The
Brindle Devil Story
How Brindle Devil Ended up in Ireland, The Cornerstone
Sire For The Dublin Red Line of Stafford
The
True Story ...
Despite of what you have read on the internet
which is clearly incorrect, he was not sent
to Ireland by H.Payne nore did Willie Delaney
purchase him from H.Payne, Willie purchased
Brindle Devil in Petticoat Lane Flea Market,
in The East End of London.
Brindle
Devil ...
Willie Delaney and his brother Peter were
living working in London at the time, both
brothers being interested in pigeon racing
decided to visit the Petticoat lane market
one weekend to see what pigeons and small
finches were being offered, as they both entered
the market they noticed a lad standing there
with a brindle young Stafford and caught Willies
eye, Willie asked the lad are you selling
the puppy or are you just waiting around for
someone and the lad responded by saying that
he had to get rid of the puppy because his
landlord was going to put him out on the street
if he didn't get rid of the pup because apparently
the dog had ran down a hallway and jumped
through a window after a passing dog so the
lad had to get rid of the puppy or get out
on the street, Willie said to the lad let
me think about it and I will get back to you
before I leave the market.....well I guess
the excitement was all to much for Willie
because he had an eye for a good dog and knew
if he got the dog and sent it back home to
Dublin he would have a good badger dog.
Well
the excitement was all to much for Willie
and he just had to have the puppy and had
to borrow half the money from his brother
Peter to get the dog.
Willie
made the purchase and contacted his younger
brother John Delaney who was also living and
working in London at the time and asked him
when he was going back to Dublin and next
time he was going back would he take back
a dog for him. my dad (John Delaney) agreed
to take the dog back to Dublin and in those
days there was no such thing as kennels on
board so my dad had no choice but to make
trip on the cattle deck because that was the
only place they would allow animals to travel...anyway
my dad told me that it was probably one of
the hardest things he had to ever do, holding
that dog (Brindle Devil) on a chain lead on
the freezing cattle deck because the dog wouldn't
stop pulling as he wanted to get at the cattle,
my dad said that he tried everything to try
and keep the dog from pulling, he said his
hands were so cold that he couldn't even hit
the dog but wrapped the lead around his arms,
his legs, etc but still couldn't get this
dog to stop pulling...... what made it even
worse was there was another man from Cork
traveling with a German Shepard guard dog
he had purchased in the UK to protect his
business yard back in Cork, noticed Brindle
Devil was giving my dad a hard time and said...
If you can't control your dog then you shouldn't
have one... my dad said to the gentleman would
it be possible to give the dogs a bit of distance
between them because he kept walking past
my dad saying I have every right to walk up
and down this deck, again my dad asked the
gentleman would you please give the dogs some
distance as he was afraid that the dogs would
grab each other.... the Cork gentleman responded
by saying Oh don't worry about that my dog
will eat your dog for breakfast...
My
dad said he was taking as much shit as he
could take from this man because he was afraid
if something was to happen to Willies dog,
he was afraid that Willie would kick his ass
because Willie being the older brother and
loved his dogs, but my dad just had enough
of the cold, the dog pulling at the cattle
and the Cork gentleman making it even harder,
my dad said I had taken all I could take and
didn't even care if the dog got loose and
jumped over board but he had enough of the
situation, well the Cork Gentleman walked
by again and this time his German Shepard
got within inches of Brindle Devil face and
snapping....my dad let the chain go and Brindle
Devil not only did he shake the German Shepard
but locked hard on the side of his face and
stayed that way for well over an hour, my
dad didn't know anything about hard biting
dogs and didn't understand why he couldn't
get Brindle Devil off the other dog, he thought
if he held Brindle Devil Still enough for
a period of time that the dog would let go....
well Brindle Devil was still trying to shake
and pull the other dog around after an hour
of being held, one of the lads that worked
on the cattle deck got a bar and used it as
a breaking stick and managed to get him to
let go...
Brindle
Devil made it to Dublin and was weeks after
his arrival Willie came home from London and
took him out for a walk in the field in front
of his house, it was a nice 3 mile green stretch
with a small river flowing between the area
and said Brindle devil was just sniffing around
the edge of the river and all of a sudden
took off running and ran the entire length
of the field and grabbed a German Shepard
mix that someone else was walking.....by the
time Willie got to the dogs Brindle Devil
had killed the dog.... Willie knew right then
and there that his gut feeling he had in London
was right that this dog was a game one and
his next encounter would be a badger.
Willie
took Brindle Devil out that weekend on a badger
and Brindle Devil pulled two badgers, the
first one was complete silence and the dog
had the badger by the snout and the second
one put his claw right through the top of
Brindle Devils snout and Devil still managed
to pull the badger, the dog was still wagging
his tail with excitement and wanting more.....
Willie took him out the next day as there
was a few lads going to Carlow on a dig and
the lads had entered 3 dogs with little luck,
one dog showed that he had grabbed the badger,
but the badger had backed the dog right out
so Willie took Brindle Devil out of the back
of the van and went right to work, Devil pulled
the badger within minutes, a few of the lads
told Willie that he should go to the next
big field trail that was coming up in Wexford
and to cut a long story short Willie and Brindle
Devil went and again showed the judges he
was a game one, leaving Wexford with top scores
from all judges... this was the start of Brindle
Devils badger days and was around this time
lads from other parts of Ireland were contacting
Willie to use Brindle Devil as a stud dog.....a
great badger dog and even better producer
of game ones...
Theres
more ... coming soon
Willie
Delaneys Dog - (Ch.Brindle Devil) - Reg# IKC
83799 Sire of:
Shanty of Dublin
Arrogant Devil
Battling Devil - Bob Watts
Battling Duchess - Seamus Mc Nutt
Ch.The Great Roger - (Brindle Devil x Brindle
Bonny) also Dead Game Certificate South Tipperary
Canine Club 1960
Satan's Son - (Brindle Devil x Brindle Bonny)
Ch.Fawn and Fancy
Ch.Brindle Wee Lass
Ch.Bonnie MacGregor
Great Caesar
Ch.Brindle
Devil's Grandchildren
Tony Lee's - Red Commando = Double Grandson
(Brindle Devil)
Riycil's Devil's Maid
Frazer of Ireland
Fearless Devil - Seamus Mc Nutt
Ch.Brindle
Devil's Great Grandchildren
Wolf Island Boy
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Article by
Ray Delaney
Terrier Network
www.terriernetwork.com
