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under any circumstances they are delicate feeders. 

 They are very speedy and enduring dogs, and are 

 greatly valued by the pitmen for rabbit coursing and 

 dog racing ; they are sharp dogs with ferrets, and 

 are very plucky, and will work an otter famously, 

 giving good tongue quite a hound's voice. I 

 cannot imagine a more useful dog, and they are 

 invaluable for keeping rabbits down in young planta- 

 tions. The following are, I believe, the main points 

 of a true Bedlington : muzzle fine, longish, and rather 

 pointed ; flesh-coloured nose ; ears drooping and 

 lying close to the head ; eyes close to one another, 

 hazel or reddish-coloured and small ; the hair on top 

 of head much finer than coat, and lighter in colour ; 

 they are long in the leg, with straight toes, well split, 

 long, and turned out, often one more so than the 

 other; they stand about from I4^in. to I5in. at the 

 shoulder ; shoulder blades at the top well apart ; the 

 barrel large and chest deep ; tail fine and pointed, 

 but covered with wiry hair ; the coat is fine, but not 

 silky, and rather thin ; their colour is very much that 

 of dressed flax, with sometimes a little more red in 

 it. From the texture and colour of the coat, they 

 are also called the linty-haired terrier." 



With a character such as the above there is no 

 wonder that there came a run on the Bedlington 

 terrier, though some correspondents had written of 



