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for Justice's was headquarters for the fancy. Others we recall as being 

 present were Peter Eden and John Douglas; in fact it was the latter who 

 took us there because Mr. Lacy had told him he wanted specially to meet 

 us, because we had just come from America. Handley and Ribchester 

 were Manchester men, and Fitter, who led in the Birmingham fancy, got 

 his stock from Cottonopolis, mainly from Mr. Lacy. Most of the Rev. J. W. 

 Mellor's dogs came from the same source. Roocroft of nearby Bolton also 

 had them as well as white terriers. Jem Hinks of Birmingham had his 

 from Manchester, and Henshall of Manchester had black and tans as well 

 as bulldogs. It was little wonder that as a hall-mark of good breeding the 

 name Manchester became associated with the breed. 



Nowadays when there is a wide, unfilled margin between the black and 

 tan proper and the toy of under seven pounds, the name of the breed is 

 sufficient to specify a large-sized terrier, but it was not so thirty years ago, 

 when they went from the top end of the scale down to seven pounds, with 

 plenty shown under ten pounds. These middle weights are not seen 

 nowadays and the name Manchester is not needed, but what the men of that 

 city did for the black and tan should not be forgotten. 



We do not know of any black and tan terrier proper being shown here 

 prior to 1880, when we brought over the bitch Nettle, bought from Alf. 

 George of Kensal New Town. She had no extended pedigree, but was 

 undoubtedly a highly bred bitch and she certainly was a very nice one. 

 Sir William Verner sent over some dogs to New York that year, and among 

 them was the black and tan Salford, quite a winner on the other side, Sir 

 William sending his dogs all over the country. Salford was a very nice 

 coloured dog but had an abominable front, and Nettle might well have 

 won. Dr. Gordon Stables, who was judging, thought otherwise and that 

 settled it. The late Hugh Dalziel was also brought over to judge at that 

 show, and the only thing that induced the club to have Dr. Stables as well 

 was the latter's offer to judge in Highland costume. This Secretary Tileston 

 thought would be an immense advertising card, and the cost of importing 

 the doctor was incurred for that purpose alone. When he arrived minus 

 the promised costume there was a good deal of disappointment. 



Nettle was bred to Salford at the show and sold to Mr. W. R. H. 

 Martin of New York, and to this litter some of the good dogs of subsequent 

 years go back. One was the bitch Squaw, that went to Mr. John F. Camp- 

 bell of Montreal, and we mention her because of a very peculiar circum- 



