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CHAPTER VIII.

THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER.

IT is little more than a quarter of a century since public attention was first attracted to the Bedlington terier, which originally I take to have been at any rate second cousin to the Dandie Diamont. Both had their origin amongst the sporting men on the English side of the Border; in many respects the two varieties resemble each other, and, from what one has been told, this resemblance was much greater fifty years ago than it is now. That they are not very far apart at present may be b.ferred from the fact that some eight years or so ago, at one of the south country shows, the Earl of Antrim exhibited two terriers from the same litter, one of which wen in the Dandie Dinmont class, the oc r receviag an honorary award i the division for Engton

terriers.

Mich has been written as to the early hist y of the Bedlington terrier; how its pedigree conta be, traced back for a hundred y ars or more, and hov

CHAPTER VIII.

THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER.

IT is little more than a quarter of a century since public attention was first attracted to the Bedlington terrier, which originally I take to have been at any rate second cousin to the Dandie Dinmont. Both had their origin amongst the sporting men on the English side of the Border; in many respects the two varieties resemble each other, and, from what one has been told, this resemblance was much greater fifty years ago than it is now. That they are not very far apart at present may be inferred from the fact that some eight years or so ago, at one of the south country shows, the Earl of Antrim exhibited two terriers from the same litter, one of which won in the Dandie Dinmont class, the other receiving an honorary award in the division for Bedlington terriers.

Much has been written as to the early history of the Bedlington terrier; how its pedigree could be traced back for a hundred years or more, and how

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