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points. It is in reality impossible to make 

 an inexorable rule about this question of 

 size; each class must be judged on its own 

 merits. Only quite recently a gentleman, who 

 is a well-known judge of smooths, was in- 

 trepid enough to lay it down in black and 

 white, and cause it to be published to the 

 world, that never, no, never would he ever, 

 so long as he lived, give a prize again to a 

 terrier who scaled more than 17 lb. It 

 may be added that this gentleman has since 

 judged on several occasions, and it is very 

 much to be doubted whether he has in any 

 instance— except maybe in puppy classes- 

 given a prize to any dog that has not scaled 

 more than 17 lb. 



The name of the late Mr. Enoch Welburn 

 in connection with the variety under notice 

 is known the world over. Mr. Welburn used 

 to show mostly for other people, but what- 

 ever he showed was always good, and ever 

 in excellent form. In his later years he had 

 the charge of a famous kennel, that of Mr. 

 Roland Philipson, whose recent death in a 

 terrible railway accident everyone deplores. 

 This kennel was well-nigh invincible at the 

 time of Mr. Welburn's death, and so much 

 did the master take to heart the death of 

 the man who had served him so well and 

 so truly that he never showed any of his 

 terriers again, most of them being sold. 



A name that must be mentioned also 

 is that of a gentleman who was undoubtedly 

 a " Father " of the Fox-terrier, Mr. Luke 

 Turner. Mr. Turner's name is, of course, 

 better known in connection with the smooth 

 than the wire-hair variety, but quite shortly 

 before his death we find him showing only 

 wire-hairs, and among them a very charming 

 sound-coated bitch in Charnwood Marion, 

 with whom he scored many notable successes. 

 The name of Luke Turner will ever be held 

 in affectionate remembrance by the writer, 

 to whom he was one of the best of friends, 

 and to the initiation of whose career as a 

 terrier breeder and exhibitor by the gift of 

 a beautiful little terrier he is solely re- 

 sponsible. 



The names of the exhibitors of the wire- 

 hair to-day in most parts of the world are 

 legion. The excellent terriers to be seen 



are numerous. It would be quite impossible 

 in this chapter to give anything like an 

 exhaustive list of either. 



Among the later devotees of the variety 

 we find the names of several ladies, prominent 

 among them being the Duchess of Newcastle 

 and Miss Hatfeild, who each have owned, for 

 some years now, excellent kennels. The 

 former's Ch. Cackler of Notts, Commodore 

 of that ilk, and Raby Coastguard (bought 

 for a big price by Mr. Raper when first 

 brought out by the Duchess, his breeder, 

 at the Fox-terrier Club show, and sold again 

 for a big price to America), were perhaps her 

 most famous terriers, while Miss Hatfeild 

 has been very successful with her Champions 

 Dusky Siren, Morden Bullseye, and many 

 others. Among men we have the names 

 of Messrs. Houlker, Hill, Holgate, Enfeild, 

 Forrest, Gratrix, Greenhough, Mason, 

 McNeill, Pitt-Pitts, Purdy, Redmond, Thur- 

 nall, Scott, Swingler, Warburton and many 

 others, all of them owners, and some of 

 them breeders of famous terriers. 



America, Canada, Australia, India, and 

 Africa, as well as all the Continental nations, 

 have numerous exhibitors and owners of 

 the variety. They have bought, of course-, 

 originally, entirely from Great Britain, they 

 have paid fair prices, and they have from 

 time to time secured some of our best 

 specimens. 



Our country is, however, still full of 

 excellent terriers of the variety, and there 

 can be no doubt that properly looked after, 

 in every sense of the expression, there is a 

 great future for the wire-hair. 



In the writer's opinion the one thing of all 

 others that is required is that the judg- 

 ing shall be as much as possible in capable 

 hands. It would be well for those gentle- 

 men who receive invitations to judge wire- 

 hairs at different shows, if they would, 

 before accepting the appointment, ask 

 themselves the questions : Do I know 

 a sound wire-hair ? Do I know a sound- 

 coated one from a bad-coated one ? If the 

 answers can be honestly and confidently 

 given in the affirmative, then judge by all 

 means. If the feeling is that the replies 

 can only be in the negative, do not accept. 



