ABOUT THE BORDER TERRIER: A VIEW OF ITS HISTORY AND BREEDING. By Walter J.F. Gardner.

(1985) 1991 2nd revised edition. 8vo (148 x 216mm). Ppxii,262. Colour plates, b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps. Orange boards, spine titled in gilt.

First published in America in 1985, this second edition also reprints the scarce booklets, "Border Lines" (1948) and Montague Horn's "The Border Terrier" (1943). Chapters include: Some general aspects of animal breeding history, Border Terrier origins and development; Memories of some earlier Border Terrier breeders and their dogs; An interpretation of the Breed Standard of the Border Terrier; Breeding Border Terriers, a geneticist's view, limitations of the Pedigree and the Working Certificate; Some aspects of animal nutrition, constituents of the ration, some practical advice; Some Breed Club history; Some concluding remarks. Appendices include: Measurements of a strain of Border Terriers, further measurements; Pedigrees of a foundation dog and bitch, Ch. Future Fame and Red Hazel; Border Terrier Kennel Club registrations 1913-1983; Some notes on diverse subjects; Description of the Border Terrier (Old Standard); Bath Show; Gallovidean Annual 1933; The Border Terrier, by Montague H. Horn; Border Lines.