102 \ ,- 1 Th$ -Fox Terrier. 



duly, led^ in. arid: sig&efcL^ These included the names of 

 sixty-seven dogs, and at the head of all came the bitch 

 Dorcas, for whom thirty-seven individuals voted ; Mr. Luke 

 Turner's favourite, Spice, followed with thirty-five ; Mr. 

 Murchison's old bitch, Olive, being third on the list with 

 thirty-four. Then came Buffet, thirty -three ; Result, thirty- 

 one ; Richmond Jack, seventeen ; Lucifer, seventeen ; 

 Richmond Olive, sixteen ; Richmond Liqueur, sixteen ; 

 Nettle, fifteen ; and Belgrave Joe, fifteen. Such excellent 

 animals were behind these as Rachel, Rattler, Sutton Veda, 

 Brockenhurst Sting, Brockenhurst Joe, Jock, Nectar, Foiler, 

 The Belgravian, Tyrant, Fussy, Pincher, Bedlamite, Regent, 

 Grove Nettle, Hornet, and Bloom. Whilst Tartar, Chance, 

 Tyke, Nimrod, X.L., May, Sam, Old Trap, Bellona, Hazle- 

 hurst's Patch, Diamond, to my idea, considerably better 

 than at least four of the selected ones, with a host of others 

 I could name nearly or quite as good, never obtained a 

 vote at all ! Neither Vesuvienne or Dame Fortune had 

 made a public appearance at the time the plebiscite was 

 taken, so were not affected thereby. 



A perusal of these figures and names sets one a-thinking. 

 Surely the forty-one voters must have been sadly partial to 

 one strain, or at any rate peculiarly forgetful of the past, 

 and twenty years is not far to hark back, and, lolling in a 

 cosy chair, reproduce to our minds the mighty champions 

 which made the name of the fox terrier famous in every 

 household. Did those who gave a line to Belgrave Joe 

 ever remember hearing of a dog called Chance, Joe's very 

 image without the bar sinister the mutilated ear entailed ? 

 Did the seventeen responsible citizens who ventured their 

 opinions for Lucifer ever hear of Tyrant, a better dog in 

 every way than the Rev. C. T. Fisher's whilom favourite ? 



