486 The Dog Book 



son of Gilford. Breda Tiney won at all the leading shows in 1889 and 

 took first in the challenge class at New York in 1890. Mr. Harrison had 

 by this time got a few rnore of the breed and his Roslyn Dennis and Roslyn 

 Eileen each took a second at New York in 1890, while their son, Roslyn the 

 Mickey, which had beensold to Mr.E. Wetmore,wasfirst in the open dog class. 



It was at this show that Mr. Walter Comstock showed Breda Florence, 

 a beautiful bitch of Mr. George Jamison's breeding, but sold by him to 

 Mr. Cinnamond, who named her Red Isis and showed her at Glasgow 

 where she was claimed by Graham, who renamed her, showed her 

 successfully, and then sold her to Mr. Comstock. 



Before Mr. Comstock got her she had been bred to Bachelor and one 

 of her litter was the bitch called Iris, sometimes Breda Iris and so registered 

 in England, also Red Iris, and she is a litter sister to Red Inez. This bitch 

 Breda Iris, as she was then, was bred to Graham's Breda Mixer, and from 

 this mating came Breda Muddler. Mr. Jamison, as late as 1900, wrote 

 us that Breda Florence was "the best bitch we ever had of the breed." 

 It was Mr. Comstock's misfortune to lose her by death before she had 

 been here over a year. 



With the year 1891 Irish terriers evidently got a grip hold, for thirteen 

 dogs and seventeen bitches were entered in the two open classes at New 

 York that year, when Breda Tiney again did duty by herself in the challenge 

 class. First in dogs came Breda Bill, a full brother to Breda Star, the sire 

 of the dam of Breda Mixer and many others. Second to this dog came 

 Mr. Comstock's Mars, a brother to Sauce, who was the dam of the dam 

 of Breda Mixer. This shows that at that time we had some good material 

 in this country, but unfortunately did not make the use of it that we might. 

 Mr. Comstock had Dunmurry to take the place of Breda Florence at the 

 head of the open bitch class. There was a dog entered at this show named 

 Bellman, by the North Fields Yorkshire kennels, a combination of Mr. 

 Symonds of Salem, Mass., and Mr. Toon of Sheffield, England. This 

 Bellman we think was the sire of the dam of Champion Merle Grady's dam, 

 but he does not appear to have been shown. As he was entered at ^1,000, 

 while the same kennel's winner, Breda Bill, was only priced at ^^250, it is 

 evident that, although entered as of unknown breeding, he must have been 

 highly thought of. The Bellman we mean had won well in England in 1888 

 and 1889. Breda Bill was then bought by Mr. Harrison and won for him 

 at a number of shows. 



