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and Tan." Several fox terriers were exhibited, 

 and out of a class of dogs containing twenty-four 

 entries, all the prizes went to the then so-called new 

 variety ; the leading honour being taken by Jock, 

 exhibited by Mr. Thomas Wootton, of Nottingham, 

 Mr. Bayly being second with Trap, whilst Mr. 

 Stevenson (Chester) was third with Jack. In 

 bitches, Mr. Wootton was second with Venom, and 

 a Mrs. Mawes first, with a white bitch called Pepper, 

 that afterwards went to Lieutenant-Colonel Clowes, 

 of Worcester. 



Here, then, did the fox terriers first attract public 

 attention, and so much was this the case that 

 the following year, viz., 1863, the Birmingham 

 Committee had provided two classes for them, 

 though a similar thing had been done at two shows 

 held in London in March and May, also in 1863. 



At this period there was an opening for a popular 

 dog ; the fox terrier availed himself of the opportunity, 

 the public gladly accepted his enterprise in so doing, 

 and his progress from the stable and the servants' 

 hall to the drawing-room was rapid. 



At the Birmingham shows between 1864 and 

 1866, three of the great celebrities of those days 

 appeared, viz., Old Jock, Old Trap, and Old Tartar, 

 and the blood of one or the other is to be found 

 in all the best strains at the present time. Of the 



