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from an engraving in the Sporting Magazine about 

 1 833, was an exact counterpart of some of those shown 

 not long ago by Mr. C. H. Beck, Dr. Edwardes-Ker, 

 Mr. Ashwen, and others as Welsh terriers. Yet his 

 was purely a local strain, that would well have been 

 worth preserving. 



One has distinct recollections of various strains 

 of terriers, not show dogs, but animals kept as 

 companions, and trained to hunt and do the work 

 intended for them. Such had always good legs 

 and feet and strong constitutions, the latter not 

 a sine qua non in the champions of the present 

 era. The north of England was usually prolific 

 in producing terriers ; the working artisans in the 

 manufacturing centres owned them ; the masters 

 of hounds who hunted the foxes on the hills and 

 mountains, where horses could not follow, and only 

 few men, always required a " creeping terrier," that 

 would bolt a fox or worry him in the hole if he 

 refused to face the open. Some had a dash of bull 

 terrier blood in them, others had not. Of the former 

 was a well-known dog called Tory, about 22lb. 

 weight, with ears cropped. He was all white, had a 

 hard, wiry coat, narrow in front, possessed of good 

 legs and feet, and built somewhat on racing lines. 

 The latter gave him such pace, and he was so good 

 a killer, that he often ran far into a stake for 



