98 . Modern Dogs. 



are as true a breed of the small sort as any in 

 England." 



A pleasing, if rather ponderous, eulogy on the 

 fox terrier, and one which most members of the 

 fox terrier clubs at the present day should fully 

 appreciate, though they would scarcely consider 

 their choicest puppies well sold at three guineas 

 apiece. 



Still, in their lines, our terrier had admirers quite 

 as ardent ninety or a hundred years ago as is 

 the case now. Then masters of foxhounds were 

 extremely particular in their selection, requiring in 

 their terriers at the same time strength, intelligence, 

 and gameness. Another author about that period 

 tells us that the black, and black and tanned, or 

 rough wire-haired pied are preferred, as those 

 inclining to a reddish colour are sometimes in the 

 clamour of the chase taken for the fox, and halloaed 

 to as such. 



As I have mentioned at length so many writers 

 on terriers, allusion must again be made to Mr. 

 Delabere Elaine, who, in 1840, published his 

 " Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports," which no doubt 

 gave the late Mr. J. H. Walsh his idea of his l( Rural 

 Sports," which followed some fifteen years later. 

 Elaine provides much nice reading and useful infor- 

 mation in his immense volume, and, amongst other 



