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the Quorn, bred the prize dog Pantaloon ; she was a very beautifully 

 made bitch, with excellent coat. Terriers are never used in a galloping 

 country like the Quorn, excepting in cub hunting time, when Tom Firr 

 takes out a couple, descended from the present prize strains, and I 

 believe they do their work well when needed. The Duke of Grafton 

 always had a good terrier, and Crab, a noted dog some years ago, was 

 by Belvoir Joe out of a bitch of his. 



Ben Morgan, when with Lord Middleton, got together a good team of 

 terriers, chiefly from his brother, and they won a prize or two in York- 

 shire. Will Thompson, the earth stopper, has kept up the breed, and 

 bred Jester II. from Vic., a direct descendant of the old breed. The York 

 and Ainsty had a good lot in the time of old Will Danby, but since he left 

 they have been crossed with bull. 



Having reviewed the most noted breeds of pure kennel terriers, let us 

 consider how many dogs there are available for stud purposes, possess- 

 ing the pure blood in their pedigree, unalloyed by the objectionable 

 strains of beagle and Italian greyhounds. The Foiler blood is good, and 

 I should not object to breed from his son Flinger out of Brokenhurst 

 Nettle, by Hornet out of Cottingham Nettle. Eeflections have lately been 

 cast on the breeding of Cottingham Nettle ; but, whether the pedigree 

 given with her is correct or not, she looks a well-bred terrier, and I have 

 no doubt she is one. She is also the dam, granddam, and great-granddam 

 of winners ; and I like the heading of her son Jester, by Old Jock. Jester 

 II. is, in my opinion, second to nothing, but Viper and Grip for good 

 kennel blood ; he is by Old Jester out of Vic, by Old Tartar out of the 

 Old Vic, a daughter of Old Nettle. Another good bred dog is Beppo 

 (late Viper), by Belgrave Joe out of Vixen, by Terry's Trapper out of 

 Vene, by Old Trap. And Mr. Gibson's Brokenhurst Joe, by Belgrave Joe 

 out of Tricksy by Chance, will do, as will Turk ; for although there is a 

 doubt about his breeding, he undoubtedly gets good stock, and he is also 

 the grandsire of winners. I would much sooner breed from a dog with an 

 unauthenticated pedigree that gets good stock, and is also the grandsire 

 of good ones, than from such animals as Diver, Draco, Brick, Bitters, or 

 Trimmer. Diver was by a bull terrier ; Draco was, I have heard, by a 

 carriage dog ; Brick was nearly related to a beagle : Bitters' dam has no 

 pedigree, and he has got no good stock ; and Trimmer's sire (Eap) was 

 undershot, and his dam had prick ears. Some of my readers will no 



