The Dandie Dinmont Terrier. 281 



Geordy to Mr. Davidson (Dandie Dinmont of ( Guy 

 Mannering ') ; strange to say, the produce were 

 equally the colour of pepper and mustard. The last 

 pair I saw of what I consider perfect dandies 

 were Robert Donkin's, at Ingram, near Alnwick, just 

 before I left the north in 1838. I have been at 

 shows, but never could identify any dandies shown 

 as at all like the original breed belonging to the 

 Telfords of Blind Burn, the Elliots of Cottonshope, 

 the Donkins of Ingram, and other Border farmers. 

 I am not a doggy man, but like to see all old 

 breeds kept distinct." 



Prior to the letter of 1869 dog shows had come 

 into favour, and already classes had been provided 

 for Dandie Dinmont terriers, even at such an early 

 date as at Manchester in 1861, and at Birmingham 

 the following year. As a rule these divisions were 

 poorly represented, although in 1863 Mr. Aitken, of 

 Edinburgh, sent a dog to Cremorne, where it was 

 awarded but a third prize, the higher honours being 

 withheld. For some time the variety made little 

 progress, until an eventful show at Birmingham in 

 1867, where the two judges withheld all the prizes, 

 much to the consternation of the exhibitors, one 

 of whom, the Rev. W. J. Mellor, who showed his 

 Bandy, which had been placed first at the same 

 show the previous year, and usually won whenever 



