The Fox Terrier. 1 1 1 



Following such dogs as the above came Tyrant 

 from Beverley, bred by Harry Adams, and shown by 

 Mr. G. Booth and others, as good a terrier as I ever 

 saw, all white, as game as they could be made, and 

 a rare sire to boot ; Venture, the famous Chance and 

 Risk, of Mr. Gamon's ; Mr. Sydenham Dixon's Quiz ; 

 Mr. Whitton's Badger all being by him, and as good 

 terriers as man need possess. Mr. Sarsfield's bitch, 

 Fussy, bred by Mr. H. C. Musters ; Mr. L. Turner's 

 Myrtle; Gadfly; Shepherd's Lille; Fan, and X. L., 

 both bred by Mr. W. Allison, then residing at Cots- 

 wold ; Satire, Pilgrim's May, Mr. Bassett's Spot, 

 Nectar, Trinket ; Mr. Chaplin's Venom, were all 

 great terriers about this time. Following them 

 came Mac II., Hornet, Bellona, Trimmer, Vanity, 

 Olive, with Foiler claimed by Mr. Gibson, of Broken- 

 hurst, at Birmingham, in 1874, for ^100, where he 

 had been placed second to Tyke, who later on, 

 though a dog with a brindled mark on his head, 

 did a great deal of winning. The latter, when 

 the property of Mr. F J. Astbury, may be said 

 to have monopolised nearly all the first prizes on 

 the show bench until the dreaded "Rattler" came 

 forward, and he, when the property of Mr. James 

 Fletcher, of Stoneclough, and under the careful 

 guidance of Mr. G. Hellewell, pretty well ruled the 

 roast, especially at the north country shows, and so 



