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CHAPTER VI. 



Some Important Back Blood 

 of the Breed. 



I suppose that Ch. Tommy Tucker was about the best 

 all round sporting Terrier ever bred ; he had very few 

 chances at stud, more's the pity. Ch. Otley Cheviii was 

 another gamey Terrier who quickly set all dogs by the 

 ears as soon as he stepped into the ring. I never saw 

 Airedale Jerry, but Mr. John Horrocks tells me that he 

 was weak in face and big enough in ears, but a grand 

 bodied and coloured dog, so no doubt his great son, Ch. 

 Cholmondeley Briar, got his wonderful tan and body 

 from old Jerry. Luce, the dam of the above-mentioned 

 champion, was a particularly small-eared bitch, with 

 great jaw power and indifferent legs and feet. 



I have had many different versions given me of the 

 qualities of Ch. Newbold Test. The weight of evidence is 

 in favour of Test being on hound-like lines, with rather 

 large ears and light eyes. Ch. Rover was a grandly-built 

 Terrier, but with an awful coat, 



Briar Test was a magnificently-proportioned Terrier, 

 with that real barrel jaw that we hear about so often 

 but seldom see ; his ears were very small and well carried, 

 splendidly boned, and dead straight. I don't know why 

 he did not finish a champion, he was surely good enough ; 

 in fact, coat, which was sheep-like, was his only " out." 



So very few people have ever seen Betty, the dam of 

 Ch. Master Briar, that perhaps a short notice of her 

 would be welcome. Faults: On the small side, bar that 

 I have never seen a sweeter or truer-made bitch; very 

 small well-carried ears right on top of her grand coat, 



