32 The Fox Terrier. 



extremely sceptical as to Jock's breeding, as I am of most 

 of the early stock terriers. Anyhow, Jock has left his mark 

 behind him, and he has also been the means of handing 

 down to posterity the names of his sire and dam, the former 

 being another Jock (also Captain Williams'), and the latter, 

 Grove Pepper, huntsman's terriers both of them, we may be 

 sure. In show form Old Jock was just about i81b. weight 

 (Mr. Wootton when he advertised him at stud at the 

 moderate fee of one guinea, afterwards raised to two 

 guineas, called him i61b. weight), standing a little high on 

 his legs, which gave him an appearance of freedom in 

 galloping. His colour w T as white, with a dun or mixed tan 

 mark on one ear, and a black patch on the stern and at its 

 root. He was not what one would at the present time call 

 a " varmint-looking" dog, i.e., one with an unusual appear- 

 ance of go and fire and gameness in him he was a little 

 deficient in terrier character. His ribs were well sprung, 

 and his shoulders and neck nicely placed. When in thin 

 condition he had the appearance of being a rib short ; but 

 his hind quarters and loins were strong and in unison with 

 the other parts of his formation. To some modern tastes 

 he would appear a little loaded at the shoulders ; his fore 

 legs, feet, and strength of bone were good, and his stifles 

 strong and well turned. His ears, well placed, were neither 

 too large nor too small, and he had good strong jaws. 

 With increasing years he grew a little full in the cheeks. 

 Yet he wore well and in 1870 was placed second to Trimmer 

 at one of the London shows amongst a greater lot of cracks 

 than have ever been brought together since, unless their 

 equal was to be found at the Fox Terrier Club's show at 

 Derby in November, 1894. All round Jock was a sym- 

 metrical terrier, and no specimen of late years has 



