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and less delicate appearance would have improved her, 

 though beautiful symmetry invariably attracted the judges 

 at that time rather than a game-looking expression. The 

 latter was possessed in an extraordinary degree by a tan- 

 marked bitch called Fan, first, I believe, shown by Mr. 

 W. Allison, of Cotswold Rectory, and later by Mr. C. T. 

 Abbot. Here we had all terrier character, but she moved 

 stiffly, was not, as it were, built on galloping lines, and 

 became too loaded at the shoulders for modern fancy. 

 She came in a little later, and reminded me more of Grove 

 Nettle than any bitch I have seen since. The Stud Book 

 gives her pedigree as follows : sire, Priam ; dam, Pixie, by 

 Jock out of Lill ; Priam by Morgan's Grove Crab out of 

 Fury ; and she was bred by Lady de Lisle. 



Another excellent bitch abounding with character was 

 Jester's daughter Satire, bred and shown by Mr. J. 

 Arrowsmith, of Thirsk, and from the same kennel 

 came Tiny, who became a champion. Denton's Jock, from 

 Doncaster, an excellent dog with a doubtful pedigree, 

 said to be by Tyrant dam unknown,- after winning a 

 number of prizes at the Yorkshire shows, was purchased 

 by Mr. Gibson, Brockenhurst, and as Bitters continued 

 to increase his notoriety but was by no means a success 

 at the stud. 



Amidst all these bygone celebrities, Mr. Peter Pilgrim's 

 May must not be forgotten, another of old Jock's daughters, 

 from a bitch called Crafty, known at the Quorn Kennels. 

 Lasting long enough to win second prize in the champion 

 class at Nottingham when eight years old, she was a 

 remarkably strong-loined, very good looking bitch, rather 

 light in bone. Another notable dog was the much abused 

 Venture (the late Mr. W. Cropper's, Minting House, 



