376 Modern Dogs. 



Amongst the best of the race in the early days of 

 the show was Mr. J. D. Corse's Jet, a dog that 

 " Idstone " is said to have coveted, as that great 

 authority considered him to be the most perfect dog 

 he ever saw ; and this strain that Mr. Gorse then had 

 at Radcliffe-on-Trent were, when trained, quite as 

 good in the field as on the bench. Mr. Riley, of 

 Lancashire, who just preceded Mr. Gorse as a 

 successful exhibitor, had two excellent ones in Carlo 

 and Carlo II., and, following them, Dr. Morris, of 

 Rochdale, introduced his dogs True and XL., which r 

 good as they were, never had quite the sagacious, 

 kindly expression Mr. Corse's two Jets appeared to 

 possess. Still these Lancashire dogs were, for a 

 time, quite invincible on the bench, and, so closely 

 curled were they that when a slight fringe did 

 appear over the brow it seemed quite excusable, 

 because it might just have been crowded out from 

 some other portion of the dog. 



Mr. J. H. Salter had some good dogs of the 

 variety about this time ; Mr. T. Swinburne's Chicory 

 was a notoriety on the show bench, where she lasted 

 far better and longer than is the case with the 

 majority of exhibition dogs, and at Stowmarket Mr. 

 S. Matthews always kept in his kennels two or three 

 animals fit to show and win anywhere. 



Now, in 1892, the best curly-coated black retrievers 



