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has kept the breed for over twenty years, has at the 

 present time the largest and best kennel of Dandle 

 Dinmont terriers ever owned by one man, and has 

 seldom less than ten couple running about, not 

 counting the young puppies. The catalogues and 

 the Kennel Stud Books show their winnings, and 

 so even an entry can Mr. Leatham turn out that 

 on more than one occasion he has won the prize for 

 the best team of terriers in the show, and so recently 

 as 1893 his entry was awarded the special at 

 Edinburgh for the best team of non-sporting dogs in 

 the show. However, more than this the Thorp 

 Arch Dandie Dinmonts are properly trained and 

 educated in all the duties which a good terrier ought 

 to perform. Mr. Leatham, with the pride of an 

 enthusiast, says " they are the gamest terriers on 

 land or in water he ever saw." He proceeds to 

 say "that they are first-rate ratters; he has bolted 

 foxes with them when hounds have run them to 

 ground, and they do their duty willingly. But," 

 says Mr. Leatham, " the best test is with badgers," 

 which he has every opportunity of utilising in their 

 wild state, as there are several earths in the neigh- 

 bourhood in which he resides. He has never known 

 one of his Dandies show the " white feather, though 

 he has seen fox terriers bolt directly the badger 

 came in sight. On the contrary, the Dandies will 



