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auction and bought by him for no/., was supposed to be 

 the best bitch of her day, her chief defect being in her 

 moderate feet and ankles. At the present time Mr. Raper 

 has a number of valuable and good bitches, the best of 

 them being Pet Pearl, Sutton Safety, Richmond Sanctum, 

 and Greno Jewel, a combination of blood which I should 

 say is of peculiar value. 



Mr. J. A. Doyle (Crickhowel), already alluded to as the 

 writer of the admirable article on fox terriers in the " Book 

 of the Dog/' if he has not succeeded in winning the grand 

 challenge cup periodically offered at some leading shows, 

 has produced terriers with jackets on them to keep their 

 insides warm. Beggarman has a coat to be proud of a 

 smooth coat proper, close, and hard, and crisp and strong ; 

 one that gives the lie to those who say a thick coat must of 

 necessity be soft and fluffy ; and awful jackets have some 

 of the minor terriers that occasionally win, such as will 

 soak up a shower of rain like a sheet of blotting paper 

 would do. Mr. Doyle has likewise shown a number of 

 bitches which are pretty well in the front rank, and lately 

 he has won with a good young dog called Hesper, which, 

 improved in his hind quarters, as he may do, would be at 

 the very top of the tree of excellence. 



One of the bad-coated dogs was Mr. Luke Turner's 

 (Leicester) Spice, a wonder in head and ears and form, but 

 with almost all his tail taken off, and wofully weak in his 

 pasterns, both before and behind. He did a lot of winning 

 in his time, but doctors differed as to his merits, for I 

 remember well enough at one of the Kennel Club shows 

 the Rev. Cecil Legard dismissing him without a card. 

 Ultimately Spice went to America a three figures sale, but 

 did not survive his expatriation long, as one day his kennel 



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