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of two Bedlington terriers, belonging to Mr. Holland, 

 named Peachem and Fan; the former 2ilb. in 

 weight, the latter i5lb. The character given these 

 two dogs and others of the same strain was so high 

 that inquiries were then made as to their history, 

 and these resulted in the publication of all that 

 could be obtained of the history of this variety. 

 Little, however, appears to have been known of 

 them out of their own locality, but that they had 

 claims to be quite distinct from other terriers was 

 at once allowed, and thus their popularity to a 

 certain extent followed. A correspondent in 1869 

 wrote in the Field : 



11 This valuable dog was first brought over the 

 Border from Hawick, about seventy or eighty years 

 ago, by Mr. Luke Cowney ; from him Mr. Selby, of 

 Biddlestone, got the breed ; and from thence a few 

 were brought to Morpeth by Mr. Cowney's son, 

 where they first became more general. Bedlington, 

 which is close to Morpeth, was a noted place for 

 dog fanciers, and they soon bred a large number of 

 these terriers, and they quickly spread all over the 

 country ; hence the name they now have of 

 Bedlington. They are pretty general in the district 

 between the Coquet and the Tyne, but have been 

 bred in and in to a damaging extent, hence no 

 doubt the delicacy sometimes alluded to, although 



