[48 THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Nimble was got by Joseph Aynsley's Young Piper and out of James Anderson's Meg ; Meg 

 was out of Jean, sister to Young Piper, and got by Robert Bell's Tugg, of Wingate ; Tugg was 

 got by Robert Dixon's Dusty, of Longhorsley, and out of John Thompson's Music of the same 

 place ; Young Piper, by James Anderson's Old Piper and out of Mr. Coats's Phoebe ; Old Piper 

 by Robert Cowan's Peachem, of Nock Law, and out of C. Dixon's Phoebe ; Peachem by 

 Cowan's Burdett, and out of David Mortal's Bitch ; Dixon's Phoebe, by Sherwood's Matchem, 

 and out of John Dodd's Phrebe, both of Longhorsley ; Matchem by Edward Donkin's Pinchen 

 and out of Mr. Wardle's Bitch of Framlington ; Dodd's Phoebe, by Doncan's Old Peachem and 

 out of Andrew Evan's Vixen, of Thropton ; Vixen by the Miller's Dog, of Felton, and out of 

 Carr's Bitch, of Felton Hall ; Coats's Phoebe, by the Rennington Dog, and out of Andrew 

 Riddle's Wasp, of Framlington ; Wasp, out of Wm. Wardle's Bitch, and got by Wm. Turnbull's 

 Pincher, of Holy Stone ; Pincher, by Donkin's Old Peachem, and out of Turnbull's Venom ; 

 Venom, out of Turnbull's Fan, by Miles's Matchem, of Netherwitton ; Matchem, by Squire 

 Trevelyan's Old Flint. It will be 90 years since Flint was pupped. 



" N.B. Andrew Riddle's Wasp and the Rennington Dog were brother and sister. 



(Signed) WM. CLARK." 



Another writer alludes to the gameness of the breed, and its eagerness in the pursuit 

 of vermin, in the following anecdote : 



" A fox was run to ground near Edlingham, and a mason there had two of these Terriers, 

 father and son. The younger dog (about twelve months old) was put into the hole to try him, 

 but could not kill the fox. Although advised not to do so, the man put in the old dog also, 

 which, not being able to reach the fox, actually seized and killed the young dog, and then 

 reached and killed the fox." 



Such instances certainly prove the gameness of this handsome and very interesting breed 

 of dog, and are worth repeating, as they may be the means of inducing sportsmen who appre- 

 ciate the merits of a good working Terrier to give the breed a trial. The Bedlington has very 

 erroneously been given the character of a savage, headstrong dog, and one which is likely to 

 get his owner into trouble if allowed to follow him in his walks. All those, however, who know 

 the breed well, and with whom we have spoken on the subject, are unanimous in denying the 

 accuracy of this statement, which they affirm is quite destitute of foundation in fact. 



As regards the origin of the breed, there are of course numerous theories, all more or 

 less practicable, but none which is universally accepted as correct. For our own part we are 

 of the opinion that both the Dandie Dinmont and the Otter-hound have been pressed into 

 the service at one time or another. We consider ourselves strengthened in our support of the 

 belief in a Dandie Dinmont cross by the knowledge that formerly the breed was shorter on 

 the leg than it is now, as latterly the pitmen found the short-legged dog too slow for coursing 

 rabbits. One anonymous writer has given his opinion that in the earlier part of the century 

 the length of a Bedlington from tip of nose to tip of tail averaged about thirty-six inches, whilst 

 his height was about ten inches. Without, perhaps, going the length of this, it is an accepted 

 fact that the breed has been of recent years bred higher in the leg than it was formerly. 



Amongst the most prominent men and dogs in the Bedlington world, the name of the 

 late Mr, T. J. Pickett of Newcastle-upon-Tyne will always be conspicuously first. No man 

 in his lifetime was more enthusiastic and unfailing in his support of the breed, and the 



