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and no one, excepting .the thieves, who were never dis- 

 covered, knew what became of her. Anyhow, a lovely bitch 

 was lost to the honest people of the world. Grove Trimmer, 

 shown by the Rev. T. W. De Castro; Mr. Allsop's Rebel; Mr. 

 Redmond's Deserter; Little Jim the best of Tyke's get 

 we ever saw bred by Mr. Gumming Macdona ; Tip and 

 Spot, shown by Mr. Theodore Basset, were all terriers of a 

 high class, and so like workmen in appearance that they 

 deserve to be mentioned here. The same may be said of 

 Mr. Murchison's Tom, of Vengeance, and of Diligent, the 

 latter one of the early fox terriers shown by Mr R. Vicary, 

 of Newton Abbot, who, later on, was to obtain such 

 celebrity with his kennels. She was bred by Charley 

 Littleworth in 1877, and and was by Brockenhurst Joe 

 Busy, by Bitters, and a hardy-looking bitch with a very 

 coarse stern. 



To continue a description of all the leading terriers 

 during the past two decades would be most wearisome ; so, 

 after a passing allusion to the dog who gained the name 

 of the " dreaded Rattler," fresh ground must be broken. 

 Jack Terry, of Nottingham, was the first man to successfully 

 exhibit him, which he did under the Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam 

 as judge at one of the early Manchester shows. He was 

 there purchased by Messrs. J. Douglas and S. Handley, 

 who re-sold him to Mr. Fletcher, of Stoneclough, for ioo/. 

 Then, in the care of Mr. George Helliwell, of Sheffield, 

 who is now one of our popular judges, Rattler entered upon 

 a career of successful exhibition which was nothing short of 

 phenomenal. Born in 1871, and, when little less than two 

 years old, winning at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, in 

 1873, he continued, with little to stop his progress, until 

 1879, then having won over 250 prizes. The value of these, 



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