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Wren, Springfield, Ohio; Mr. Lloyd Banks, New York 

 City; Mr. W. H. Joeckel, Jr., New York City; Mr. Louis 

 A. Biddle, Philadelphia, Penn. ; Mr. Gr. S. Kissel, Morris- 

 town, N. J. ; Mr. Warham Whitney, Rochester^ N. Y.; 

 Carl Heimerle, Bay Ridge, Long Island, N. Y. 



Our Canadian cousins have for years had an excellent 

 list of active and intelligent fanciers, and in their kennels 

 can be found the blood of their own valuable importations 

 of prominent strains from England and from our best ken- 

 nels in the United States. Such well-known breeders and 

 exhibitors as Mr. Richard Gibson, of Delaware, Ontario; 

 Messrs. Wheeler & Davy, of London, Ontario; Mr. D. S. 

 Booth, of Brockville, Ontario, and Mr. J. K. McDonald, of 

 Toronto, need no praise from me. 



It has frequently been claimed that show Terriers are 

 wanting in courage as compared with Terriers of former 

 days. This is a common cant among sportsmen not inter- 

 ested in bench shows. It is true that a Terrier not trained 

 for his work will frequently disappoint an owner, just as a 

 Setter or Pointer of the very best strain would disappoint 

 a sportsman in the field if its natural instincts had not been 

 cultivated by training. 



In proof of the claim that there has been no deteriora- 

 tion in Fox Terriers if properly bred, I received permission of 

 Mr. Royal P. Carroll, of New York one of our well-known 

 sportsmen, who has just returned from the West to relate 

 a little incident told him by Mr. Beck, son of Senator Beck, 

 of Kentucky, showing what Fox Terriers are capable of if 

 put to the test. Mr. Beck, who has a ranch near Cheyenne, 

 Wyoming, some years ago purchased some of. the Blemton, 

 Kennels Terriers, from which he has since bred quite a 

 pack. Mr. Beck was out with his Terriers one day, and 

 ran across a good-sized cinnamon bear, which the Terriers 

 promptly attacked. Of course it was out of the question 

 that they should come out better than "second best." 

 They made a very creditable fight, however, and were 

 treated to a violent repulse, which they succumbed to as 

 reluctantly as the most exacting critic could wish. 



