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including the invincible Champion Bolton Woods Mixer, out of 

 Saskatchewan, the property of Mr. G. W. Cragg. Bolton Woods 

 Mixer has probably sired more winners and won more prizes for 

 his present owner, Mr. Sam Wilson, than any Irish Terrier that ever 

 lived, and such a little gold-mine must this Terrier have been that 

 he has been facetiously called by some " Daily Bread." 



Mr. Graham sold Breda Mixer to Mr. A. E. Clear, who passed 

 him on to the Rev. D. F. Wright, his present owner. The old 

 dog, in addition to being very game, was a splendid companion, and 

 quite one of the rev. gentleman's family. 



Bolton Woods Mixer was born February i2th, 1895, which is 

 getting down to a comparatively recent date, and space will not 

 permit of many other good dogs living being mentioned, and were it 

 otherwise no practical good would accrue, as all Irish Terriers of 

 note whelped subsequent to date named are too well known to 

 be referred to here. The writer may, however, be pardoned for 

 harking back to name that nice brace of Terriers, the property of 

 Mrs. Butcher, Bawnboy and Ted Malone, the former by Champion 

 Brickbat ex Lotion and the latter by Champion Daniel II. ex 

 Lotion, both bred by that lady, who, with her dog Still Another, won 

 the first Breeders' Cup outright and many other valuable prizes. 



Mr. F. Wheatley's bitch Lewisham Banshee, also a daughter 

 of Daniel II., well merited Mr. L. C. P. Astley's description of 

 her " A very sweet bitch, hard in coat, and good in body, legs, and 

 feet " ; also her many firsts under Messrs. Raper, Gresham, etc. 

 She was a little dark in ear, but the best-coated bitch the writer 

 ever saw. 



Mr. F. Butler's Odiham Bridget, a '92 bitch by Odiham Pat ex 

 Gyp, was a winner of several firsts and specials under Dr. Carey, and 

 but for an accident to her thigh would have been a hard nut to crack. 



Constitutionally, the Irish Terrier is as hard as a pebble from 

 puppyhood to old age, which renders him one of the easiest to 

 breed. Nothing seems to trouble him so long as there is a bone 

 in the cupboard, and he is as happy on a straw bed in a kennel 

 as reposing on a down cushion in a drawing-room, and a more 

 reliable dog with children cannot be found. As a companion he 

 is hard to beat a genial, rollicking, good-natured chap, who does 

 not mind waiting outside for an hour or two for his master, even 

 if it does rain or snow. The day is never too cold and the drain 

 never too wet or long if there is a quarry at the other end. He 

 is always a faithful " pal," never surly or snappish, and will take 

 any amount of banter from other dogs before cutting up rusty ; 

 but if he happens to drop across a quarrelsome tyke that positively 

 will not take no for an answer, you will see him stand as firm 

 as a rock, with every muscle set ready for action, a slight pucker 

 in the top lip showing a rat-trap-like set of ivory white teeth, which 



