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poor, woolly coats and indifferent heads, it possesses great 

 character, gameness, and excellent bone. 



Champion Bedlamite, the dam of Bacchanal, now the 

 property of Mr. John A. Logan, Jr., of Youngstown, Ohio, 

 is a daughter of Jester II. 's son Joker. Bacchanal pos- 

 sesses probably the truest Terrier character of any dog we 

 have on this side of the Atlantic. 



Tartar, while successful in a measure as a sire, can not 

 be classed with the first two as a great progenitor of to- 

 day's breed. Perhaps his best strain is the one which came 

 through his son Trophy, the grandsire of Corinthian, a dog 

 who produced so many good ones that his blood became at 

 one time a very popular and successful one. They were 

 noted for their rapid maturity, but as they advanced in 

 years tended to grow coarse and thick in head. Most of 

 their bench honors were acquired during their puppyhood 

 and early maturity. Mr. Fred Hoey's Champion Valet, 

 however, who is directly of this strain, and is now quite 

 well along in years, is a marked exception, retaining his 

 form wonderfully. His incurable and unaccountable im- 

 potence has been a very great loss to American breeders. 



The Tartars are all game as wildcats. Old Trophy, who 

 passed his last days with Sir Bache Cunard's Hounds, in 

 Leicestershire, sported but half a jaw, having lost the other 

 half to a badger. Sir Bache told me that this dog remained 

 unconquerably game to his last hour. 



I owned a lovely bitch, Nellie, whom I brought home in 

 1876, by Old Tartar, said to have been out of Hon. .T. W. 

 Fitz Williams' Nettle. She bred me some extraordinarily 

 game Terriers to Bismarck, a son of the Marquis of Hunt- 

 ley' s Bounce, he a son of Old Trap and the grandsire of the 

 peerless Buffet. She also bred me some good ones to a son 

 of Hognaston Joe and Fairy, the dam of Mixture, whom I 

 got from Mr. Murchison in 1878. I have no more of this 

 strain; and while not quite as good for the bench as my 

 present prize-winners, they were true Terriers, and would 

 be invaluable to me to-day to infuse great character and 

 gameness in my kennels. 



