54 The Fox Terrier. 



weak head, was most prettily marked with the deepest 

 black and the richest tan. He was no workman to look at, 

 and I have heard it said that, instead of being bred at 

 some well-known kennels, as all such notabilities should 

 be, Trimmer first saw the light in the cottage of a barge- 

 man who sailed on one of the Midland canals. If 

 this handsomest of fox terriers was not game, he was 

 thoroughly ill-natured and snappish, and, during his con- 

 finement on the show bench, kept all inquisitive visitors 

 at a respectful distance. Trimmer, unlike some other 

 celebrities, had two brothers ; these were called Crack and 

 Tory. The latter belonged to young Mr. G. F. Statter, 

 who then had a farm at Broomhills, near Carlisle, and 

 Tory was a sad dog, as wild as they make them one, 

 indeed, that could not be allowed off the chain. Crack, 

 some time in the possession of the writer, was a beautifully 

 made little animal, with a good coat, and the most perfect 

 feet and legs imaginable. He won a prize or two, but 

 would not be looked at as a show dog nowadays. His 

 temper to strangers was most obnoxious ; still, he was 

 fairly game, would kill rats, swim a mile up the middle 

 of a canal, and, generally, proved a most endearing little 

 fellow with those with whom he was on good terms. But 

 Crack had a strange antipathy to people with black or 

 very dark hair. 



Others of the toyish stamp were Mr. Murchison's 

 Bellona and Mr. Sarsfield's Fussy. The latter caused a 

 considerable sensation when she came forward as a 

 winner, for her owner lived at Durham, and was quite 

 out of the ordinary swim of so-called fanciers, who now 

 had grown numerous. Fussy, entered at Birmingham 

 show in 1868, when the Rev. T. O'Grady and Mr. John 



