Jean Lyle's founding bitch was Carillon Michelle. Michelle was bred to Petitcote Domino in 1954 to give Wycliffe Jacqueline, and to Carillon Dilemma in 1957 to give Wycliffe Little Lulu. About the same time, she purchased a second bitch, Sedbergh Mitzi (of Petitcote breeding). Dilemma was a son of Annsown Sir Gay; Mitzi was a granddaughter.
The final cross, and the one with the greatest impact, was Jacqueline x Annsown Gay Knight of Arhill - another son of Sir Gay. This established the Wycliffe male line, starting with Thomas.
What followed might be described as very close line-breeding, often involving mother-son and father-daughter crosses. This is especially evident in Mitzi's line, while Lulu's represents more "conservative" line breeding (e.g. instead of breeding Kenneth to his mother, Zara, he was bred to her granddaughter Zandra).
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