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BRITISH DOGS 



happy phrase of Mr. George Lowe's statements have been made 

 on doubtful authority, and have gained currency. 



In regard to Old Jock, a breeder of large knowledge and experience 

 says that this dog's pedigree is wrongly given in the Kennel Club 

 Stud Book, and that Old Jock was whelped in the Quorn Kennels. 



There is another pedigree of the first importance to draw 

 attention to. Belvoir Joe (not the Belvoir Joe of the Kennel Club 

 Stud Book most unfortunate of registrations but the sire of Belgrave 

 Joe, whose dam was Branson's White Vic) has been a stumbling- 

 block to many. The union of Belvoir Joe with White Vic has resulted 

 so far in giving us a vast number of the best Fox-terriers we have. 



The pedigree of White Vic, made illustrious by her progeny, 

 has often been attacked by those who, were credited with drawing 

 on their imagination for facts ; it was published for the first time in 

 this work, but was furnished by the late Mr. Luke Turner, a 

 gentleman to whose kennels so many of our champion Terriers and 

 their relations trace their origin. As this work is not only for the 

 initiated in the mysteries of kennel-lore but for novices, to whom 

 pedigrees are often "confusion worse confounded," two short 

 pedigrees are here given, to prevent error from sameness of names 

 where the dogs they apply to are entirely distinct. 



Ruler 



(Moore's) 



(Bred by Mr. Hedge, living 



TARTAR , near Mansfield, and passed at 



(Branson's) his sale into the possession of 



Mr. Moore, Appleby Hall.) 



WHITE VIC .. 

 (Bred by John 

 Branson. ) 



Vic 



(Branson's) 

 (White, with black 

 markings) 



Fairy 



(Head's, huntsman at Don- 

 nington Park) 



C Twister 



(Branson's) 



(Tan head, white body) 

 (This dog afterwards went to 

 the Quorn Kennels, in old 

 Lord Stamford's time. He 

 sired Old White Tartar, who 

 was stolen from Loughborough. 

 The dam of Old White Tartar 

 was a white Bull and Terrier 

 bitch.) 



Vic 



(Branson's) 



(White) 



(Branson obtained this bitch 



from Peach, keeper to Sir 



Gilbert Heathcote, afterwards 



Lord Aveland.) 



