150 The Fox Terrier. 



this he was not, he was as bright and fresh then as at 

 any time of his career, which later on proved eminently 

 successful. 



Between the years 1872 and 1880, comparatively few 

 wire-haired terriers were shown at Curzon Hall ; in the 

 former year there were but two entries, but later some 

 dozen or so appeared about the average. Most of the best 

 dogs during this period came from the neighbourhood 

 of Malton, in Yorkshire. Venture, already alluded to, 

 by Kendall's Old Tip, a well-known terrier with the 

 Sinnington hounds, had a successful career on the 

 show bench, and to my mind was certainly the best of 

 his variety at that time. In 1874, however, the stud book 

 only contained four other entries of wire-haired terriers, 

 and with one exception they were owned by Mr. Wootton. 

 The exception was Chaplin, a moderate dog that won third 

 prize at Manchester the previous year. Wasp, first prize 

 Manchester in 1873, has no sire or dam given, and Mr. 

 Gordon Sanderson appears to be the only man at that 

 day who kept the pedigrees of his terriers. The wonder 

 was that he did so, for his favourites did not bring much 

 money. For instance, Venture, already alluded to, had 

 been shown in a variety or mixed class, one in which 

 different descriptions of dogs compete against each other ; 

 and, entered at thirty shillings, he was so good as to 

 attract attention, and the man who gave seventy shillings 

 for him was thought to have more money than sense. 

 However, the purchaser, Mr. Holmes, of Beverley, was 

 right, and such a dog as Venture to-day would command 

 one hundred guineas at least. 



A half-brother of the last-named dog was called Tip, 

 a white terrier with blue badger-pied marks on his body 



