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first-named he was said to have been born in 1859 

 and bred either by Capt. Percy Williams, master of 

 the Rufford, or by Jack Morgan, huntsman with 

 the Grove. He was about i81b. in weight, rather 

 high in the leg, and not unlike some of the modern 

 stamp, though with better sprung ribs and not so 

 upright in shoulders ; modern judges would call 

 him loaded in the latter respect. He had nice ears, 

 was a well-made, symmetrical terrier, and was said 

 to have run two seasons with the Grove Hounds. 

 Amongst the show people of that day when he was 

 doing all his winning, and had been purchased for 

 his weight in silver, which would be about 60, he 

 bore the reputation of being soft, and unable to 

 kill rats. 



Tartar was a more bull terrier-like dog, with very 

 small ears, most symmetrical in make, short in head, 

 and the very antipodes of Jock. In colour he was 

 white, with a small mark of pale tan over one eye. 

 He weighed rylb., was said to be a very game, 

 determined dog, and he looked it. Mr. Stevenson 

 had bred him at Chester about 1862, and Tartar 

 was pedigreeless. He was not much worse for 

 that, for the pedigrees of all these early terriers are 

 quite unreliable, anyhow. In the early sixties Jock 

 and Tartar were the acknowledged champions, won 

 all the first prizes, and were considered to be most 



