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he had to undergo surgical treatment on more than one 

 occasion. 



The present Lord Lonsdale had an idea of working some 

 of his prize-bred terriers with his hounds when he was 

 master of the Pytchley. But the general surroundings of 

 modern fox hunting prevented him doing this properly and 

 as he would have wished. Still, a few of his high-priced, 

 fashionable terriers were properly entered, and, I believe, 

 gave a good account of themselves whenever required so to 

 do. Mr. Harding Cox, when master of the Old Berkeley 

 Hounds, kenneled some good working terriers of the prize 

 strains, but his, like Lord Lonsdale's, were of the wire- 

 haired variety. Then the Littleworths, huntsmen for 

 generations, have always kept terriers, and even now own 

 some of show bench strains, which can, and do, accompany 

 the hounds when there is likely to be occasion for their 

 services. Indeed, there is still a fox terrier or two hanging 

 about either the kennels or the stable yard, but no pains 

 are taken to perpetuate the variety solely for bolting the 

 fox, as once was the case. Modern hunting, quick gallops, 

 and the go-a-headedness of the times have done away with 

 his occupation, and the fox terrier now possesses his 

 greatest value in his beauty alone. At the great Hound 

 Show held during June of each year at Peterborough, on 

 occasions prizes have been given for terriers which carry a 

 record of having been entered and employed with fox- 

 hounds. However, for some reason or other, the terrier 

 classes there were discontinued in 1894, but I hope this 

 omission will prove but temporary. The competitors there 

 were usually somewhat of a ragged lot, though occasionally 

 the absolute winners were quite up to modern show form in 

 appearance ; moreover they were well-bred and likewise 



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