. Brown of Bonjedward. 



It would be useless to recapitulate the names of all of the 

 earlier breeders who followed the originator of this strain. The Hon. 

 G. H. Baillie, of Mellerstain ; the Home, of Carolside ; the Duke 

 of Buccleuch ; the Kyles, of Braidlee ; John Stoddart, of Selkirk ; 

 D. McDougal, of Cessford ; F. Somner, of Kelso ; Hugh Purves, of 

 Leaderfoot; Dr. Grant, of Hawick; Lord Polwarth ; Ned Dunn, of 

 Whitelee ; Nicol Milne, of Faldonside (owner of Old Jock and Jenny) ; 

 James Scott, of Newstead ; and many others, contemporaries of, or 

 following close after, Davidson, had all a share in making the dog 

 what he now is. Above all, there was the late Mr. E. Bradshaw 

 Smith, of Blackwoodhouse, Ecclefechan. Lovers of the Dandie 

 Dinmont Terrier are also greatly indebted to Miss Mathers, Dr. 

 William Brown, James Paterson (of Old Miss fame), James Hamilton, 

 and J. B. Richardson, of Dumfries, a gentleman unexcelled as a 

 judge and breeder of this variety, and to whose enthusiasm and 

 industry admirers of the breed are indebted for much interesting 

 information on the subject. 



Following on these came a host of breeders and exhibitors whose 

 names may be learnt from the records of the Kennel Club Stud 

 Book. There are, however, a few names that stand out con- 

 spicuously. Such are the brothers Scott, whose dog Peachem 

 was in his time one of the finest Dandie Dinmont Terriers that 

 ever graced a show-bench. As shows increased, so did the number 

 of breeders, and some very strong kennels were founded. The Rev. 

 (now Mr.) J. C. Macdona was one of the early fanciers, while Mr. 

 J. H. Murchison, Mr. W. Carrick, the Earl of Antrim, Mr. E. W. 

 Blagg, Mr. G. Houliston, Mr. G. A. B. Leatham, Mrs. Peel Hewitt 

 (one of whose dogs we illustrate), and the Rev. S. Tiddemann were 

 all strong supporters of the breed that Scott had immortalised. 



