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proposal, which was accepted ; he obtained one 

 pup out of this litter, and another out of a litter 

 by Stipendiary. At Shrewsbury show Mr. Stephens 

 bought Vicety and Valteline from Mr. Vicary, and 

 from Messrs. Castle and Shannon he got Pamphlet. 

 To Mr. Clouting he gave 100 for Science, which 

 won several prizes at the Crystal Palace, and 

 beat Despoiler, under Mr. E. M. Southwell. The 

 idea then occurred to Mr. Stephens that he would 

 like Stipendiary, so he wired to Mr. Taylor, of 

 Bridgnorth, for his price, which was ^200, and 

 that was promptly paid. Having now acquired 

 some good bitches, Valteline among them, and a 

 famous stud dog, Mr. Stephens thought he would 

 like a great show dog, so he did not leave Mr. 

 Vicary alone till he bought Vice Regal. The next 

 purchase was Charlton Verdict. At the last sale 

 of Mr. F. Burbidge's fox terriers in the spring of 

 1893, Hunton Justice was knocked down to Mr. 

 Stephens for ^84. He made himself a limit of 

 2000 to set up a first-rate kennel, and the last 

 time he totted down the cost of his purchases, 

 they came to a few pounds under .1800. He told 

 us himself that the first week he advertised his stud 

 dogs, he received ^40 in fees." Since that time 

 Mr. Stephens says he has had no reason to regret, 

 even from the purely pecuniary point of view, the 



