FOXES FOXHOUNDS & FOX-HUNTING 



deal more than himself. A half-sister of Frisk's 

 once bit the leg off a fox, Reynard bolting on the 

 remaining three. Blondin was a dwarf, pedigree 

 Bedlington, famous for hunting a line as well as 

 any fox-hound. A little bitch, named Jenny, 

 met her death in a drain, being found there fast 

 locked to an otter. Corby's sister Brandy, was 

 another remarkable worker, and so was Nancy, 

 who killed a 2olb. fox below ground single-handed. 

 Piper was an exception to the rule that terriers 

 bark and pull when coupled up and other terriers 

 are working. Piper's manners were perfect in 

 this respect, but, once let go, no terrier was 

 harder underground. There are to-day in the 

 fell country many terriers repeating the good 

 work of those enumerated above, for in the land 

 of the dales and the mountains the only criterion 

 of a terrier is working ability, first, last and all 

 the time. 



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