THE SMOOTH-COATED FOX TERRIER. 875 



prints and paintings now and then met with illustrate Ter- 

 riers of this form in a moderately accurate way. 



As fox-hunting came in vogue in England, and grew in 

 popularity, we find attached to the kennels Terriers which 



CHAMPION LUCIFER (A. K. C. S. B., 5459). 

 Owned by Mr. August Belmorvt, Jr., New York City. 



are the progenitors of the present Fox Terrier. They ap- 

 pear to have been bred, however, for use only; and aptitude 

 for their work must "have been paramount to beauty, as 

 most old paintings and prints illustrating the bolting of 



