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tions has given way to the modern strains, with which they 

 have liberally sprinkled their kennels, Diana, Splauger, 

 Raffle and Cornwall Duchess being the most prominent 

 of their own, while they have availed themselves unstint- 

 ingly of every stud dog accessible to them. 



In Swansdown, by Saracen, a strain came to us which I 

 have not mentioned, and which possesses some local interest 

 for us, viz., the Turk. This dog, at one time quite popular 

 in England, a son of Old Grip, and with probably a predom- 

 inance of Grove blood in him, got two sons, litter brothers, 

 who were used considerably Moslem and Saracen. The 

 strain was noted for gameness. Moslem produced a coarse 

 branch, while Saracen's get showed quality. A son of 

 Moslem, Moslem II., was brought to this country, and 

 received much unmerited puffing He was a fair dog, of 

 rather common mould. Fortunately for American breeders, 

 his moderate career on our benches was short, and our 

 breeders escaped his undesirable blood at stud. Swans- 

 down, by Saracen, on the other hand, bred to Brockenhurst 

 Joe, produced Warren Lady, the dam of General Grant, a 

 very creditable Terrier in his early maturity. She was also 

 the dam of a lovely bitch, Lady Warren Mixture, by Mix- 

 ture, which Messrs. Rutherfurd lost through distemper. 

 Barring a delicate constitution, she was quite the prettiest 

 quality bitch bred on this side. Mr. James Mortimer, of the 

 Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, Long Island, one of our 

 best judges and a very successful breeder, from Swansdown' s 

 blood got his excellent puppy Suffolk Risk, by Raffle. 



Shortly after the importation of Brockenhurst Joe and 

 Buff by Mr. Lawrence, Mr. John E. Thayer, of Lancaster, 

 Mass., brought out the then famous Richmond Olive and 

 Raby Tyrant, at the highest prices at that time paid by 

 American breeders, founding with these two Terriers his 

 celebrated Hillside Kennels of Fox Terriers. They can 

 hardly be said to represent a strain they represent, rather, 

 a combination of blood with which Mr. George Raper, a 

 very clever breeder in England, had much success; but both 

 Olive and Raby Tyrant seem to have failed to reproduce 



