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and a head in length and quality of the best ; it was, 

 indeed, ill luck that the incompetence of the judge 

 so dishonoured him by withholding the first prize 

 and giving but the second. 



Between the years 1872 and 1880 comparatively 

 few wire-haired terriers were shown at Curzon Hall ; 

 in the former year there were but two entries, but 

 later some dozen or so appeared about the average. 

 Most of the best dogs during this period came from 

 the neighbourhood of Malton in Yorkshire. Venture, 

 already alluded to, was by Kendall's Old Tip, a 

 well-known terrier with the Sinnington Hounds ; he 

 had a successful career on the show bench, and to 

 my mind was certainly the best of his variety at that 

 day. In 1874, however, the " Stud Book" contained 

 but four other entries of wire-haired terriers, and 

 with one exception they were owned by Mr. Wootton. 

 Wasp, first prize Manchester in 1873, has no sire or 

 dam given, and Mr. Gordon Sanderson appears to 

 be the only man at that day who kept the pedigrees 

 of his terriers. The wonder was that he did so, as 

 his favourites did not bring much money. For 

 instance, Venture had been shown in a variety or 

 mixed class, one in which different descriptions of 

 dogs compete against each other ; and, entered at 

 thirty shillings, he was so good as to attract 

 attention, and the man who gave seventy shillings 



