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and colour ; a Terrier head with the real hard expression 

 about; small, dark eyes, full of fire and intelligence, 

 and a perfectly-shaped body. Small wonder that in 

 alliance with Briar Test she should have produced Master 

 Briar; a great many of her excellences she got from her 

 dam, Venom. Mr. J. H. Rockett, who has the great 

 credit of producing Master Briar, bred another puppy in 

 Betty's next litter quite as good as that celebrity, thus 

 proving that Briar was no fluke. 



Briar Test's litter brother, Stamper, deserves mention. 

 His influence is most marked in the way of head and ears. 

 He had much the same great jaw power, but not com- 

 bined with the beautiful quality of his more distinguished 

 brother; great bone, but indifferent colour; light and 

 wavy. Burnley Crack was a very neat Terrier-like dog, 

 with a perfect eye, which he has handed down with un- 

 failing regularity to his numerous sons and daughters. 

 Ch. Rustic Twig, a big fellow, on powerful lines, rare 

 legs and feet, and sound colour. Ch. Rustic Kitty was 

 on the other hand, very small, and low to ground, very 

 good coat, colour, ears, and fair head. She would best 

 be described as being just a fair bitch all over. Clonmel 

 Queen, who is in three parts of the pedigrees of to-day, 

 was a grand bodied animal, head only fair, rather short 

 from eye to nose, ears largeish, a short backed one but not 

 at all a show specimen. 



Rock Ferry Test, who was a great deal used at stud at 

 one time, was something of a sensation in his day. 

 Bought by Sam Wilson, at a low figure, he was sold to 

 Mr. Thos. Baines, who at that time was making a start in 

 this breed, and a very bad start it proved, as " Test " 

 was unable to get into the money at Llangollen on his 

 first appearance for his new owner. Rock Ferry Test, 

 truth to say, was something of a flatcatcher, a fetching 

 front, long head, but nothing in it; an awful coat, quite 

 sheep-like, on a long back. He proved his blood, how- 



