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Ruffian name was used for the
first time by Clayton Harriman from Detroit,
Michigan. Mr. Harriman's Ch.The Ruffian was breed by F.C.
Klump from Plymouth Michigan. It was born from
Klump's Deuce and Klump's Dina and it was give birth
in 1938. The Ruffian was a dog with white
black stains, its weight was
59 pounds. Calamity Ann the female,
from Mr. Harriman too, was born from Schroeder's Jiggs e
Sch roeder's Kay. The mix between Ruffian
and Calamity Ann generated Ch. Ruffian
Headlinght and Ch. Ruffian Our Teenie. Then
Mr. Harriman used them for generate Ch. Ruffian
Walkaway and Ch. Ruffian Dread
naught. Harriman kept by himself Walkaway, and left Dreadnaught to Mrs. W.D.
(Peggy) Harper
from San Antonio, Texas Ch. Ruffian Headling was
sold to Mr. Bill Whitaker from Columbus
Ohio. Using Ch. Ruffian Dreadnaughtm
Headlinght Hal generated Puddinpie Blue
Smoke e Pud dinpie Pepperduster. These two
female was taken ill by the distemper when they
were only puppy. Even if they were never
being showed because of the dental discolouration they became much
important for
the next develop of the
strain Under the supervision of Mr. Whita ker,
they were used for two
extremally importants coupling. Pepper duster wa
used with its mother's ouncle Ch. Ruffian
Walkaway. The big Ch. Gallant Ruffian was from this
couple. Ruff
was sold to Mr. E.C. Ringold di Decatur Georgia. Puddinpie Blue Smoke was
used with Walka way, this couple
generated Ch. Scamperpuss, the
first female who wins the National
Speciality of the U.S.A. Staffordshire Terrier
Club. Then Mr. Whitaker used Jolly Scamperpuss
with Gallant Ruff and produced Ch. Jollyscamp
Bluegard. These breedings
maked
the basis of the Ruffian strain
and are still dominant on the Ruffians
pedigrees.
We can say thatClayton Harriman and Bill Whitaker founded the
strain that for several years were kept on
by Mrs. Harper. Her kennel of
Har-Wyn, S.Antonio, was for several years the
biggest and the top producer of
the winning dogs of the country.
From the best dog of Har - Wyn we can find
Ch. Sky King of Har-Wyn, winner for three times of the
NationalSpeciality;
Ch.Ruffian Hercules of Har-Wyn the top producer of Ruffian's
Champions,
anda Ch. Ruffian Red Rock of
Har- Wyn, the dog most showed of the history of
breeding. Mr Ringold was active breeder for a long time in the Stafs and
he was succefull.
His Gallant kennel produced,
with a little number of dogs the
Stafs, winner of shows, very intelligent
and with a great temperament. With the acquisition of the
Gallant Ruff begins his modern program of breeding.Through the years
hid dogs mainteni ned its relation with
the Ruffian strain. The gene
were being influenced also by same blo od of Crusader
Strain,
from Ch. Knight
Crusader to it son, Ch. Gallant Kimbo. Ch. Gallant
Kimbo appears in a lot of courrent pedigrees
keeping the Gallant prefix. It' s remarkable that either
Knight Crusader and Gallant Kimbo
kept its big force and good health even if they
were not very young. The Ruffian Strain was
important for its influence
in Cali fornia with some of dogs like Mounthaven
Tiara of Lylane Ch. Ruffian Rudy
from Har-Wyn (the Ch Indian Doc
and Ch. Archer' s Dare Devil' s
father) and
with Ch. Mounthaven Tex from Har - Wyn. U.D. Tiara
Rudy and Tex
were Howard and Janice Hadley's dogs. Ch. Indian Doc
and Ch. Archer's Dare Devil were breeding by Dorothy
Archer.
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