Old Jock. 33 



Williams, who was then master of the Rufford, or Jack 

 Morgan ; Mr. Wootton, the authority at that time, says 

 Jack Morgan bred the dog; but the uncertainty of the 

 month in which the terrier was born, and the little thought 

 then given to terrier pedigrees, make me extremely sceptical 

 as to Jock's breeding, as I am of most of the early stock 

 terriers. Anyhow, Jock, who was purchased from Morgan 

 by Mr. T. Wootton for £5, has left his mark behind him, 

 and he has also been the means of handing down to posterity 

 the names of his sire and dam, the former being another 

 Jock (also Captain Williams's), and the latter, Grove Pepper, 

 huntsman's terriers both of them, we maybe sure. In show 

 form Old Jock was just about i81b. weight (Mr. Wootton 

 when he advertised him at stud at the moderate fee of one 

 guinea, afterwards raised to two guineas, called him i61b. 

 weight), standing a little high on his legs, which gave him 

 an appearance of freedom in galloping. His colour was 

 white, with a dun or mixed tan mark on one ear, and a 

 black patch on the stern and at its root. He was not what 

 one would at the present time call a " varmint-looking " 

 dog, t.e , one with an unusual appearance of go and fire 

 and gameness in him — he was a little deficient in terrier 

 character. His ribs were well sprung, and his shoulders 

 and neck nicely placed. When in thin condition he had 

 the appearance of being a rib short ; but his hind quarters 

 and loins were strong and in unison with the other parts of 

 his formation. To some modern tastes he would seem a 

 little loaded at the shoulders; his fore legs, feet, and strength 

 of bone were good, and his stifles strong and well turned. 

 His ears, well placed, were neither too large nor too small, 

 and he had good strong jaws. With increasing years he 

 grew a little full in the cheeks. Yet he wore well, and in 



D 



