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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Cruft's the record number of thirty-eight 

 faced the judge ; so there is still hope. 



Apart from show purposes the Bedlington 

 has many admirers, consequently there is a 

 fair demand for the breed ; and as a general 

 rule the owner of these terriers becomes 

 enamoured of them, and swears by them. 



Bedlingtons are not dainty feeders, as 

 most writers have asserted, nor are they 

 tender dogs. If they are kept in good con- 

 dition and get plenty of exercise they feed 

 as well as any others, and are as hard as 

 nails if not pampered. They are easy to 

 breed and rear, and the bitches make 

 excellent mothers. If trained when young 

 they are very obedient, and their tendency 

 to fight can in a great measure be cured 

 when they are puppies ; but, if not checked 

 then, it cannot be done afterwards. Once 

 they take to fighting nothing will keep them 

 from it, and instead of being pleasurable 

 companions they become positive nuisances. 

 On the other hand, if properly broken they 

 give very little trouble, and will not quarrel 

 unless set upon. 



Of the dogs of note exhibited in recent 

 years mention may be made of the following : 

 Mrs. P. R. Smith's champions Clyde Boy, 

 Breakwater Girl and Breakwater Squire 

 (all blues), Breakwater Flash (liver), and 

 Breakwater Peer (blue), Mr. Harold 



Warnes' Ch. Miss Oliver, Cranley Rosette,, 

 and Cranley Rags (livers), Cranley Piper, 

 Cranley Blue Boy, and Cranley Blue 

 Peter (blues), Mr. J. Blench's Ch. Afton 

 Jessie (blue), Mr. J. W. Blench's Ber- 

 wick Blue Boy (blue), Mr. W. B. 

 Baty's Champions Beaconsfield, Turquoise, 

 and Bellerby Bishop, Bellerby Maid, and 

 Bellerby Piper (all blues), Mr. W. Wear's 

 Clyde Pincher (blue), Mr. J. Wilson's Dudley 

 Blue Boy, Mr. Holmes' Afton Nettle, Mr. 

 R. C. Irving's Champions Jock of Oran (blue), 

 and Viva (liver), Mr. John Cook's Ch. Bea- 

 consfield Temporise (liver). 



The dogs of earlier years whose memories 

 are handed down to posterity are Mr. W. E. 

 Alcock's champions Humbledon Blue Boy, 

 and Wild Wanny (afterwards owned by 

 Mr. Philip Turner), Mr. J. Cornforth's. 

 Nelson, Mr. E. G. Taylor's Miss Burton, 

 Mr. John Smith's Clyde Girl, and the liver 

 dog Goldsmith. 



The clubs representing the breed are the 

 National Bedlington Terrier Club (Hon. Sec., 

 Mr. John Cook, 39, Beaconsfield Street, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne) ; the South of England 

 Bedlington Terrier Club (Hon. Sec., Mr. 

 Robert Elwood, Springfield Meadows, Wey- 

 bridge) ; and the Yorkshire Bedlington Terrier 

 Club (Hon. Sec., Mr. J. Wilson, 71, Armley 

 Road, Leeds). 



MR. JOHN COOK'S CH. BEACONSFIELD TEMPORISE. 



