152 Modern Dogs. 



North Yorkshire district the strain is still kept 

 and valued highly. But, all round, the wire-haired 

 terriers now are not what they were six years 

 ago, when a team of them could, and did, compete 

 successfully against the smooths at the best of our 

 shows. Mr. Clear might bring out a good team now,, 

 but we do not know anyone else who could do so at 

 the present time. 



Mr. F. Baguley, Mr. C. Burgess, Mr. C. Bartle, 

 and Messrs. Castle and Shannon, and Mr. J. Izod 

 may be mentioned as having special interest in the 

 variety to which this chapter is devoted ; and the 

 best specimens now being shown are Jack St. Leger 

 and Jigger, already alluded to ; Mr. A. J. Forest's 

 Prompter and Ebor Turmoil, Mr. A. E. dear's 

 Cribbage, Mr. W. BeacalPs Sunfield Frost; Cauld- 

 well Nailer, once owned by Mr. Harding Cox, and 

 sold at his sale for ^35 to Mr. Thurnall, his 

 present owner, who after purchasing him for less 

 than 20 had transferred him to Mr. Cox for about 

 a hundred guineas ; Mr. E. Bairstow's Rustic Marvel, 

 Mr. H. Stewart's Belle of the Ball, Mr. A. Mutter's 

 Surrey Janet (now in the United States), Rydale 

 Pattern, Daylesford Brush, Valuer, and Velocity ; but 

 not one of the above is actually in the front rank. 



It may be that the continual breeding from the 

 smooth-coated variety, instead of going back to the 



