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The Yorkshire Terrier took his name in 1870, the place that gave birth to the race, Yorkshire, the largest county in England. Huddersfield Ben is considered the pillar of the race, born in 1865 and died in 1871. Raised by W. Huddersfield Eastwood, born of crosses between mother and son laid the foundation for what would become the future race known as the Yorkshire Terrier Modern: a dog elegant, luxurious, and a small alert and intelligent.
History of the Yorkshire Terrier
The Yorkshire Terrier comes from a combination of races called Terrier, which evolved in the fields and homes of the servants, artisans and weavers from Yorkshire. The servants were not allowed to have dogs in England hunters. Were only allowed to have small dogs, which were primarily used to kill rats and other vermin.
One of them, the Waterside Terrier, a dog described as small and long gray hair (bluish gray). The Waterside Terrier was often crossed with the old English Terrier or Manchester, Terrier in a silky black coat and toast, and toast or blue, which weighed about 2.5 kilograms and was an exceptional hunter of rodents around the house.
Competitions game hobby rats were organized by a local innkeepers to promote their establishments. The qualities most sought in these dogs were small and their ability to hunt rats.
At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late eighteenth century, craftsmen from Scotland moved south to Yorkshire, England, to find work as weavers in the mills. Took several Terrier "Scottish." Among these was the Paisley Terrier, a dog small, silky coat, with several shades of blue, which does not weigh much more than 7 kilograms. Another of these was the Clydesdale Terrier, the region of Glasgow on the River Clide, described as "a dog whose color was a desirable bright blue steel, which stretched from the back of the head to the root of the tail of hair very shiny and silky texture".
The outcome of these races was crossing the Yorkshire Terrier because it all happened in the area of Yorkshire. In 1873, the Kennel Club was formed in England to record Pedigrees and establish a code of rules for competitions and field tests to begin.
Dogs were divided into two groups: non-sport and sports. The Yorkshire Terrier joined the 40 non-sporting breeds selected as the "Broken-Hair Scotch and Yorkshire Terriers.
Huddersfield Ben was considered the father of the race. Born in 1865, had the rare ability to transmit his qualities to his progeny. It was a great procreative, and many of their descendants left victors in exhibitions.
Ben was bred by Mr. W. Eastwood Huddersfield and died in 1871. Recorded by Mr. Boscovitch, his father and mother came from Yorkshire copies going back to most of the males and females divided as Lancashire and Yorkshire best known at the time. It was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Foster of Bradford, who were avid fans and presented in several exhibitions won. He was arguably the best example seen at the time, and the judges recognized his merits by providing variety of prizes. It was the true foundation of the breed Yorshire Terrier.