304 British Dogs. 



Mr. Colling, of Marske-by-the-Sea, is never without a good dog or 

 bitch of the sort, and from his Patch, who hailed from the Hurworth 

 Kennels, he bred Motley, a smooth dog, by Old Jester, who won several 

 prizes in good company. 



Mr. A. H. Easten has been very successful with several of his, of whom 

 Tip, by Old Venture, did great things in his day ; and we have the north 

 country further strengthened now by Mr. Petler, of York, having pur- 

 chased Gorse, who is without doubt the best show dog of the day albeit, 

 by no means perfect. 



The bitches, strangely enough, seem to be considerably in advance of 

 the dogs in show properties ; and probably no one has brought out so 

 many good ones as Mr. G. F. Richardson, who carried all before him with 

 Bramble, Birch, and Bristles the two last mentioned being now the 

 property of Mr. Shirley, who should be able to breed something good 

 from them with his well-known dog Spike. 



Mr. A. Fitz Roy may be mentioned as one who has exhibited terriers of 

 this breed with success, his Madge and Minx being very good samples. 

 Then, of course, there has always something out of the common hailing 

 from Nottingham, either from Mr. Wootton's, Mr. Terry's, or Mr. 

 Hulse's kennels. 



The Rev. J. Russell, who is certainly the father of fox terrier breeders, 

 tells us that he has bred his dogs since 1815, and their pedigree has 

 been kept quite pure, except that he once admitted an admixture of old 

 Jock, a high compliment to the old dog. 



The points of the wire-haired fox terrier are precisely the same as 

 those of the smooth one, with the exception of the coat, which should be 

 broken. The harder and more wiry the texture of the coat is the better. 

 On no account should the dog look or feel woolly, and there should be no 

 silky hair about the poll or elsewhere. The coat should not be too long, 

 so as not to give the dog a shaggy appearance, but at the same time it 

 should show a marked and distinct difference all over from the smooth 

 species. This is the Fox Terrier Club's description of the coat, and I 

 have nothing to add to it, except perhaps " Stonehenge's " remark about 

 the necessity for plenty of undercoat. 



The great thing is to get wire-haired terriers small enough, for they 

 offend more in this respect at present than do the smooth ones. We 

 must remember, however, that mere weight does not constitute size, and 



