120 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
originated from the mating of a dog “Piper,” belonging to Mr. 
Anderson, with “ Phoebe,” the property of a Mr. Coates, the produce 
of which was “ Young Piper,” bred by Mr. Ainsley of Bedlington, 
whence the breed was continued and, derived its name. The pedi- 
grees of.“ Piper ” and ‘‘ Phoebe” have been hunted up, and are given 
back for several generations; but all “doggy” men know what 
value to attach to such prehistoric testimonials. Excepting im the 
case of foxhounds, I confess I have little faith in them—even those 
of greyhounds, until the time of “Thacker,” being in many 
instances unreliable. As Mr. Dalziel (himself a North-country- 
man) has remarked, if such a breed had existed in the time of 
Bewick, who was a native of Newcastle, surely he would have 
noticed its existence, and its absence from his “ History of British 
Quadrupeds” is certainly an argument in favour of its modern 
creation. 
No other terrier at all resembles the Bedlington, which is a 
leggy dog, with hound-like ears, and at the first glance seems to 
be a cross between a greyhound and an otter-hound. He is very 
quarrelsome, and is said to be extremely plucky. Of these 
qualities those who have seen a class exhibited on overcrowded 
benches must be convinced, for in many cases dogs allowed two 
or three inches too much chain have half killed each other during 
the first night of their being put together. Whether this kind 
of pugnacity could induce its possessor to face a badger in his 
earth, I do not pretend to say, but primd facie it is an argument 
in favour of high pluck. My own experience of the breed is nil, 
never having had one in my possession; but the evidence in 
support of their courage is beyond dispute. Still I am not aware 
that there is any reason to suppose it higher in them than in the | 
Dandie or fox-terrier of a good strain, and the Bedlington must 
be taken to be merely an average representative of the terrier 
tribe in point of courage, or perhaps a little above that level. In 
the South his “soft” appearance for a long time set every one 
against him, but at last it is generally admitted that in his case, 
at least, appearances are deceptive. 
The numerical value of the points of this dog is as follows, 
according to the scale of the Bedlington Club :— 
