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and there are three Terriers still in existence by Belvoir Joe out 

 of Belvoir Venom, 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 as, 

 or better than, anything of the present day. These are Old Jock 

 and Grove Nettle. Jock was out of Grove Pepper, by a black-and- 

 tanned dog, Captain Percy William's Jock ; but I do not quite know 

 the correct pedigree of Nettle. I believe she was by a dog belong- 

 ing to Mr. J. B. Hodgson, M.F.H., out of Gimlet, by old Grove 

 Tartar out of Rose, by Grove Trickster, out of Nettle, by a Grove 

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

 bred 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 Rev. 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 believe Mr. Musters had Ragman and Fussey when Master, and 

 Mr. Murchison 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 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, 

 except 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 Yorkshire. 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 

 possessing the pure blood in their pedigree, unalloyed by the 

 objectionable strains of Beagle and Italian Greyhound. The Foiler 



