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favourite, which, had it been taken, would have proved a 

 record price for a fox terrier. A better terrier, so far as 

 character is concerned, is Digby Grand, a workman every 

 inch of him to look at, and first shown by Mr. G. Raper; 

 whilst Dominie, bred by Mr. Twyford, by his dog Pitcher, 

 and good enough to win at Birmingham in 1894 when 

 nearly five years old, is also characteristic. Mr. Redmond 

 likewise purchased a white dog with an unusually long face; 

 he called him Despoiler. He was bred by Mr. Owen, of 

 Shrewsbury, and shown by him as Belmont Terror. This 

 dog, with his small, pig-like eyes, is quite the antipodes 

 of the other two cracks Mr. Redmond had in his kennels 

 at the same time. A lady exhibitor, Mrs. Lawrence (Mon- 

 mouthshire), ultimately became the owner of Despoiler for 

 something like 3OO/., at which sum he was no bargain. 

 Mr. Redmond has had some fair bitches, the best 

 of them perhaps being Dusky Spice, Diamond Dust, 

 Dame D'Orsay, and a daughter of Despoiler and Dame 

 D'Orsay, called Dame Fortune. The latter made a most 

 successful debut at the autumn show of the Kennel Club in 

 1894, and followed up this success by winning all before 

 her at the Crystal Palace, Northampton, Derby, and 

 Birmingham the same year. At the Fox Terrier Club's 

 show she not only secured the challenge cup (value fifty 

 guineas), but about ioo/. in money likewise, thus estab- 

 lishing a double record, for no other fox terrier bitch puppy 

 had previously won the cup (Venio had won it as a dog) 

 nor had any other smooth-coated fox terrier ever won so 

 much money at one show. She is a. smart, level-topped, 

 and shapely terrier, and would, we fancy, be the best bitch 

 that has been brought out for years but there is an "if" 

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