. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. of Bolton, who owned a large kennel of this variety of terrier, and who joined with his townsman, Joe Walker, and with Bih Pearson in raising the breed to popu- larity in Lancashire. Bill Pearson was the breeder of Tim, who was considered the best terrier of his time, a dog of 14 lb,, with a brilliant white coat, the darkest of eyes, and a perfect black nose. Tim was the founder of Mr.
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. of Bolton, who owned a large kennel of this variety of terrier, and who joined with his townsman, Joe Walker, and with Bih Pearson in raising the breed to popu- larity in Lancashire. Bill Pearson was the breeder of Tim, who was considered the best terrier of his time, a dog of 14 lb,, with a brilliant white coat, the darkest of eyes, and a perfect black nose. Tim was the founder of Mr. Roocroft's kennel, and was the winner of some sixty first prizes and championships. Concerning his early recollections of the breed Mr. Roocroft wrote m 1880 :— " The first good one I remember appeared, I believe, at the first Belle Vue show, Manchester. She was a deaf bitch, but her origin I know nothing about. This was about sixteen years since (1863). The follow- ing year brought out the champion Tim, then shown by old Bill Pearson, which some time afterwards came into my posses- sion, and from this dog I produced the strain that I have been so very successful up in ]\Ianchester, and which showed in a marked manner a cross of the Snap-dog breed, and you remember all his strain. MR. R. HARRISONS RANJITSINHJI. PholijgiLiph by Hignt:tl and Son, Loslock. With since f first brought them out. I consider Tim was not only the first champion specimen, but the best terrier we e\-er had, and was really the foundation of good terriers. Among others Tim \\'as sire to Swindelhs Gem, out of a bitch he picked. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leighton, Robert, 1859-. London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
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