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Her colour was a black or black-blue, and she had 

 the invariable light-coloured silky tuft of hair on her 

 head. She was about I3in. high, and weighed i/j.lb. 

 In 1825 she was mated with Anderson's Piper, and 

 the fruit of this union was the Bedlington terrier in 

 question. Of the sagacity and courage of Ainsley's 

 Piper ; one of their offspring, a volume might be 

 written, and to submit a list of the best known 

 specimens would be tedious. There were Ainsley's 

 Crowner, Jin, Meg, and Young Phoebe, the Bow 

 Alley dog, Rinside Moor House dog, Angerton 

 Moor House dog, Ainsley's Ranter (of Redheugh, 

 Gateshead), Coates's Peachem, Weatherburn's 

 Phcebe, Hoy's Rocky, Fish's Crib, and, in short, a 

 host of good and tried ones. 



11 The old and true breed is now scarce, and there 

 are few indeed, even in Northumberland, able to 

 furnish a reliable pedigree of the original doughty 

 specimen. In some instances the cross with the 

 otter hound has been indulged in, but the result was 

 disappointment. The bull strain has been intro- 

 duced, it is supposed, for fighting purposes ; and 

 for rabbit coursing the ' leggy ' beast has been 

 bred ; but one and all diverge from the original, 

 either in size, shape, or some other important 

 particular. 



"The model Bedlington should be rather long 



