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blood is good, and I should not object to breed from his son 

 Flinger, out of Brockenhurst Nettle, by Hornet out of Cottingham 

 Nettle. Reflections 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 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 

 Brockenhurst Joe, by Belgrave Joe out of Tricksey, 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; Bitter's dam has no pedigree, and he has got no good 

 stock ; and Trimmer's sire (Rap) was undershot, and his dam had 

 prick ears. Some of my readers will, no doubt, say there are the 

 Champions Buffet and Nimrod, and their sire Buffer. Buffet must 

 have had a lot of chances, and has got nothing worthy of notice, 

 with the exception of the second-prize dog at Nottingham, and he 

 had the same fault as most of the Buffer breed viz. heavy ears 

 hung helplessly down by the side of the head ; and I think that, 

 with hardly an exception, the two worst dogs at Nottingham were 

 by Nimrod they had ears that would have suited a Foxhound, 

 and they were out of different bitches. Buffer, although he has 

 got two exceedingly good ones, is the sire of some of the worst I 

 ever saw one, own brother to Speculation, weighs about 3olb., 

 and has immense ears. 



I will now give my opinion as to how a first-class Fox-terrier should 

 be made. The head should be of fair length, not too long, but in 

 proportion to the size of the dog. The jaw should be muscular, 

 and the muzzle not too fine ; and, of course, the nose should be 

 black. The ears should be small, not very thin, and dropping 

 forward, so as to keep out the dirt. The eye must be small, rather 

 sunken, and dark, a prominent eye being objectionable, as showing 

 Bull. The neck should be of fair length, lean and muscular ; the 

 shoulders long, fine, and sloping ; and the chest deep and rather 

 narrow ; the back short and strong ; and the loin slightly arched 

 and full of muscle. A very important part is the legs. The 

 fore legs must be straight and strong in bone, and the feet small, 



