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ble; but once he is aroused, the instinct of his ancestry 

 gives him all the necessary courage and cunning to stay in 

 the fight to the finish. In the kennel, a number of this breed 

 can be kept together regardless of sex, and it is rare that 

 any ill-nature crops out. 



On the bench, length and narrowness of head and cor- 

 rectness of markings have had great weight, and perhaps 

 not enough attention has been given to other points, espe- 

 cially to Terrier character in expression, and to good legs 

 and feet. The specimen I have selected for illustration, 

 Meersbrook Maiden (13744), is strong in these particulars, 

 and has not the extreme of length and narrowness of head. 

 She has twenty wins to her credit in England, and during 

 1887 and 1888 competed successfully with the best speci- 

 mens of the breed in that country. Since coming to Amer- 

 ica, she has added to her list of wins, and recent criticisms 

 in our sporting papers, giving reports of shows, are to the 

 effect that she outclasses all other specimens in this country 

 at present. This bitch has improved wonderfully since she 

 came here, and I do not believe that she was ever shown in 

 as good form when in England as she is now in, although 

 at the time this photograph was taken she was too fat. 



Kaiser, owned by John F. Campbell, of Montreal, and 

 his litter sister, Rochelle Lass, are next in order of merit 

 among those in this country. Both have manifested 

 excellence in competition on the bench, and are important 

 acquisitions to the breed. Edward Lever was one of the 

 earliest to introduce the breed here, and the blood of his 

 Champion Vortigern flows in the veins of about all the good 

 home-bred ones that have been seen. Vortigern was a 

 thoroughly game dog, and he held in no fear the drawing 

 of a badger or a tussle with a Bull Terrier. Now that 

 more perfect specimens are being imported, we may look 

 for marked and rapid improvement in this breed, and it is 

 to be hoped they will receive the recognition that they so 

 much deserve. 



There have been but few successful breeders, and among 

 those most prominent in England was Mr. Samuel Handley, 



