CHAPTER VIII. 



THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER. 



IT is little more than a quarter of a century since 

 public attention was first attracted to the Bedlington 

 terrier, which originally I take to have been at any 

 rate second cousin to the Dandie Dinmont. Both 

 had their origin amongst the sporting men on the 

 English side of the Border ; in many respects the 

 two varieties resemble each other, and, from what 

 one has been told, this resemblance was much greater 

 fifty years ago than it is now. That they are not 

 very far apart at present may be inferred from the 

 fact that some eight years or so ago, at one of 

 the south country shows, the Earl of Antrim exhibited 

 two terriers from the same litter, one of which won 

 in the Dandie Dinmont class, the other receiving 

 an honorary award in the division for Bedlington 

 terriers. 



Much has been written as to the early history of 

 the Bedlington terrier ; how its pedigree could be 

 traced back for a hundred years or more, and how 



