Product Description

WORKING TERRIERS
THEIR MANAGEMENT, TRAINING AND WORK ETC..

BY
J.C. BRISTOW-NOBLE

This rare book was one of the few early 20th century dog books to deal solely with the true `Working Terrier'. Now very scarce and much sought after in its original limited edition, it has been reprinted by READ COUNTRY BOOKS. Following our hugely popular hardback edition of this book, we are now re-releasing it in a in a high quality soft-cover format.

Written by an expert in both breeding and working terriers, the book is packed with practical advice, and includes many original photographs of terriers in action against a variety of quarry. J.C. Bristow-Noble was well known in his time as a breeder of top quality sporting terriers. He spent many years experimenting with cross-breeding Fox terriers and Sealyhams with other dog breeds and occasionally with famous mongrel terriers, before finally concentrating on Jack Russell terriers, always keeping the description of Russell's famous "Trump" in his mind's eye.

His ideal sporting terrier for entering to badger, fox and other quarry was a thick-set 14 pound (lb), hard/dense coated dog with a muzzle of moderate length and an even and fairly thick jaw bone. This rule of thumb eventually led to him owning a kennel of working dogs second to none and well-known throughout the country. His terriers were regularly sold for sums in excess of £50.00 - an enormous sum of money in the early 1900s. His stud dogs were also much in demand even at his minimum stud fee of 10 guineas.

Read Country Books have reprinted this important working terrier book in a high quality soft-cover format, with photo-illustrated cover and 160 pages incorporating all of the original content, including 29 excellent black + white photographs featuring rare scenes of terriers and terrier men in action.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #579752 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

From the Publisher
Many of the earliest sporting books, particularly those dating back to the 1800s, are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.