40 The Fox Terrier. 



Mr. Harry Adams (Beverley) had, in 1865, the honour of 

 breeding him, though the Kennel Club Stud Book throws 

 a doubt on the matter by mixing the name of a Mr. 

 Leighton therewith ; whilst Mr. G. Booth, Mr. T. Lloyd- 

 Edwards (near Lampeter), and Mr. T. Wootton had the 

 pleasure of his ownership and exhibition at various times. 

 Old Trap was his sire, as he was said to be of almost 

 every good terrier of that day, and Violet, by Old Jock 

 White Violet, his dam. Tyrant was a dog somewhat after 

 the style of the expatriated and sadly named Lucifer As in 

 Praesenti, but better in jacket and placement of shoulders, 

 though possibly Lucifer was the narrower in chest of the 

 two. Perhaps more flattering it would be to com- 

 pare this grand old ancestor with Mr. C. R. H. Leach's 

 white dog Cleek, who during 1894 deservedly did a con- 

 siderable share of winning throughout the country, being 

 seen to special advantage at the Club's show at Derby 

 that year. Many of the " head men " of the " fancy " 

 in Tyrant's time did not think very much of him, but 

 in reality he deserved all the praise they or anyone 

 else could bestow. No man ever owned a better dog 

 as a terrier. In weight about i81b., in form symmetrical, 

 his strength of bone, legs and feet were of the best. 

 No purely white fox terrier I ever saw was less of 

 the bull terrier in appearance than he, and, carrying his 

 eight years well, he proved good enough to win the 

 champion prize at Nottingham in 1873, beating Tyke, 

 Trimmer, Trumps, Jock II., and six other less notable 

 opponents. Moreover, Tyrant was sire of many leading 

 terriers which in their turn have added to the excellences 

 of those in the present generation. Venture was a son of 

 his, so were Mr. Whitton's Badger (a rare old sort) and 



