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stand terrible punishment, and Ainsty King, a well- 

 known bench winner, had an hour and a half with 

 one badger and received a severe mauling ; one bite 

 through the shoulder incapacitating him from further 

 work for a long time. King, though not more than 

 I9lb. in weight, will tackle a badger and never leave 

 go until compelled to do so." 



Mr. Leatham also uses his terriers for rabbiting, 

 and finds them particularly handy in the prickly 

 gorse coverts through which an ordinary terrier will 

 not work, and he likewise trains them* to hunt the 

 hedgerows, and generally for doing the work of an 

 all-round dog. He concludes his eulogy of his 

 favourite breed by pronouncing them excellent house 

 dogs, kindly with children, and he considers them 

 as game as ever they were even when the border 

 gipsies had them as assistants in killing otters in the 

 ponds and the rivers of their " patrons." 



Latterly a considerable amount of discussion has 

 been going on relative to the reputed trimming of 

 the coat and face of the Dandie Dinmont. That 

 this has been done, and is still done in many 

 instances, I have had ample proof, and I always 

 have blamed the judges for not putting it down with 

 a strong hand. This they could easily do by dis- 

 qualifying any dog where the hair had been removed 

 off the face, and where the top knot had been 



