By Rawdon Briggs Lee ALTHOUGH in the foregoing pages I have given fourteen chapters to what may well be called different varieties of the terrier, several of the race remain yet unrepresented, and without any reproach on the character of those already described, there are other terriers quite equal to such as are given precedence […]
1910 Devon and Somerset Badger Club
For the Kennel…June 11th, 1910 The Record of the Devon and Somerset Badger Club just issued by Mr. Arthur Heinemann proves what ever good sport has been obtained since that owner of working terriers got together his now famous pack. A total of 212 badgers in four seasons must be a record number, for it […]
Peep out
No history of working terriers could be complete without the writings of Arthur Heinemann. One of the most known breeders and active terriermen of the early 20th century having used his terriers for fox, otter and badger. Arthur Blake Heinimann was born in the USA in 1872, although some records i’ve come across state 1971. […]
1984 Frank Buck interview
Frank Buck’s first terrier came to him from his father, a gypsy who had kept his own type of terrier for many years – a line which Frank eventually carried on. Incidentally, Frank’s father bred the famous dog Red Ike, a dog that would take a hold of anything and once fastened on to a […]
1913 Barnstaple and North Devon Badger Club
In December of 1913 a meeting was called upon at the Clarence Hotel in Barnstaple form a new club for badger digging with several interested terriermen and the result was the Barnstaple and North Devon Badger Club. The following information comes from several sources including the clubs booklet released the end of the first season […]
Articles
1886 Elterwater Terriers by Mountaineer 1903 The Patterdale Terriers 1903 Unacknowledged Breeds 1903 Patterdale Terriers And Gameness 1907 Badger digging by Arthur Heinemann 1908 Working terriers by Arthur Heinemann 1910 The Streatly Terrier 1910 The Sealyham Terrier Peril 1910 The Terrierman And His Charges 1910 Women In The Otter Hunt 1913 Barnstaple and North Devon […]
1913 Terriers of the Barnstaple and North Devon Badger club
1913 Barnstaple and North Devon Badger clubThe Club members Terriers of the 1913/1914 season Barum JackBarum TrixieBarum RagsBarum VicBarum RoseBarum SaucyBarum JoeBarum SpotBarum FaithBarum NellBarum BobBideford StellaBideford RattlerBideford BobBideford Jack Bratton BobBraunton NellClarence GipseyClarence JimmyClarence NailorClarence JackClarence BobClarence SpitesClovelly DashCornwall PuzzleChampion Tally HoDerby JaneDerby BoyseyDerby BoogieEggsford JackInwood MickInwood Sting Ilfracombe GipseyIlfracombe VicIlfracombe VixenIlfracombe TurkIlfracombe TeaserIlfracombe TrixieIlfracombe […]
Table Of Otter Hunts And Their Terriers
Table Of Otter Hunts & Their TerriersAt The End Of 1929/1930 Season Compiled by Major Sir Jocelyn Lucas Place and name of Master Breed or type of terriers kept,number in kennel and whether bred or bought. How taken with hounds Type of earths found Bucks (R.E.A.Uthwarr,Esq) Fox non-pedigree.bought, 5 bought Some run with hounds, others […]
Resources
This list is a work in progress… Foxes, Foxhounds and Fox-Hunting, Heath Cranton, Richard Clapham 1932. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland: The Terriers, Rawdon Lee 1896. A History and Description of the Fox Terrier, Rawdon Lee, 1890. Hunt and Working Terriers, Captain Jocelyn Lucas 1931. The Dogs […]
Table Of Fox Hunts And Their Terriers
TABLE OF HUNTS AND THEIR TERRIERSAt the end of 1929/1930 season Compiled by Major Sir Jocelyn Lucas Pack & Name Of Master Breed or type of terriers kept,number in kennel and whether bred or bought. How taken with hounds Type of earths found Aldershot Commans 1928-9 (Major knight Bruce.) Border. 4 bred or bought. Also […]