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Portsmouth, and elsewhere ; later on being purchased 

 by Mrs. Van Walchren, of Holland. I should set this 

 dog down as a lucky one, for he is not in the first rank, 

 of which Vesuvienne, Vice Regal, Venio, and Result are 

 the most popular examples. The bitches from the Devon- 

 shire kennels have been likewise well above the average, 

 Vicety, Valteline, Viete, and Venilia being particularly 

 notable in their way. 



Major How, at Stardens, near Gloucester, has lately shown 

 an excellent type of terrier, hardy, game-looking dogs, 

 which in many respects remind us of the best of the old 

 timers. Modern critics may see in such dogs as Stardens 

 King, Stardens Sting, and some others a certain coarseness 

 which does not meet their views, but for thorough terriers 

 of a hardy and workmanlike appearance these dogs of 

 Major How's are second to none. Mr. T. Whipp, of Cold- 

 stream, has owned two or three particularly smart terriers 

 lately, of which Douglas Jostle, Douglas Driver, and 

 Douglas Trinket are good enough for anything; but one 

 might go on interminably almost, making notes of these 

 minor kennels, of which there are hundreds throughout the 

 country; still, this section of the volume cannot be closed 

 without more than passing allusion to another kennel 

 which has attained distinction since the second edition of 

 this volume was printed. 



Attention has been drawn on previous pages to the 

 manner in which I contrived to get together a pretty good 

 lot of fox terriers twenty years ago. To prove how time 

 brings about changes in canine as in other matters, the 

 particulars of the formation of Mr. S. J. Stephens' kennel 

 at Acton, near London, may perhaps afford some evidence. 

 In 1892 the gentleman in question, like so many others 



