Seedley Lassie was unregistered
This is a very strange line as it started with the bitch above that was born in about 1915 which is probably the reason, she was not registered at the Kennel club. This line carried on for fourteen generations with nothing happening at all. Then suddenly a bitch was born that was to change everything. Leecroft Black Magic was the bitch and the whole breed changed. Why was she called Magic? Did the breeder know she was special or was it just luck? Or was she named after the popular box of chocolates at that time? I suspect the latter, but she was rather well named.
Studying this pedigree, I find it difficult to find out how she became so dominant. Her sire was famous, but he did not have any strong breeding behind him and her dam even less so. All I can say is that every Rough Collie born today in this country will go back to her.
Pedigree of: Leecroft Black Magic
Sex: F
Date of Birth: 01/01/1956
Colour & Markings: Tricolour
Owner:
+--Eden Examine
+--Rimington Kittieholm Pilot
| +--Homeward Treasure
+--Mywicks Monitor
| | +--Lyncliffe Lancer
| +--Rimington Panda
| +--Walshaw Duchess
+--CH Mywicks Meadow Lancer
| | +--Lyncliffe Landseer
| | +--Lyncliffe Thyland Lad
| | | +--Spaton Lass
| +--Shoinemaw Sheena
| | +--Eden Extra Model
| +--Eden Engraving of Shoinemaw
| +--Eden Edwina
Leecroft Black Magic
| +--Eden Examine
| +--CH Lochinvar of Ladypark
| | +--CH Beulah's Golden Flora
| +--Lookout of Ladypark
| | | +--Lucky of Ladypark
| | +--Lettuce of Ladypark
| | +--Lilac of Ladypark
+--Pride of May
| +--Eden Examine
| +--Acrobat of Arranbeck
| | +--Titania of Arranbeck
+--Golden Sky of White Tip
| +--Robroy Rogue
+--White Tip
+--Crossfox Cucarache
This bitch line is up to date with Brilyn Make Me Smile born in July 2023.
DAM LINE of: Brilyn Make Me Smile
Sex: F
Date of Birth: 31/07/2023
Colour & Markings:
Owner: Mrs S Hawkins
DAM
Breckamore Welsh Honey For Brilyn …………….
Brilyn Swirls And Curls ……………………..Ingledene Well Sooted
Brilyn Glory Days ……………………………..Samhaven Name That Tune at Breckamore
Brilyn Goodbye To Love ……………………..Samhaven Detox
Brilyn Finesse ………………………………….Brilyn Secret Weapon
Brilyn Magic Touch ………………………….
Brilyn Magic Dreams …………………………
Aberquarrie Always a Dream at Brilyn ………….
Brilyn Almost A Lady at Aberquarrie ……..Silvermoor’s Teddy Bear
Clydale Country Bell at Brilyn ………………CH Brilyn Supertramp
Sade of Sprucewood …………………………..Dolen Double Brandy at Brilyn
Baylands Saffron Lace …………………………CH Brilyn Supertramp
Hillandale Audacity …………………………….Cliona Dillon
Marcellus Dannas Donation ………………….CH Mybern’s Minstrel
Duntiblae Dressed To Kill ……………………..CH Ramsey of Rokeby
Duntiblae Gambleon Bon Accord …………..Leecroft Launcelot of Dunsinane
Ravensbeck Sea Urchin ……………………….
Ravensbeck Lucy Locket ………………………Antoc Knight Templar
Ravensbeck Regency Charm ………………….Duntiblae Dundrum
Dilys of Dunsinane ………………………………CH Pattingham Pacemaker
Leecroft Leading Lady ………………………….CH Dorgano Demander of Dunsinane
Leecroft Black Magic ……………………………Look-at-Me of Ladypark
Pride of May ………………………………………CH Mywicks Meadow Lancer
Golden Sky of White Tip ……………………….Lookout of Ladypark
White Tip ………………………………………….Acrobat of Arranbeck
Crossfox Cucarache …………………………….Robroy Rogue
Crossfox Courageous …………………………..Crossfox Contender
Queenette ………………………………….
Queen Joan …………………………………
Sedgemoor Starturn ………………………….
Sedgemoor Selective ……………………………Fashion of Sedgemoor
Sunset of Sedgemoor …………………………..Lucas of Sedgemoor
Sedgemoor Sunrise ……………………………..CH Eden Extra
Laund Liken (Hallwood Sedate) ……………..CH Eden Extra
Kinnersley Allegro ……………………………..Kinnersley Allegiance
Seedley Lassie Un Reg………………………….CH Magnet
To my knowledge Black Magic had three litters. Two to Look-At-Me of Ladypark and one to Skipper of Simbastar. (just an aside here as Look-At-Me of Ladypark was the sire of my very first Rough Collie Light Cavalry of Ladypark). It was her litter to Skipper Of Simbastar that carries on this bitch line with Leecroft Loobi-Lou
The Brettonpark kennel were the largest benefactors of her as all of their Champions and big winners go back to her. Yet there is only one Brettonpark bitch in this bitch line. They were closely followed by the Pelido and Ravensbeck kennels and then to the Emryks and all of their Champions. Leecroft Black Majic is 14 generations from Seedley Lassie. Strange that there are no bitches of distinction in all those generations yet there are so many more following Black Magic. This line is up to date.
