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From a bench-show point of view, Tyke was undoubt- 

 edly Tartar's best son. He never did very much at stud, 

 and owing to the line coats which appeared in this line of 

 blood, there is a strong suspicion of a cross of Bull Terrier 

 somewhere. Shovel, a son of Tartar's good son Trumps, 

 is now in California, and possessing, as he does, an infusion 

 of Belvoir blood, ought to do good service in improving 

 the breed on the Pacific Coast. 



Rattler, the fourth of the early great Terriers mentioned 

 above, represented nothing but a brilliant personal career. 

 He was a failure at stud, his antecedents were cloud'y, and 

 yet he for many years was invincible on the bench. 



A strain which every breeder to-day can not fail to wish 

 to know about, considering its phenomenal success through 

 such dogs as Splinter and all his famous sons, headed by 

 Lucifer, and female descendants, headed by the great 

 Vesuvienne and including Champion Diana and Diadem, 

 the last two having for some years figured as American 

 matrons, is the Foiler strain. Its origin is principally 

 from the Grove Terriers, Foiler being by Old Grip, a son 

 of Grove Willie, out of Judy, one of Rev. Jack Russell's 

 strain. The characteristics of the strain are excellent heads, 

 legs, and feet. In the latter point these Terriers, as an 

 average, excel all others; they are prone, however, to 

 drooping quarters, hind dew-claws, and, if bred in closely, 

 large ears. The Foilers are the 'most difficult of all to 

 handle in breeding, but with care I prefer them to all 

 others. They are well represented in this country by a 

 number of stud dogs. Lucifer, Dusky Trap, and Splauger 

 are direct descendants in the male line from the old dog. 



Perhaps the most important of all are the Belvoir Ter- 

 riers. About sixteen years ago, Belgrave Joe began to 

 attract attention as a sire, and from Mr. Luke Tanner' s and 

 Mr. Murchison's kennels came a host of winners. These 

 Terriers were essentially of the Belvoir Kennels strain. 

 Every pedigree to-day, whether of one family or another, 

 is thoroughly saturated with this blood. Freer from Bull 

 cross than any other, it greatly changed the type of the 



