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the race, and they have been followed by Mr. Luke 

 Turner, Leicester ; Messrs. Clarke, of Nottingham ; 

 Mr. J. C. Tinne, Mr. F. Redmond, the late Mr. 

 F. Burbidge, the Messrs. Vicary, and many others 

 whose names need not be mentioned here, for there 

 are more breeders of fox terriers in the country than 

 there are days in the year, and fashion changes in 

 terriers, if not with each season, at any rate pretty 

 regularly. 



Not so long ago the cobby type found favour, now 

 the craze lies in the opposite direction, leggy, stiff, 

 stilty, flat-sided, upright shouldered dogs being very 

 much in evidence on the show bench, though I 

 should like the judges in all cases to stick to one type, 

 which they do not do. Take dogs like Mr. F. 

 Redmond's D'Orsay, his Digby Grand, and until 

 recently his Despoiler, all animals of a different type, 

 still from the same kennels, and all winners. D'Orsay 

 appears to have taken the place of Mr. Clarke's 

 Champion Result as the chief winner of his day, but 

 he is a dog I never cared for at all, his ears are 

 most indifferently carried, he is stiff and stilty, and 

 his shoulders are to my idea badly put on ; he is a 

 " corky " little dog. Digby Grand was first shown 

 by Mr G. Raper, a game, determined, hardy- 

 looking terrier of the old stamp ; a little finer in 

 muzzle and he would have been a Tyrant, still the 



