by Mr. Edwd. Donkins's Pincher, of Flotterton, out of William Wardle's bitch, of Cramlington; Dodd's Phoebe, by Donkin's Old Peachem out of Andrew Evans's Vixen, of Thropton; Vixen, by the Miller's dog, of Felton, out of Carr's bitch, of Felton Hall. Ainsley's Old Phoebe was by the Rennington dog out of Andrew Riddell's Wasp, of Cramlington; Wasp, by Wm. Turnbull's Pincher, of Holystone, out of William Wardle's bitch; Pincher, by Donkin's Old Peachem out of Turnbull's Fan; Fan, by Myles's Matchem, of Netherwitton, by Squire Trevelyan's Flint. Donkin's Pincher, by Donkin's Old Peachem (continued from Ainsley's Piper). Ainsley's Crowner, by owner's Piper out of owner's Meg; Meg, out of Jin (own sister to Piper), by Robert Bell's Tugg, of Wingates; Tugg, by Robert Dixon's Dusty, of Longhorsley, out of a bitch of the Makepiece breed, presented to J. Ainsley by John Thompson."

Certainly not before 1825 was the name Bedlington given to the breed, although the late Major Cowen wrote to "Stonehenge" and forwarded him a pedigree of the blue and tan dog Askem II., which went back as far as 1782, but, as the learned author of "Dogs of the British Isles" said, there was no proof that the earliest strain possessed the same characteristics as the modern dog. However, the pedigree was there traced back to Squire Trevelyan's

Old Flint, pupped in 1782. But it was not because of his lineage that the Bedlington terrier attained a certain degree of popularity; this was due to his adaptability as a companion and his general usefulness as an all-round dog.

The first show to have classes for this terrier was. that at Bedlington in 1870, but following there was one at the Crystal Palace in 1871, when Mr. Henry Lacey took first with his red dog Miner, a great. winner at early shows, the remaining prizes being taken by Mr. S. T. Holland's Proctor, Lassie, and Jessie. Birmingham had given them one class the year before, where Miner also won; and following, the late Mr. T. Pickett, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who had kept the breed for many years, introduced his little blue bitch Tyne and his dog Tyneside, which had long and successful careers.

Although there seemed to be a little difference of opinion occasionally as to the exact form a good Bedlington terrier should take, he appears to have escaped those peculiar newspaper controversies with which so many dogs had been favoured. Nor was. he any the worse for that. Some judges had set Tyne down as a bad one; others had lauded her up to the skies-the only thing about her was her temper, for she was as treacherous a dog on the bench as ever entered a show. In 1875 the Bed

lington Terrier Club was established, but whether that body has done much for the popularisation of the breed is another question. That it has not taken a high place in public estimation is undoubted, and the reasons for this are not far to seek.

Unfortunately, so far as the show bench is concerned, the Bedlington terrier undergoes a considerable amount of "trimming"-that is, he is not sent into the ring with his coat quite in the natural condition nature produced it. "Plucking" is carried on to a great extent, and so highly do "fanciers" value the correct blue colour and the light hue on the top of the head that certain of them go so far as to dye or stain their dogs. Then most of the judges either altogether fail to detect this deceit or tacitly wink at it anyhow the custom is particularly common even at the present day. However, the recent rules passed by the Kennel Club, which will shortly come into force, will, if properly carried out, it is to be hoped, place this terrier on a sounder footing than it has hitherto been. Then the Bedlington terrier is rather fond of fighting, and not being a particularly elegantly shaped dog he is not valued highly on that account; nor is he unshapely, crooked-legged, and big-headed to the extent of being admired and run after for his very ugliness. He is, however, a useful dog in the

country, but jealous in temperament where other dogs are concerned, and a terrible foe when he is that way inclined. An old gamekeeper of my acquaintance owned a red Bedlington dog about as good at rabbits and vermin as any animal I ever saw. He would distinguish between a hare and a rabbit, never moving a yard after the former; the latter he would either catch or run to ground. He would not hunt with any other dog, and a stranger he always seized by the throat and pretty nearly killed. I have had no experience in prize-fighting dogs, but I think that this dog was about fit to kill any other dog of his weight, which would be some 20lb. or so.

The Bedlington is a more active dog than the Scottish terrier or Dandie Dinmont, and in reality is perhaps the smartest and quickest of all our terriers. As a water dog no terrier can surpass him, and few equal him. Some years ago there were trials for water dogs at a show held by the now defunct British Kennel Association, at the Aston Grounds, Birmingham. In one competition the dogs had to rescue and bring from the water a "dummy corpse ; in the other the trial was for speed alone. No dog did better work than Mr. A. Holcroft's Bedlington terrier Nailor, who was awarded not only third prize as a "life saver," but

was given an equal second for pace, in which, as a matter of fact, he was pretty nearly as good as the late Mr Bagnall's well-known Landseer Newfoundland Prince Charlie. Nailor was, besides, a repeated prize winner on the bench at this time, about 1882.

Nowadays the prevailing and fashionable colour is blue; some of the best of the earlier dogs were pale red, with yellow eyes and red nose; others were brown or liver coloured, and some few were blue and tan; the latter colour I never liked, though perhaps early in the last century it was most valued of all. This dog is still kept amongst the sporting pitmen and others, in and round about Newcastle, in considerable numbers, and at the shows in the north the classes are, for the most part, best filled. But the north country miner can seldom see any dog better than his own, and there is always more grumbling about the awards amongst the Bedlington terriers than ordinary people like, and strong words are not always sufficient to end the dispute. I fancy that nothing would satisfy certain owners excepting each won the first prize and the special cup. Newcastle has now the best show, and at Darlington, not far away, there is usually a capital entry, as there often enough is at the smaller and more local shows in the north.

The support some of the southern judges receive