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quite good, so are his feet and ears. Moreover, his expres- 

 sion is keen and terrier-like, and whenever Mr. Wharton's 

 dog was in the class there was always a struggle as to 

 whether he or an opponent secured the chief trophy. 

 Bushey Broom was not quite two years old when he won 

 this challenge cup. Mr. W. R. Mann had bred him, Mr. 

 Wharton purchased him for 2$l. ; and he was very cheap 

 at the money, for his pedigree is good, his sire being 

 Oakleigh Hornet, by Foiler Broad Cleveland Terra, a 

 granddaughter of Topper's, whilst his dam Whinblossom 

 was by Teazle Nettle. Later, Bushey Broom was sold to 

 Mr. H. L. Hopkins for 150, and continued his public career 

 until by accident he lost one of his legs. 



At the Crystal Palace Company's first show, held in 

 October, 1889, Mr. Harry Jones introduced a wire-haired 

 puppy, bearing the somewhat odd name of Jack St. Leger, 

 by Knavesmire Jest Jeannie Deans, by Raffle Deacon 

 Diamond: rather an odd pedigree for the hard-coated, 

 game-looking puppy which Jack St. Leger is. A terrier of 

 an old-fashioned stamp, short-legged and long-bodied, he 

 excels in the length of his head and strength of his jaw- 

 But all round he is an extra-special sort of terrier, strong 

 in bone, powerful in loin, and looking all over a thorough 

 worker. Still, I believe that his shorter legs and longer 

 body than those possessed by the whilom crack Tack 

 should always place him below that excellent representative. 

 The high opinion expressed of Jack St. Leger was amply 

 maintained when he won three first prizes and the cup at 

 the National Exhibition at Birmingham in December, 1891, 

 he having in the meantime become the property of Mr. 

 A. E. Clear, of Maldon, Essex. Jack has continued his 

 victorious career up to the time this is being written, and 



