THE STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER HISTORY
Joe Mallen at work with Gentleman Jim and Good Lad
Mr.Hems of Kingswinford and his 7 sons taken about 1925
The Northwest Mounted Police Detachment, Edmorton, Alberta, Canada. The Year 1891 and I hear from Dave Lygo that the mascot was a stafford
The begining of Dog Shows in the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Fancy.
Dogs
1st-Vindictive Montys Son
2nd-Gentleman Jim
3rd-Iron Jack
1st-Vindictive Montys Son
2nd-Gentleman Jim
3rd-Iron Jack
Bitches
1st-Lady Eve
2nd-Emden Conquest
3rd-Colleen
1st-Lady Eve
2nd-Emden Conquest
3rd-Colleen
The First Championship Show where CC's were awarded to Staffordshires:
Birmingham Dog Show Society Championship Show held on November 9th 1936
Judge: Mr.A.Demaine and his first, second and third are to the right
Birmingham Dog Show Society Championship Show held on November 9th 1936
Judge: Mr.A.Demaine and his first, second and third are to the right
English Champion Lady Eve
Freddie Phillips with Arrogant Mac
Joe Mallen with Stowcote Pride
English Champion Gentleman Jim
Judge: Mr.Arthur Payton Smith
Mrs.Elsie McNeill's - Ch.Eastbury Lass (Ch.Gentleman Jim x Invincible Belle)
Breeder: Mrs.A.Boyes
Mr.Jack Dunn's - Ch.Thornhill Pride (Ch.Brigands Bo'sun x Clipper Of Bodenham)
Breeder: Jack Dunn
Mrs.Elsie McNeill's - Ch.Eastbury Lass (Ch.Gentleman Jim x Invincible Belle)
Breeder: Mrs.A.Boyes
Mr.Jack Dunn's - Ch.Thornhill Pride (Ch.Brigands Bo'sun x Clipper Of Bodenham)
Breeder: Jack Dunn
Joe Mallen, Staffordshire iron worker, and his dog Ch.Gentleman Jim, the breed's first dog Champion
The late Tom Walls, actor, at play with some of his famous 'Looe' Staffordshire Bull Terriersm
Dogs
1st-Jim The Dandy
Fearless Joe x Silvers Queenie
2nd-Game Bill
Jack x Nance
3rd-Vindictive Monty
Fearless Joe x Silvers Queenie
1st-Jim The Dandy
Fearless Joe x Silvers Queenie
2nd-Game Bill
Jack x Nance
3rd-Vindictive Monty
Fearless Joe x Silvers Queenie
Bitches
1st-Satan Of Gray Gables
Vindictive Monty x Fidelis Lass
2nd-Tackle
Jim The Dandy x Needle
3rd-Tough Guy
Rumm Bottle x Rascal
1st-Satan Of Gray Gables
Vindictive Monty x Fidelis Lass
2nd-Tackle
Jim The Dandy x Needle
3rd-Tough Guy
Rumm Bottle x Rascal
Ch.Rellim A'Boy, born 1957. This striking pied dog, owned by and bred by Mrs.Terry Miller, produced the profile sire Ch.Ferryvale Victormm
DEVELOPMENT OF THE BREED - 1935-48 ...
Despite early enthusiasm, the progress of registered stock was somewhat slow. Kennel Club Registrations rose from 174 in 1935 to 310 in 1939, a modest increase, halted only temporarily by the outbreak of war in 1939, for 360 staffords were registered in 1942, rising to a total of 1097 by the end of 1945. After the war the increasing popularity of the breed became apparent, and in 1949, the year when the standard was finally altered, registrations rose to 2357.
SCALE OF POINTS
General appearance, coat & condition /15 points
Head / 30 points
Neck / 10
Body / 25 points
Legs and Feet / 15
Tail / 5
Total = 100 points
Despite the attempt at flexibility in the standard, it is interesting to note that a scale of points was attached, presumably to help Judges assess specimens of the breed. It would have been difficuilt to have formulated a standard that found general favour and certainly the introduction of a scale of points must have been contentious in the extreme, even if it was to be used in conjuction with the standard.
Despite early enthusiasm, the progress of registered stock was somewhat slow. Kennel Club Registrations rose from 174 in 1935 to 310 in 1939, a modest increase, halted only temporarily by the outbreak of war in 1939, for 360 staffords were registered in 1942, rising to a total of 1097 by the end of 1945. After the war the increasing popularity of the breed became apparent, and in 1949, the year when the standard was finally altered, registrations rose to 2357.
SCALE OF POINTS
General appearance, coat & condition /15 points
Head / 30 points
Neck / 10
Body / 25 points
Legs and Feet / 15
Tail / 5
Total = 100 points
Despite the attempt at flexibility in the standard, it is interesting to note that a scale of points was attached, presumably to help Judges assess specimens of the breed. It would have been difficuilt to have formulated a standard that found general favour and certainly the introduction of a scale of points must have been contentious in the extreme, even if it was to be used in conjuction with the standard.
Cockney Charlie Lloyd and Champion Pilot. They earned a sizeable income in the USA after emigrating around 1868kk
Crufts Dog Show 1939.
(Left to Right) F.Roberts with Coronation Scot, Harry Melling with Tough Guy, H.N.Beilby with Mrs.M.Beare's Ch.Midnight Gift, Joe Dunn with Ch.Lady Eve, Joe Mallen with Ch.Gentleman Jim and Judge, Harry Pegg (standing)
(Left to Right) F.Roberts with Coronation Scot, Harry Melling with Tough Guy, H.N.Beilby with Mrs.M.Beare's Ch.Midnight Gift, Joe Dunn with Ch.Lady Eve, Joe Mallen with Ch.Gentleman Jim and Judge, Harry Pegg (standing)
Statuette of a fighting dog by
Valton, about 1850nnn
Valton, about 1850nnn
"The Bulldog" by W.L.Smith - mid - nineteenth - century print depicting an ancestor of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
"The Dog Fight" by Henry Alken, 1824, showing Bull and Terriers in a fairly typical dog pit
An early Bull and Terrier by Henry Alken, about 1820. The head portrays some terrier affinity, unlike the pronounced undershot jaws of Bulldogs of the period
'Bull Baiting' by F.Barlow, late seventeenth century. The untethered bull is being attacked by a dog of indeterminate ancestry, though with obvious bulldog characteristics
The Bulldog 'Billy' killing a hundred rats in five and a half minutes (1823)
Please Acknowledge the following Authors - W.M.Morley, John F.Gordon, Fred Phillips
It was in 1949 that the Kennel Club finally approved a new Standard which replaced the origional Standard formulated by the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club in 1935.
It was in 1949 that the Kennel Club finally approved a new Standard which replaced the origional Standard formulated by the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club in 1935.