86 The Fox Terrier. 



July 3ist, 1868, bred by John Branson, and purchased 

 from him by Mr. Luke Turner, Belgrave Joe, when 

 advancing in years and rendered impotent from disease, 

 realised 2O/. Previously, on more than one occasion, 

 Mr. Turner had offered a hundred pound note for Joe, 

 but when he went to Richmond House the prospects 

 of his recovery were not great. However, Joe was 

 taken into the study, and survived to the good old age 

 already mentioned. Weighing about i81b., he had a tan- 

 marked head, a white body, and, what I always liked, was 

 a trifle high on the legs (terriers are more active when so 

 built) ; his neck was a little too short to please some 

 fastidious tastes. In other respects he was perfect ; 

 shoulders, legs, feet, eyes, character, bone, coat, and form 

 all correct ; strong and powerful in his jaw, so admirably 

 in keeping with his other proportions, that he appeared 

 to be without an atom of coarseness about him. He 

 handed his good looks down to some of his sons, grandsons, 

 great-grandsons, and great-granddaughters, and at the 

 present time there are few of our leading fox terriers that 

 have not, on one side or another, some drop or more of 

 the old dog's blood coursing through their veins. There is 

 an excellent engraving of Belgrave Joe, from the original 

 painting by Arthur Wardle, which gives a capital idea of 

 what the old dog looked like when past his prime. 



Round about Leicester the " Pickle strain " was at one 

 time a favourite, but did not appear to be of much use in the 

 long run ; for, although Pickle II. was an unusual success 

 at the stud, I fancy he owed this to other dogs rather than 

 to Old Pickle himself, who was by Old Trap Fury, said 

 to be from Goosey's Belvoir blood. Pickle II., owned by 

 Mr. Turner, and later by the Rev. Owen Smith, a short, 



