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kennel of this breed. He was a nice size and a thorough terrier, and so far as 

 we know was sound in coat, while he did good service as a sire. Another that 

 came later was Go-Bang, which, after a most brilliant career in England, was 

 bought at a record figure for the very strong Cairnsmuir Kennels. Go-Bang 

 was a show dog, and, while he got some good terriers, among them Hands Up, 

 yet, considering his demand as a sire, he was a failure when compared with 

 such a dog as Barkby Ben, who was a later purchase for the Cairnsmuir Ken- 

 nels. It falls to the lot of very few dogs to be a successful, even a passably 

 successful, sire, and it is the exceptional phenomenon who is really successful. 



Mr. Charles W. Keyes had in 1899 imported Meersbrook Bristles, 

 and the puppy classes at New York the following year had some good ones 

 by him at the head of the lists. Mr. Hunnewell had entries from two litters 

 by him, Mr. Keyes had a brace, and that sterling good Canadian fancier, 

 Mr. A. A. Macdonald, of Toronto, made his annual southern trip with 

 the best of the previous year's breeding, which included the Bristles puppy 

 Aldon Bristles, second to the Go-Bang puppy Cairnsmuir Growler. It was 

 at this show that Hands Up came out and made such a sensational series 

 of wins. It was currently reported that Mr. Astley, the English judge who 

 put him so high, offered ;?5 1,500 for the dog, then seventeen months old. 

 The dog was both lauded and decried, and was then sent to England, where 

 he was moderately successful. Our opinion of the dog is that he was 

 put about right at the English shows, for we always considered him light 

 in bone, and most certainly when placed so high by Mr. Astley he was leggy 

 and light, but that was the type at that time. Another thing he has been 

 very fortunate in doing is the taking of so many prizes as an American-bred 

 dog, whereas he has no claim to that distinction, being only bom in this 

 country and his dam not being here before she was bred, which is the one 

 exception in the case of the sire being a foreign dog. 



Mr. Knowles, of Magnolia, Mass., took up the breed three years ago 

 and got together a winning kennel, but he was compelled to give up his 

 interests in dogs after going to great expense for them and also for his kennels. 

 His place has been well taken by the Wandee dogs of Mr. Harley, which 

 Sydney Loomis showed so successfully up to this spring, but which, with 

 the smooths of the same kennel, are now in charge of Charley Lyndon, 

 while Mr. Loomis has now got the Cairnsmuir dogs to look after, and it is 

 sincerely to be hoped that good luck will put the only New York kennel of 

 this breed in its place of a few years ago. 



