72 The Fox Terrier. 



had lived from puppyhood. A bitch named .Olive (not 

 Mr. Murchison's excellent animal of that name), Grove 

 Ella, Cedric (whose breeder, pedigree, &c., are carelessly 

 stated in the Stud Book as unknown, was brother to 

 Sally (694) ) ; Viking, Bessie, and Mac III. (afterwards 

 Sarcogen), prizewinners and good terriers in other respects, 

 were all from the same stock, and thus, with an original 

 outlay of 5/. added to the purchase of Crack and Mac II. 

 for about 3O/., a fair kennel of fox terriers was got together. 

 My dogs were invariably kept in the house, three or four at 

 home, the remainder on " board wages " with cottagers and 

 working men, who took as much interest in the dogs as 

 myself, and so did their wives when they found an extra 

 honorarium for the children and new gowns for themselves 

 at Christmas time. 



In considering this method of bringing up puppies and, 

 indeed, in keeping terriers and small dogs by far the 

 best, I by no means stand alone. Most of our principal 

 exhibitors now follow the plan, as being less likely to 

 promote distemper and other disorders than when fifty 

 or a hundred dogs are kept together. Then in the way 

 of exercise, the "boarding out" system has many advan- 

 tages, and the dogs so reared are more sensible and 

 prove better showers and companions than when brought 

 up in a kennel. Messrs. Clarke, whose successes with 

 their fox terriers will be dealt with later on, adopt a 

 similar method, and, with the exception of some few 

 favourites kept at home, all their dogs were in the keep- 

 ing of cottagers and others, who did well to them, and 

 were, of course, suitably rewarded for their pains and 

 attention. Breeding generally from some twenty-five 

 bitches, Messrs. Clarke had, at one time, at least a 



