Sealyham Century Site
This Kennel was owned by Miss Amy Huntington(known as Trix). She was a great Sealyham Terrier enthusiast and in the beginning of the 1920´s she moved to a place in Henley-on Thames where she had plenty of kennel room and unlimited runs. Her breeding grew and she bred champion Sealyhams until her death in the early 1960´s .
Miss Huntington held the record for Sealyham Club Service with The Sealyham Terrier Breeders Association, serving as President for more than 30 years.
Here she is second from right at the Ch Show in Windsor, June, 1937.
The others are from left to right: Mr Howell Jones (commitee), Col. Nicholson(Gunside sealyham kennel), Mr Holland Buckley, Mrs Barber(secretary and judge, breeder of the Scotia Sealyhams), Miss Huntington and Mrs Baylay (commitee).
Profoundly deaf, Miss Huntingdon wore a hearing aid. As President of the S.T.B.A. she
presided over club meetings. If during the meetings there was any unpleasant discourse or if Miss Huntingdon got tired of unnecessary discussion or exchanges,she would simply turn off her hearing aid and adjourn the meeting! It may have been a bit authoritarian, but any President who ever conducted any meeting would certainly hold Miss Huntingdon's tactics in high esteem.
She derived her kennel name from Eng. Ch Brash Binks, sire of her earliest litter.
Biddy Binks by Ch Brash Bendigo - Susan Nipper, born 1925
was one of the early Binks. She never became Champion but she was the beginning of the beautiful Binks dogs to come.
The first champion was Baccarat Binks, 1935. It is said in Our Dogs, 1935 about this dog that he took a long time to develop. He was an all white small dog, full of quality. To quote one of his judges, "He possesses a faultless front, head, neck, and shoulders, perfect topline and balance. His stud fee was £4 4s.
Rosewood Beau
another dog from the early 1930´s that was used for breeding
The above group of five generations may be interesting from a breeder´s point of view. Left to right - Burnholme Blush, aged 13 years. Benign Binks, her daughter. Ch Baccarat Binks, son of Benign Binks. Ch Baccharis Binks, son of Ch Baccarat Binks. "Rupert", aged 3 months , son of Ch Baccharis Binks.
Between these two there was the World War II. It is one of the tragedies of the times that so many good dogs disappeared from the breeding programs during the war. Miss Huntington managed to continue with her good dogs after the war and soon she bred new Champion Sealyhams again. First out was Barnabas Binks in 1952.
Miss Huntington recognized the importance of engaging a good jockey to steer them around the ring. So it was Mr.I. Pickering, who made up more champion Sealyhams than any living man, that handled her dogs.
Ch Baccharis Binks, 1938
Ch Barnabas Binks, 1952.
Ch Barnade Binks, 1952
Ch Barbara Binks, 1953
This bitch was a full sister to Ch Barnabas Binks.
This bitch won her CC´s at Crufts, WELKS and Manchester under two famous Sealyhambreeders, Dr. Royden( St Benets Sealyhams) and Mrs. Charters(St Margaret Sealyhams) .
Her sire was Ventmoor Catapult
Ch Bazooka Binks, 1953
