40 THE IRISH TERRIER. 



produced, first, Champion ' Bachelor,' and in the next litter, • Benedict.' 



"'Benedict' became the most celebrated Stud dog of the day, for 

 he is sire or grandsire of more winners than any other Irish terrier. 



" ' Bachelor ' was very successful in the show ring, and took after his 

 sire and grandsire in having a good pair of ears. He had also a very 

 hard coat, of good color, yellow, tipped with red. a long neck, which 

 was very muscular, and a well-shaped head, which never grew too thick. 

 His hindquarters were rather short, and his shoulders somewhat coarse, 

 the latter no doubt caused by the amount of work he did. ' Benedict ' 

 ^vas a darker color, with a lot of coat on his forequarters, but little on his 

 loin or hindquarters, and of rather a lighter make than ' Bachelor.' It 

 may interest my readers to know that in the litter which included ' Bach- 

 elor ' there were three red, one grey, and five rough-black and tan-colored 

 puppies, and in that in which ' Benedict ' was produced there were three 

 red and five rough-black and tan in hue. 



" A noted rival of ' Bachelor's ' on the show was Mr. Graham's 

 ' Extreme Carelessness (afterwards sold to ^Ir. Graves of Liverpool), a 

 bitch that, when a puppy, was almost black, or rather, nearly every hair 

 was more black than yellow. At four years of age, the tips of a few 

 hairs only were black; and two years ago, just before she died, I saw 

 the old bitch in Ireland, looking very fit and well, but of a beautiful 

 yellow-red color, and entirely free from any black tinge. She was given 

 back to Mr. Graham after she had finished her show career. ' Extreme 

 Carelessness ' was cropped, her head rather heavy, and she had a slight 

 slackness behind the shoulders ; otherwise she was a charming bitch of 

 great character and of good quality. She and 'Bachelor' had many 

 hard struggles for 'specials,' their successes being about equal. 



'^ ' Erin,' two years after her celebrated litter, again visited ' Killiney 

 Boy,' and threw a bitch, ' Droleen,' who, put to a long-haired dog named 

 ' Michael,' by ' Pagan II.,' a grandson of both ■ Killiney Boy ' and ' Erin.' 

 threw for her owner, Mr. E. A. Wiener, the best dog since ' Bachelor's' 

 days, ' Brickbat ' by name, who has had a most successful show career, 

 winning the Challenge Cup, given by the Irish Terrier Club, twelve times, 

 without once being defeated, and finallv he secured it outright. 



