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flesh. On another occasion Jack found himself in 

 an earth between two badgers, one fighting him in 

 front, the other in the rear, but he did not flinch, 

 and, as the diggers reached their game in less than a 

 quarter of an hour, when they were safely bagged, 

 the terrier was not much the worse for his unequal 

 combat. 



Powderham Jack came to Mr. Schrieber from 

 Devonshire, he being purchased from Mr. Damarell y . 

 but Mr. P. Gilbert, near Birmingham, was supposed 

 to be the breeder. In his early days he won several 

 prizes on the show bench, and when grown too wide 

 in front for the show, Mr. Schrieber obtained perhaps 

 the gamest terrier he ever owned. During little 

 more than the twelve months, from the time he went 

 to Watford to when he received the terrible injuries 

 which resulted in blindness, Jack did more than his 

 share in the capture of twenty badgers. On his 

 sire's side he was descended from Champion Broom 

 and Jack Terry's Wasp, but his dam's pedigree 

 could never be ascertained. He was never known 

 to give tongue underground unless he had either a 

 fox or badger in front of him. 



Some of the earlier wire-haired terriers were 

 remarkably savage and bad tempered, or perhaps it 

 was the writer's unfortunate lot to possess such. 

 However, about seventeen years ago I had one sent; 



