The Wire-haired Fox Terrier. 149 



Mr. F. Waddington's Briggs (which afterwards 

 went to Lord Lonsdale), the hero of an assize 

 trial, was perhaps a terrier second only to Carlisle 

 Tack, and Miss Miggs, Mr. F. H. Field's 

 (and Lord Lonsdale's), was by some good judges 

 supposed to be the best bitch of the variety ever 

 produced. Then Mr. W. Carrick's Vora was a great 

 favourite of mine, and so was Mr. J. W. Corner's 

 Eskdale Tzar, a little dog that excelled in eyes, 

 character, and hardness of jacket. When the above 

 were in their heyday the North had the wire- 

 hairs pretty much to themselves, for Yorkshire had 

 been one of their homes, and Mr. W. Carrick, at 

 Carlisle, and Mr. A. Maxwell, at Croft, near Dar- 

 lington, great enthusiasts in the variety, were giving 

 much attention to them and spending money on 

 them likewise. The former, however, after showing 

 a young dog called Tyro at the Alexandra Palace, 

 in 1889, when but twelve months old, which won the 

 challenge cup and other prizes to the amount of 

 92, shortly after gave up exhibiting, consequent on 

 the disqualification, six months later, of the same dog 

 for having his ears tampered with to make them drop 

 properly. This was a severe blow to the " fancy," 

 and when, some time later, Mr. Maxwell likewise gave 

 up exhibiting, the wire-haired terriers ceased for a 

 time to prosper to any great extent. 



