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Coleshill, and he went to the school where Mr. Gibson then was and sold 

 her to him for all the money he then possessed, i.e., d63. Mr. Gibson 

 now says he wishes he could find a few like her at .100 each. Her name 

 was Fly. Mr. Gibson also tells me that in those days there were many 

 good fox terriers to be found, and that gamekeepers used them instead 

 of spaniels. They were valued from 20s. to 40s. each. The Atherstone, 

 the South Warwickshire (in Vyner's time), and the Belvoir (in Goosey's 

 day) had plenty, such as you can hardly find now. 



From the Belvoir kennels thirty- five years ago Sir Thomas Whichcote 

 got Old Tyrant, and he was of a sort that never has been surpassed. 

 This breed was kept very select, and among other direct descendants 

 of it I may mention Belvoir Venom, who was bred by Goodall, at 

 Aswarby, in 1860. He now has a dog and bitch out of her by Belvoir 

 Joe. They are eight years old, and are probably the best bred terriers 

 at present in existence. Their names are Viper and Violet. Venom 

 passed into the hands of Mr. Wootton when she was over twelve years 

 of age, and he had unprecedented success in breeding many pups from 

 such an old bitch. 



I think few will differ from me when I say that the Grove and Belvoir 

 have taken more pride in their breed of terriers than any other pack, 

 and have crossed them as carefully as they did their hounds. I will first 

 make a few remarks on the Belvoir terriers ; and, as Belvoir Joe is the 

 best known to breeders of the present day, I will give his pedigree, which 

 can be traced back for upwards of forty years. Belvoir Joe was bred 

 by W. Cooper, a late huntsman to the Belvoir, and was by his Trimmer 

 out of Trinket a grand-looking bitch, and one that would take a lot of 

 getting over by the best of the present time ; Trinket was by the Belvoir 

 Earth Stopper's Trap out of Ben Morgan's Nettle; Trimmer, from the 

 Grove, was by a favourite dog of the late Sir Richard Sutton's, out 

 of a bitch belonging to Tom Day, late huntsman to the Quorn. Ben 

 Morgan was huntsman to Lord Middleton, and he got Nettle from his 

 brother at the Grove. I have seen Nettle ; she was a very good looking 

 terrier, rather heavily marked with black and tan ; she got a prize or two 

 at the early Yorkshire shows. The Belvoir Earth Stopper's Trap was 

 by the late Will Goodall's Doc, bred by a late huntsman called Rose ; 

 and Goodall always declared that Doc was the only dog he ever had or 

 knew that could draw a fox out of the main earths near Belvoir Castle. 



