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head, he was a sufficiently better dog to beat his older brother, and they 

 were placed first and second by Mr. Mayhew at New York, Veracity not 

 being shown. Handicraft was, however, and won the breed special, Mr. 

 Mayhew remarking that she was a better bitch than when he saw her in 

 England. During the next year or two the Norfolk Kennels added many 

 show dogs to their muster rolls, some by purchase and others bred at the 

 kennels, till they had a very formidable team on the road, and few show r s, 

 from Boston to San Francisco, were missed by the Norfolk dogs in charge 

 of Charley Lyndon. It was from this period that the decadence of the 

 smooth fox terrier is to be noted, and in the brief space of two years the 

 exhibiting owners in the puppy class at New York had dropped from sixteen 

 to three, the novice from fifteen to seven, with the limit at nine in both 

 cases. Major Carnochan was judge, hence it was not a question of capa- 

 bility in the ring, but of hopelessness in attempting to beat the big kennel. 



At this 1901 show a single entry was made of a dog called Norfolk 

 Victorious, owned by a newcomer named F. H. Farwell, of Orange, Texas. 

 Victorious was a dog that had earned his right to the title of champion, 

 and was then sold when in his prime. The result was that he failed to do so 

 well for his new owner as might have been looked for, and even if he had been 

 capable his chance was ended when he was smothered on the railroad. 

 Mr. Farwell had bought his first show experience dearly, and very few 

 would have had grit enough to begin again, but he had it and to spare and 

 was back at New York in 1902 with four entries. One was Rowton Besom, 

 who had had his share of luck in winning the year before, but only got 

 V. H. C. this time, and the rest of the dogs from Texas did no better. 



Mr. Farwell wisely concluded that buying by letter was poor business 

 and only resulted in spending money on dogs not good enough for his 

 purpose. He therefore placed the matter of purchase in the hands of Mr. 

 George Thomas, and all fox-terrier men know the result. It was now a 

 fight between the Norfolk Kennels and this new Sabine Kennels, the name 

 of the latter being taken from the Sabine River, near where the kennels 

 are situated, at Orange, Texas. Mr. Belmont continued to show one or 

 two dogs at New York; one or two came on from Chicago, where Mr. 

 Ingwersen was the leader, and Major Camochan entered a few home-bred 

 ones; but all the prizes that did not go to Toronto went to Texas when Mr. 

 Rutherfurd judged at New York in 1903, and the Warren dogs were there- 

 fore absent. The best dog at that show we considered to be Sabine Result, 



