The News Life

Searching for the sire of the Yorkshire Terrier breed

March 29, 2024 by Pham Hien

Adult Yorkshire Terrier

Pets4Homes has launched a search for the body of Huddersfield Ben (1865-1871), the sire of the Yorkshire Terrier breed. There are now an estimated 1.5 – 2 million Yorkies worldwide, and all descend from Huddersfield Ben.

Killed in a carriage accident in 1871, Huddersfield Ben was stuffed and placed in a glass case. He was last spotted between the wars on the mantelpiece of a pub in the north of England – but his current whereabouts are unknown.

Britons are being asked to “search their attics and garages to see if they are unknowingly in possession of a piece of British canine history, and one of Yorkshire’s most remarkable four-legged sons”.

In 1990, the Huddersfield Daily Examiner could not confirm Huddersfield Ben’s whereabouts, noting that he was not to be found in the Tolson Museum, Huddersfield’s major museum documenting the history of the town and its people. Pets4Homes has expanded the search and found that he is not in the collections of other museums in Huddersfield or Bradford.

Dr Bryan Cummins, author of The Terriers of England and Wales, said, “The last written record of Ben is that he was in a glass display case.

“Huxham writes regarding the taxidermied Ben, ‘When she knew I was writing this book, Mrs. Edith Stirk told me …she knew a man who, when he was quite young – and he was then rather old – had visited a pub in the North of England where he saw the stuffed remains of Ben in a glass case on the mantelpiece’.”

Cummins continues, “I am optimistic, and I think that Ben is out there somewhere – in that north of England pub, perhaps (I would like to think Ben is there), perhaps in a private collection, or maybe in a small regional museum – his significance not appreciated.”

Several museums in Yorkshire have expressed a willingness to exhibit Huddersfield Ben, should he be found.

 

Filed Under: Dog New

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • UNBELIEVABLE MOVE: Detroit Tigers Star Tarik Skubal Just Turned Down $45 Million from Mark Zuckerberg — But What He Said Next About America, Inequality, and What Truly Matters in Life Might Be the Most Powerful Thing Baseball Has Heard All Year.nh1
  • BREAKING: SF Giants Are Now at a Tense and Unavoidable Crossroads with Justin Verlander — Why His Next Start Might Be His Last in San Francisco, and the Silent Rift Growing Inside the Clubhouse That No One’s Talking About (Until Now).nh1
  • BREAKING NEWS: Alex Cora has shocked the world and the American media when she accepted Mark Zuckerberg’s $45 million advertising offer to prepare for the launch of a new campaign called “Cora Cares Initiative” to help disadvantaged children in Boston.nh1
  • BREAKING: Red Sox Just Walked Into Wrigley and Silenced the Cubs — What Happened in the Final Inning, the Hug at the Ivy Wall, and the Message from Cora in the Dugout Might Be the Turning Point of the Season.nh1
  • AMAZING NEWS: Aaron Judge Gives Baseball and Hope to Boy Who Survived Ruidoso Wildfire After pouring his heart and soul into Texas, Aaron Judge wasn’t done yet. When the raging fire burned down the town of Ruidoso, New Mexico—taking away homes, forests, and the childhoods of thousands of children—he quietly showed up. Not in a Yankees uniform, but with… a bat, a bracelet, and his eyes fixed on little Liam—a kid who lost both his father and his beloved ballpark overnight..nh1

Recent Comments

  1. A WordPress Commenter on Hello world!

Copyright © 2025 · Paradise on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in