94 The Fox Terrier. 



as I have suggested, that one in four born would be 

 entered, we have a grand total of 84,000 fox terriers bred 

 in a little over thirteen years. This number is, however, 

 quite a minimum, for very many more are reared by 

 individuals who are not exhibitors who breed dogs for 

 hunting and other purposes and who are in happy 

 ignorance as to dog shows, registration, and the Kennel 

 Club. Taking such into consideration, I should say that 

 9000 fox terriers are bred in the United Kingdom each 

 year ; and it seems more than passing strange that so few. 

 good ones and no perfect specimens are produced amongst 

 these thousands. Surely there never was such a popular 

 dog, and he, unlike his noble master, does not appear to 

 have become spoiled by flattery and by the adulations of 

 the wealthy. In manner he remains the same as he always 

 was ; his eyes brighten and he springs up to " attention " 

 when he hears the cry " Rats ! " now, when he is worth 

 2OO/., just as he did when he was a comparative " street 

 dog" and worth less than a five-pound note. If in manners 

 he has not changed, he has altered somewhat in appearance, 

 for now he is a somewhat leggy, flat-ribbed dog, and is, as 

 a rule, deficient in expression and character compared with 

 what he was in his early days. Still, our leading kennels 

 now and then introduce some terrier-like dogs Mr. R. 

 Vicary's, Major How's, Mr. Tinne's, Mr. Redmond's, and 

 Mr. A. H. Clarke's, to wit. 



Amongst the worthies connected with fox terriers Mr. 

 L. P. C. Astley must not be forgotten. For well on to a 

 quarter of a century he has been an exhibitor, on many 

 occasions a popular judge of the variety, and for several 

 years was editor of the Fox Terrier Chronicle. He has not, 

 however, of late bred any dogs of particular excellence, 



