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given, with no restrictions as to weight. In the 

 former there were four entries, and in the latter 

 three, but only two of the lot appear to be able to 

 boast of a pedigree. 



" Does not the above prove that pedigrees in 

 those days were little attended to, otherwise surely 

 they would be stated if known. Some of the 

 entries in these old catalogues are amusing, one 

 entry being described as ' Pedigree terrier, well 

 bred ; ' another, appropriately named ' The Limb, 

 this bitch has jumped off all the highest bridges 

 in and about Dublin.' Needless to say she was 

 entered as 'not for sale.' 'Jack' appears to have 

 been a favourite name, and three with this cog- 

 nomen competed in one class, and, oh, ' the 

 grumbling ' at the awards, for everyone thought his 

 tyke the only true and only genuine article, and 

 owners were by no means loth to express their 

 opinions in words." 



A year or so later good ones appeared, such as 

 Messrs. Carey's Sport, Spuds, and Sting, Mr. Water- 

 house's Killiney Boy, and Mr. Wm. Graham's Erin, the 

 latter brace when mated producing such good ones 

 as Pagan II. and Play Boy, the particulars of which 

 are fully given in what Mr. Barnett has contributed 

 earlier on. 



Some of the best Irish terriers have already been 



