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which to dilate ; they performed their duty well in that 

 particular sphere in which they were called to work, and 

 so I say let them rest in peace. Both Tartar and Old 

 Jock, well nigh invincible on the show bench, had little 

 check in their careers, which extended in the case of the 

 former over eight years, and in that of the latter through 

 four years only, whilst I believe Trap was not shown more 

 than half a dozen times, his best performance being when 

 he came second to Jock at Birmingham in 1862. 



That extraordinary bitch Grove Nettle should be men- 

 tioned here, for to her, quite as much as to any one of the 

 couple and a half of terriers already named, is due a share 

 in the present production. Bred in 1862 by W. Merry, 

 huntsman to the Grove Hounds, there does not appear to 

 be any mystery as to her pedigree, she being by the Grove 

 Tartar from the Rev. W. Handley's Sting. Nettle was a 

 prettily shaped, tan-headed bitch, with a black mark on her 

 side, a rather long, wavy coat, almost inclined to be broken 

 haired. The Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam, her owner, said "the 

 difficulty was to keep her above ground. " Another good 

 judge said " there was not a more useful animal in the 

 show when she was exhibited in the champion class at 

 Birmingham in 1868," and he further described her as 

 rather long in the body, and, although possessing immense 

 bone, not losing one iota in quality. At the Kennel Club, 

 Cleveland Row, may be seen all that remains of this grand 

 bitch, for she is there set up in a case, looking as hideous 

 and unlike that which she was in nature as " stuffed " dogs 

 do nine times out of ten. 



In recalling these earlier recollections, there is no terrier 

 of a past generation that appeals to me with greater power 

 than Tyrant, also known as Old Tyrant and White Tyrant. 



