92 Modern Dogs. 



Again, almost every man and woman who knows a 

 St. Bernard from a mastiff confess to the impeach- 

 ment that they are "rare good judges of a fox 

 terrier," and any exhibitor or other individual with 

 fifty or a hundred pounds in his pocket to lay out on 

 dogs, can so expend that sum and join one of 

 the clubs, and he will have a fair chance of being 

 remunerated as a judge of the breed, and so become 

 qualified (?) to aid in that capacity at any show to 

 which he may be appointed. 



There was a time when there were scarcely a score 

 of men who knew a good fox terrier when they saw 

 one ; now, if one believes all that is told, prime 

 judges of the variety are to be found in thousands. 

 That once famous exhibitor Mr. Thomas Wootten, 

 of Nottingham, has lived to see this, and so has 

 Mr. Gibson, who a few years since had such a fine 

 kennel of terriers at Brokenhurst ; but Mr. J. H. 

 Murchison, Mr. S. W. Smith, Mr. Cropper, with 

 others, the best judges of the variety to be found 

 a quarter of a century ago, have gone the way of 

 all flesh, and so have not had the misfortune to 

 outlive their reputation. 



However, I shall not anticipate matters, but before 

 dealing with the modern fox terrier must say 

 something about his early history. When terriers 

 were first used for unearthing the fox there is no 



