430 BRITISH DOGS 



Atherstone, the South Warwickshire (in Vyner's time), and the Bel- 

 voir (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 Hunts- 

 man 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. 



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. William 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 present day is, or should be, 

 descended from the old black-and-tan. I cannot trace the present 

 breed of Belvoir Terriers farther 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, 



