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judge. Two or three very glaring cases of trimming, by 

 plucking, singeing, or cutting, were pointed out to me at the 

 autumn show of the Kennel Club in 1894. But what seems 

 to be everybody's business turns out to be nobody's, and 

 the result is that no protests are made against the awards 

 of prizes to dogs so trimmed, and so things go from bad 

 to worse. And not always the most faulty are made an 

 example of, for at the Fox Terrier Club's Show at Derby 

 five terriers belonging to a well-known exhibitor were 

 disqualified at the instigation of the judge, Mr. J. J. Pirn, 

 for having their coats artificially " crispened " by the use 

 of magnesia. This disqualification caused a considerable 

 sensation at the time. 



Perhaps this practice of trimming is the reason why so 

 many of the older exhibitors have discontinued their 

 connection with the variety Mr. Percy Reid, Mr. Lindsay 

 Hogg, Mr. S. E. Shirley, Mr. Harding Cox, Mr. W. Carrick, 

 Mr. Colmore, and Mr. F. H. Field, to wit. Nor have their 

 places yet been occupied, though Sir Humphrey de 

 Trafford and Mr. A. E. Clear have large kennels of " wire- 

 hairs " at the present time, and several good specimens. Mr. 

 C. W. Wharton keeps showing some more than fair dogs, and 

 so do Mr. S. Hill (Sheffield), Mr. C. Bartle (Wellingboro'),, 

 Messrs. Castle and Shannon, Mr. J. Izod, Mr. Thurnall, 

 near Kettering, and Mr. A. Damarell, in Devonshire. From 

 Beverley Mr. E. Welburn at times brings out dogs of 

 unusual excellence Prompter and Roper's Nutcrack, to 

 wit. The former, judging from results, was certainly the 

 dog of his year, for he won the Fox Terrier Club's challenge 

 cup on more than one occasion, and until 1894, when he 

 courted defeat by being shown in poor condition and coat, 

 was always a hard nut to crack. He did, perhaps, best 



