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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Jamison's
Sport
is
an
important
dog
historically,
for
various
reasons.
He
was
undoubtedly
more
akin
to
our
present
type
than
any
other
Irish
Terrier
of
his
time
of
which
there
is
record.
His
dark
ears
were
uncropped
at
a
period
when
cropping
was
general;
his
weight
approximated
to
our
modern
average.
He
was
an
all
coloured
red,
and
his
legs
were
of
a
length
that
would
not
now
be
seriously
objected
to.
But
in
his
day
he
was
not
accepted
as
typical,
and
he
was
not
particularly
successful
in
the
show
ring.
The
distinguished
terrier
of
his
era
was
Burke's
Killeney
Boy,
to
whom,
and
to
Mr.
W.
Graham's
bitch
Erin,
with
whom
he
was
mated,
nearly
all
the
pedigrees
of
the
best
Irish
Terriers
of
to-day
date
back.
Erin
was
said
to
be
superior
in
all
respects
to
any
of
her
breed
previous
to
1880.
In
her
first
litter
by
Killeney
Boy
were
Play
Boy,
Pretty
Lass,
Poppy,
Gerald,
Pagan
II.,
and
Peggy,
every
one
of
whom
became
famous.
More
than
one
of
these
showed
the
black
markings
of
their
granddam,
and
their
progeny
for
several
generations
were
apt
to
throw
back
to
the
black-and-tan,
grey,
or
brindle
colouring.
Play
Boy
and
Poppy
were
the
best
of
Erin's
first
litter.
The
dog's
beautiful
ears,
which
were
left
as
Nature
made
them,
were
transmitted
to
his
son
Bogie
Rattler,
who
was
sire
of
Bachelor
and
Benedict,
the
latter
the
most
successful
stud
dog
of
his
time.
Poppy
had
a
rich
red
coat,
and
this
colour
recurred
with
fair
regularity
in
her
descendants.
Red,
which
had
not
at
first
been
greatly
appreciated,
came
gradually
to
be
the
accepted
colour
of
an
Irish
Terrier's
jacket.
Occasionally
it
tended
towards
flaxen;
occasionally
to
a
deep
rich
auburn;
but
the
black
and
brindle
were
so
rigidly
bred
out
that
by
the
year
1890,
or
thereabout,
they
very
seldom
recurred.
Nowadays
it
is
not
often
that
any
other
colour
than
red
is
seen
in
a
litter
of
Irish
Terriers,
although
a
white
patch
on
the
breast
is
frequent,
as
it
is
in
all
self-coloured
breeds.
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