Leecroft Black Magic was indeed a wonderful dam. So many of the greats came directly from her. The following illustrates just what an influence she had on the breed. Dam of the following
- Leecroft Ladyfair the dam of Ch Deborah of Dunsinane and Ch Mywicks Satine of Simbastar the top winning tricolour of all time.
- Leecroft Larrissa the dam of Don Panza of Dunsinane
- Leecroft Leading Lady the dam of Dazzler of Dunsinane the dog that all male Rough Collies go back to.
- Leecroft Loobi-Lou the dam of Leecroft Lover Boy of Dunsinane.
- Extraordinary that this bitch should be the maternal granddam of such famous Rough Collies. From my records I can only find one other bitch to have such an effect and that was Ch Witchcraft of Rokeby and she was mated to a grandson of Black Magic, Dazzler of Dunsinane.
I have looked closely into the pedigree of Leecroft Black Magic to try and find out where the magic came from. I really have to admit defeat as I cannot see where she got the magic. Maybe it was because she just clicked with her sire Ch Mywicks Meadow Lancer. Eden Examine is the only name to appear twice in her four generation pedigree. This was really a typical outcross mating that had the same effect as the other outcross mating of Dazzler of Dunsinane to Ch Witchcraft of Rokeby. But it could be many years before we get an outcross mating to have such an impact. We have to accept that an outcross mating is just trusting to luck.
Starting at the bottom of this bitch line Kinnersley Allegro was also the dam of Kinnersley Alexus a male who had quite a long line coming from him. Allegro’s daughter Laund Liken, the next in line had her name changed from Hallwood Sedate when she was bought by Mr Stansfield. This makes the research even more difficult as breeders sold their puppies without registering them. Today Hallwood Sedate would be a Kinnersley as the Kennel Club insist on the breeder registering their puppies with their prefix at the front of the name chosen. Also, unlike today dogs were considered to be commercial objects rather than pets.
Further up the line is Sunset of Sedgemoor and she was the dam of an early Westcarrs dog Westcarrs Warcry. I have her having a litter of five with four being registered as Sedgemoor so why was this dog registered as a Westcarrs? I can only surmise that Clare Molony bought this bitch unregistered and registered her with her own prefix. This practice is not allowed today.
None of the other bitches in this line up to Leecroft Black Magic had any other offspring than the daughter in front of them.
Beyond Leecroft Black Magic we come to her granddaughter Brettonpark Leecroft Letty that appears to be the Pelido foundation bitch. She was by Ch Dorgano Demander of Dunzinane. She was born on the 6th August 1966. She was mated to Pelido Black Prince in 1971 that produced Pelido Polka and she was the dam of Ch Pelido Angel Fingers born in 1973.
Ch Deborough of Dunsinane also started her own line that ended with a bitch called Hillandale Golden Loom. She was the dam of a dog called Hillandale Illustrious that was the sire of litter sisters Ch Emyks Clare Dawn and Ch Emryks Cara, they were the start of the highly successful Emyks kennel. Her dam Pelido Black Orchid was the start of the even more highly successful Pelido kennel.
There really is no end to the lines from Leecroft Black Magic She really was magic for the future of the breed. Just for fun I have put in here a three generation reverse pedigree of Leecroft Black Magic. I just have to wonder what the breed would look like if she had not been born. Her influence has to be more than any other Rough Collie dog or bitch. I did consider putting in a 8 generation reverse pedigree but that would have covered more than one thousand pages. And I still do not have the full pedigrees of many of the Collies in this list nor indeed many of the Collies missing from it.
REVERSE PEDIGREE of: Leecroft Black Magic
Sex: F
Date of Birth: 01/01/1956
Colour & Markings:
Owner:
+--Leecroft Black Magic
| +--Leecroft Ladyfair
| | +--CH Deborah of Dunsinane
| | +--CH Mywicks Satine of Simbastar
| | +--Sabine of Simbastar
| | +--Seagift of Simb-A-Star
| | +--Sharon of Simb-A-Star
| | +--Danvis Sheba of Simbastar
| | +--Orangefield Boy
| +--Leecroft Larrissa
| | +--Don Panza of Dunsinane
| +--Leecroft Leading Lady
| | +--Dazzler of Dunsinane
| | +--Drumbeat of Dunsinane
| | +--Ducat of Dunsinane
| | +--Rokeby Rareavis
| | +--Dean of Dunsinane
| | +--Dilys of Dunsinane
| | +--Dunsinane Drumbeat
| +--Leecroft Loobi-Loo
| | +--Brettonpark Leecroft Letty
| | +--Leecroft Lover Boy of Dunsinane
| | +--Leecroft Loyal Lady
| +--Leecroft Lorenzo
| +--Leecroft Lucky Lady
| | +--Timbury's Promise
| +--Leecroft Lady Electra
| +--Leecroft Leda
Corydon Collies 