The result of 30 years of genealogical sleuthing is a book which
does not easily fit into any one particular genre. the main theme
is four famous dog men from Gilling West who were national giants
in their time. Rich Henry Brown, a co-director of Shoolbred and Co.
in London sold bull dogs to royalty while Tom raper was the Prince
of Slippers for the Waterloo Cup. George Raper was Britain's
greatest dog judge and journalist who bred out the Yorkshire
terrier in Victorian times and crossed the Atlantic on over thirty
occasions. He also famously won foot races running backwards.
Although two inns, The White Swan and the Angel Inn in Gilling
West, are a starting point the story moves to the Green Tree Inn in
Darlington, home of Britain's earliest dog shows. There are many
fascinating anecdotes of Dales incidents in times past which trace
both of the author's parents to Gilling. Not least is the
scandalous story of a Gilling man's married daughter who ran away
from her family to start a life with a famous actor James Herbert
Standing. The final chapter is where the author, a well-known
mountaineer shows how his hunting, shooting and fishing ancestors
bred a generation which spread from Richmond, Yorkshire to make
their name in a modern new world after the Second World War.
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