A. Barrington to K. Pearson, 4th Jan 1911.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Amy BarringtonSent To (Definite): Karl PearsonDate: 4 Jan 1911
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Sent fromAmy Barrington
4 Jan 1911
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‘Dear Prof. Pearson,
I saw Miss Carter – she was very friendly said she was ill with measles when she got your letter, forgot all about it, but found your letter the other day & had intended answering it. She showed me the pedigrees of Billy, Nannie & Billie’s Mother, I asked if I might copy them, & she first saif “certainly” & then said she wd. copy them herself & send them. – I send you what I remember, Nannie also came from the Goodwood Low strain, & I am not sure that Palace Ping & Palace Pong are not in her ancestry. Goodwood Low, she said often had albino offspring & she thought he was a near relative of Aluta[?]. She believed close & continuous inbreeding produced albinos. She bought Wing from Mrs Ashton Cross for £40, in pup – it was the first Pekinese she had & she knew nothing about them or she wd. not have bought an albino, she knew it had been crossed by a black, & hoped to get a white with black eyes & nose, which she says are worth £100 – none of Wing’s litter were white & she got Mrs Ashton Cross to exchange & give her a red female instead of Wing – Wing originally cost Mrs Ashton Cross £2. I saw Billy & Nannie. Billy has a spot of white on the chest & a few white hairs on tip of one of his paws, so few I shd. not have noticed them unless they had been pointed out. Nannie had a white spot on chest.
She asked wd. you give her the pedigree of your albinos & tell her where you got the first of them as she wd. like to see where they join on to hers – I said I was sure you wd. do so in exchange for her pedigree. Billy has been used with several other females & never begotten another albino. She never has used him with Nannie again, bit thinks she will try for the sake of experiment - Nannie when crossed by other dogs has not produced any albino.
Miss Carter does not want it known that Billy has any albino blood, as then people will not use him for their bitches. She had about 12 Pekinese, dear little things but some of them had not black noses. She said even the black ones rarely had black mouths, but some were spotted black & [illeg.] their eyes are always getting sore too – so Pekinese must have delicate eyes.
Yrs v. sincerely,
[A.] Barrington.’
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Sent toKarl Pearson
4 Jan 1911
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‘Dear Prof. Pearson,
I saw Miss Carter – she was very friendly said she was ill with measles when she got your letter, forgot all about it, but found your letter the other day & had intended answering it. She showed me the pedigrees of Billy, Nannie & Billie’s Mother, I asked if I might copy them, & she first saif “certainly” & then said she wd. copy them herself & send them. – I send you what I remember, Nannie also came from the Goodwood Low strain, & I am not sure that Palace Ping & Palace Pong are not in her ancestry. Goodwood Low, she said often had albino offspring & she thought he was a near relative of Aluta[?]. She believed close & continuous inbreeding produced albinos. She bought Wing from Mrs Ashton Cross for £40, in pup – it was the first Pekinese she had & she knew nothing about them or she wd. not have bought an albino, she knew it had been crossed by a black, & hoped to get a white with black eyes & nose, which she says are worth £100 – none of Wing’s litter were white & she got Mrs Ashton Cross to exchange & give her a red female instead of Wing – Wing originally cost Mrs Ashton Cross £2. I saw Billy & Nannie. Billy has a spot of white on the chest & a few white hairs on tip of one of his paws, so few I shd. not have noticed them unless they had been pointed out. Nannie had a white spot on chest.
She asked wd. you give her the pedigree of your albinos & tell her where you got the first of them as she wd. like to see where they join on to hers – I said I was sure you wd. do so in exchange for her pedigree. Billy has been used with several other females & never begotten another albino. She never has used him with Nannie again, bit thinks she will try for the sake of experiment - Nannie when crossed by other dogs has not produced any albino.
Miss Carter does not want it known that Billy has any albino blood, as then people will not use him for their bitches. She had about 12 Pekinese, dear little things but some of them had not black noses. She said even the black ones rarely had black mouths, but some were spotted black & [illeg.] their eyes are always getting sore too – so Pekinese must have delicate eyes.
Yrs v. sincerely,
[A.] Barrington.’
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