32 The Fox Terrier. 



and was entirely dependent for his entree to his sovereigns 

 and bank notes. 



I often imagine there must have been something peculiarly 

 attractive about these early-time fox terriers. They were 

 certainly handsome and smart, but neither Old Jock nor 

 Tartar, the two acknowledged progenitors of the present 

 stock, had a black and tan marked head to recommend 

 him. Moreover, their parents had the credit of being 

 somewhat common in their origin, and generally had been 

 looked after by the stable boy or by the second or third 

 whip. The huntsman himself was, as a rule, far too great 

 a swell to leave a hound for a dog, though perhaps the 

 master's little son when home from Eton or Harrow for 

 the mid-summer holidays might beg a terrier puppy, and by 

 bribes and coaxings obtain for it a corner in the scullery or 

 in an empty stall in the stable. As I have said, the progress 

 from the servant's hall to the drawing-room was rapid, and 

 has evidently proved extremely satisfactory to all concerned. 



At the Birmingham show already mentioned, Old Jock, 

 Old Trap, and at the following one Old Tartar, then entered 

 by Mr. H. J. Davenport (Warwickshire), formed a suitable 

 trio from which to found a nucleus to take the world by 

 storm, and the blood of one or other of them is to be found 

 in all the best strains of the present day, though the three 

 dogs themselves were so much different in appearance. 

 Shall I describe them here ? 



Jock was said to be bred by Jack Morgan, who, when the 

 dog was pupped some time during 1859, was first whip to 

 the Grove when Tom Day hunted them and Sir Richard 

 Sutton was the master. I have also heard it stated that 

 Jock was born at the Quorn Kennels. The Kennel Club 

 Stud Book gives the breeder as either Captain Percy 



