THE SPORTING TERRIER. By Brian Plummer.

(1992) 1998 new paperback edition. 8vo paperback (230 x 154mm). Ppviii,246. B/w photographs, illustrations.

"This comprehensive history of terriers covers over twenty breeds of this most typically British dog." Brian Plummer examines the history of this peculiarly British tradition, and gives much useful advice, opinion and many accounts of his own experiences. Chapters include: English and Welsh terrier types - Lakeland and Fell terrier types, Jack Russell types, Sealyham, Bedlington, Norwich/Norfolk, Dandie Dinmont, Manchester Terrier, Welsh, Airedale, Fox Terrier, Bull Terrier, Plummer Terrier, Border Terrier; Terriers of Ireland - terriers of Ireland, Irish Terrier, Kerry Blue, Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier, Glen of Imaal Terrier, terriers of Scotland, Cairn, West Highland White, Skye Terrier, Scottish or Aberdeen Terrier; Terriers and their quarry - principles of entering a terrier to quarry, training and entering to quarry, ferrets, rabbit hunting with terriers, use of terriers in mink hunting, fox hunting with terriers, working terrier packs, the law and the terrier man.