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Cooper took great pains in keeping the breed pure during his time at 

 Belvoir, and got several of the old black and tan sort, mentioned before, 

 from Mr. Wm. Singleton, of Caythorpe, near Grantham, a noted breeder 

 of them, and he kept them free from bull for over forty years. This 

 strengthens my belief that the white, black, and tan terrier of the pre- 

 sent day is, or should be, descended from the old black and tan. I 

 cannot trace the present breed of Belvoir terriers further back than Tom 

 Goosey's day, over forty years ago ; his Tyrant was a noted dog, and he 

 afterwards became the property of Sir Thomas Whichcote, who has kept 

 the breed pure up to the present day. Sir Thomas bred the celebrated 

 Belvoir Venom from this strain when young Goodall was with him, and 

 there are three terriers still in existence by Belvoir Joe out of Belvoir 

 Venom, viz., two of which belong to Will. Goodall, of the Pytchley, 

 named Viper and Violet, the other being the property of Cooper, called 

 Grip. These, it is needless to say, I look upon as the best bred terriers 

 now living, and their blood is invaluable to all lovers of the pure kennel 

 terrier. 



Jack Morgan has been, I believe, chiefly instrumental in bringing the 

 Grove terriers to the perfection they attained, for it is beyond dispute 

 that the Grove have turned out two as good, or better, than anything of 

 the present day. These are Old Jock and Grove Nettle. Jock was out of 

 the Grove Pepper, by a black and tanned dog, Capt. Percy Williams's 

 Jock ; but I do not quite know the correct pedigree of Nettle. I believe 

 she was by a dog belonging to Mr. J. B. Hodgson, M.F.H., out of Gimlet, 

 by old Grove Tartar out of Eose, by Grove Trickster out of Nettle, by a 

 Grove dog out of Mr. Foljambe's old Cambridge Vic. There was a Nettle 

 breed as above, and she is either Grove Nettle or Ben Morgan's Nettle. 

 I see, however, in the Kennel Club Stud Book that Grove Nettle is said 

 to be by Merry's Grove Tartar out of Eev. W. Handley's Sting. I 

 have omitted to state that J. Morgan's Spit and Topper were good dogs, 

 and the sires of good ones. 



The Quorn have never been famed for their terriers, although I be- 

 lieve Mr. Musters had Ragman and Fussey when Master and Mr. Mur- 

 chison had a nice bitch named Psyche from those kennels, who won a 

 prize, beating that miserable specimen Bellona. Mr. Murchison put 

 Psyche to Old Jock, and Mr. Allison got one of the pups, which I have 

 seen ; it was a rare sort, and perfection for its work. Fan, also from 



