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excelled since. This dog had been bred by a well- 

 known Lancashire lad in the " fancy line," Bill 

 Pearson, by him sold to Joe Walker, who in turn 

 sold him to Mr. James Roocroft, of Bolton, the 

 latter at that time owning a kennel of this variety of 

 terrier that was never excelled. Tim was an 

 exquisitely made dog, with the darkest of eyes and 

 perfect black nose ; he was lightly built, but well 

 ribbed up, and did not exhibit in appearance the 

 slightest trace of whippet or snap dog blood, with 

 which no doubt the variety had been considerably 

 crossed. This old Tim was not only good as a 

 puppy, but there was no better dog than he when 

 shown at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, in 1873, 

 where, although at least eight years old, he won 

 third prize in an excellent class. Tim weighed 

 about I4lb., and I do not think we have had so good 

 a dog since, and most of the modern strain contain 

 some portion of his blood. 



Another very good dog about this period was 

 Mr. W. Duggan's (Birmingham) Spider, who won 

 first prize at Birmingham four years in succession, 

 and I am inclined to think that Spider came a 

 good second to Tim. Later, Mr. P. Swindells, 

 Stockport; Mr. W. E. Royd, Rochdale; Mr. W. 

 Hodgson, Harpurhey ; Mr. J. S. Skidmore, Nant- 

 wich ; Mr. J. F. Godfree, Birmingham; Mr. J. Hinks, 



