The Staffordshire Bull Terrier
by
H N Beilby
First Published 1943
Reprinted 1945
Second Edition 1948
Third Edition 1993
Fourth Edition 1997
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Origin
Modern History
Modern Records
Main "Lines"
"Families" of Bitches
Our Standard - The Ideal Staffordshire
Pedigree
Breeding Problems
Colour
Further Notes on Colour Inheritance
Character and Temperament
Exhibiting
The Future
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1943 - first edition
Good condition throughout. Browning to paper & edges.
Dust Jacket intact but worn/torn
previous owner's name in ink inside of dust jacket
Printed & Bound for the Author
by Blackie & Son Ltd London and Glasgow
FOREWORD
Mr. Beilby has invited me to write a "fore-word"; one wishes he would accept four words and one dash: "This is——good stuff!"
There is no doubt that he has produced a really monu-mental work, which will be a canine classic for several generations. Every Terrier man should read it. " We must breed by looks and not by books " was considered a shrewd and trite remark some years ago, but it also recalls the rich fool who told his gardener he wanted " fruits not roots!" The truth of course lies in breeding by looks as well as by books; either alone will fail.
Mr. Beilby's book is a model of the sort really needed; it is easy to read, full of facts supported by figures, illustrated amply and well, and it combines the personal and canine elements of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier's his-tory with balance and accuracy.
To one who was lucky enough to have charge of a Bull Terrier Champion over fifty-five years ago and so learned to love that breed both early and dearly, the first mention of a Staffordshire Terrier twenty years later seemed merely stupidity or impudence, as though someone were to speak of his kennel of " Berkshire " Terriers! The consequent argument was concluded definitely against the actual existence of a Staffordshire by the emphatic steam-roller verdict " The Kennel Club knows nothing of them ".
The villain of that thirty-five years old tragedy of ignorance is grateful to his friend, Mr. Beilby, for allowing him to pay to the Staffordshire, as one of the most progressive of breeds, a tribute in reparation of his former lack of recognition.
He is amused to see his own thunder stolen on page 65 with a Staffordshire taking the part of the original hero, but he is even more gratified to find the (“ Lines " and " Families " system, known as the Bruce-Lowe system, which he transferred from thoroughbreds to terriers some twenty years ago, adopted and adapted to the needs of another short-coated, straight-legged, and essentially British Terrier.
One word of warning; let no one think that the study of the real or full value of a pedigree is easy and simple; it requires a certain amount of concentration, for instance, to distinguish between a Staffordshire who is A a, B b, C c, E e, and one who is A A, B b, C c, e e, and many there be who will enjoy the book without ever becoming familiar with these helpful but apparently rather alge-braical formulae. "Many men, many women, many tastes." But we, who know, recognize that there is much more to be learned of a well-bred Terrier's history than that his sire was a Champion and that his dam was both got and whelped by two Champions, however good.
Of the fourteen chapters, a table of which appears on an adjoining page, the last is entitled " The Future ". Those of us who haunt Dog Shows, cannot have failed to notice that a different temperament exists among the adherents of different breeds; at some benches the ex-hibitors are exclusive and almost forbidding to the ordinary observer, whilst at others each passer-by is given the impression that he is a welcome spectator. May one, who has been attending these Shows for nearly sixty years, bear witness to the fact that the popularity of a breed much depends upon this point, and he has already observed upon several occasions that Staffordshire ex-hibitors are also dog-lovers, with the courteous concern for the care and comfort of other exhibitors which makes the " Dog game " such a success? This catholic outlook is easy and natural to some people but to others it needs a " nelovan " effort! It is, however, well worth it.
" Tough Guy " was once heard to say at the ring-side, "Decent fellow that Judge to-day, his manners were almost canine!"
ROSSLYN BRUCE.
HERSTMONCEUX RECTORY, SUSSEX
21st October, 1943
LIST OF PLATES
A STAFFORDSHIRE OF 75 YEARS AGO——WESTALL STRAIN - - - - - Frontispiece
CHAMPION LADY EVE
A GOOD JOKE' FEARLESS
JOE is AMUSED
VINDICTIVE MONTY
JIM THE DANDY
TACKLE; THE GREAT BOMBER
GAME LAD
CHAMPION GAME LADDIE
BRIGANDS BASH'EM
CHAMPION MADCAP MISCHIEF
OUR BEN
CHAMPION GENTLEMAN JIM
TOUGH GUY
EAGER LAD
QUEENIE
BRAVE NELL
RED RUIN AND CHAMPION MIDNIGHT GIFT
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS
OLD-TIME BULLDOG
OLD ENGLISH TERRIER
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER
TYPICAL STAFFORDSHIRE
HEAD PROFILES
RIBS AND SHOULDERS
EARS
FEET
FRONTS
BACK LEGS
REAR VIEWS
