[blockquote]When one speaks about the Ruffian line, it is essential to remember the name of Clayton Harriman. The first dog of C Harriman was a male produced in 1938 by F.C. Klump, resulting from Klump' S Deuce and Klump' S Black Dina. This same year 1938, C Harriman changed registration of his dog UKC from to the AKC and this male was registed in the AKC under the name of The Ruffian. Name RUFFIAN had just made its appearance in the history from the breed. Also owner of a female answering in the name of Calamity Ann, resulting from Schroeder S Jiggs and Schroeder S Kay, Harriman married her with The Ruffian to give birth amongst other things has Ch.Ruffian Headlinght Hal and Ch.Ruffian Our Teenie. The marriage of Our Teenie with the male Ch.Martin' S Tony produced Ch.Dreadnaught, future dog breeder W.D Harper under the famous Har Wyn name. Thereafter Harriman decided to sell Ch.Ruffian Headlight Hal to the breeder W.Whitaker. Whitaker continued and looked further into the work initiated by Harriman, under the Jollyscamp name, Journalist for the official gazette of the AKC "Pickups and Scratches" and profiting from a certain notoriety in the canine world, it also contributed in the fifties the possibility of registering the UKC dogs has AKC. Thus giving the possibility to Ch.Knight Crusader (Ch.Rossmore' S Naughty Night Cox X Ch.Gallant Ruff Suzie Q) to become one of the pillars of the Crusader line. By Ady.B.Mançon[/blockquote] http://lil.amstaff.free.fr/ruffian.htm http://sunbolt1.tripod.com/Ruffiangreats/page1.html