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built on the lines laid down by the original founders 

 of the Fox Terrier Club has made his way tQ the 

 front, and been able to keep a foremost place in 

 competition with all other breeds of terriers, ancient 

 or modern. 



" I think it will be allowed that no animal has 

 greater powers of endurance than the Foxhound, and 

 if we query why, shall we not agree that it is his 

 perfect symmetry that gives him the staying and 

 working qualities he undoubtedly possesses, and has 

 kept him in favour as a symmetrical and beautiful 

 specimen of the canine race? I submit the same 

 applies to the Fox Terrier, and if breeders continue 

 on the lines they have adopted since the formation 

 of the Fox Terrier Club, and bear in mind the con- 

 structive points of the animal, they will find their 

 favourites continue to increase in favour with all 

 lovers of a dog that has perfect symmetry, style, 

 and character. I have not touched on the working 

 qualities of the Fox Terrier of to-day, which, like 

 all other comparisons, are apt to be considered un- 

 favourably with those of old ; but here I must join 

 issue and contend that the majority of the terriers 

 now exhibited are as game, hard, and intelligent 

 in their work as were their ancestors of the past. 

 The average might not come out quite as well, owing 

 to the fact that for every ten Fox Terriers exhibited 

 in the sixties we now have a hundred, and work cannot 

 be found for them all, but I have used them for 

 years at their legitimate work to fox and badger, 

 and, where fairly entered, they; leave nothing to be 

 desired. 



"- Like all other animals, they vary in disposition 

 and require different treatment when breaking. Study 



