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Mr. Sydenham Dixon's Sam, almost as perfect as his sire 

 in appearance, but a broken leg badly set kept him from 

 the show bench. Mr. Gamon's famous Chance and his 

 favourite Risk were likewise sons of the old white dog, 

 and now in 1895 few of our best terriers are to be found 

 without some modicum of the blood of Tyrant in their 

 veins. He, indeed, may bear the palm as the best of his 

 race, both in beauty and gameness, immediately following 

 his notable sire Trap, and equally great grandsire Old Jock. 



During the sixties the Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam was 

 showing a splendid lot of terriers, of which he had a large 

 number kennelled at Wentworth House, Rotherham, York- 

 shire, his Vassal, Ruby, Topsy, being tip-top, and we must 

 not forget that he had Jock, Tartar, and Grove Nettle in his 

 possession at one period of their existence. The Marquis 

 of Huntly at Aboyne about the same time owned Worry, 

 Bounce, Nectar, Mischief, Famous, and other excellent 

 terriers, all of which were said to be as game as they 

 were handsome. The name of Mr. F. Sale (Derby) must 

 not be omitted, as at one time his kennels were most 

 formidable, for they had included Hornet (who came second 

 at Birmingham in 1871 to the writer's Mac II.), Old 

 Tartar, and many others pretty nearly as good, with which 

 he was a most formidable opponent at the big shows. 



With such supporters, there was nothing wonderful in 

 the fact that the marked attention these " revived " terriers 

 attracted led to a newspaper controversy as to their origin, 

 and in The Field a number of interesting letters appeared 

 on the subject. These in every case came from men of 

 weight and mark and learning in canine lore. Then the 

 Editor, the late Mr. J. H. Walsh, wrote his article on the 

 Fox Terrier, which naturally attracted further attention. 



