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they thought him too bitchy; but the critics were con- 

 founded on his next appearance. In the interim he had 

 come along splendidly, and his certificate was unspoiled 

 after Leicester by defeat in his classes and at the Alexan- 

 dra Palace. After winning the championship from his 

 sire he put up the greatest performance possible for any 

 dog of any breed by winning the Midland Counties 

 challenge cup from ten other champions, under possibly 

 a triumvirate of the most famous all-round judges in the 

 world. 



I well remember that my dear old friend, the late 

 Herbert Jones, who had that wonderful bitch, Babette 

 of Moreton, who was without a shadow of doubt the best 

 smooth Collie ever bred, and she was amongst Monarch's 

 victims, so the strength of the competition may easily 

 be imagined poor Herbert Jones, with that courtly 

 courtesy which always distinguished him in all affairs, 

 was the first to offer his congratulations and so, within 

 a stone's throw of where this wonderful Terrier was born, 

 he was covering himself with canine glory. Monarch 

 is ever a fascinating theme upon which I have often 

 descanted since his export to Philadelphia. Another 

 victory, of which my partner and myself were very proud, 

 was the winning of the coveted gold medal at Otley. It 

 was at this show that Monarch took such a wide and 

 spacious revenge on his Leicester conqueror. We have 

 many times won the gold medal at this Airedale functio-i, 

 but the pleasure of Monarch's success will ever taste 

 the sweetest, gained as it was under one of the finest 

 Terrier judges in this country, and who in addition bears 

 an international reputation for knowledge and integrity. 

 Mr. F. M. Jowett, even after this momentous judgment, 

 in crisp significant sentence, with straight Yorkshire doric 

 eloquence, said, " He absolutely fills the bill " ; and this 

 dictum was well-nigh unanimously endorsed by the fancy. 

 Monarch piled Pelion upon Ossa after this, and never 



