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the list, but at that time some of the judges knew no more 

 of the practical working of fox terriers than a cow did of a 

 new shilling ! She was by Grove Tartar, a white dog ; dam, 

 the Rev. W. Handley's Sting. Very fond of a hard terrier 

 was Mr. Handley. Sting came from Stevenson, of Chester. 

 I frequently went to see Mr. Handley's terriers tried at 

 Winthorpe, Notts. I took Grove Nettle to my Mapperly 

 home, and eventually sold her to the Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam, 

 Wentworth, for £25. When she was sixteen months old 

 she went to ground to a fox at his place, and got the back 

 of her neck bitten a good deal ; she was dug out, but went 

 to ground again before she could be caught up. Mr. Fitz- 

 william wished me to have her back again, and I gave £20 

 for her back. She used to lie under my bed when I 

 possessed her previously, and although so long away, the 

 night she got back she went as usual to her old place. I at 

 last sold her to Mr. Murchison for a long price. He put 

 her to a dog, and she whelped five puppies. He unwisely 

 took the puppies off her, with the result that milk fever set 

 in and she died. This bitch was a desperate favourite of 

 mine — my companion through fields and towns in many a 

 rough adventure. She was a very good made one, a 'sort' 

 a judge could not get away from ; she had no pretensions 

 to be wire-haired, neither had she a wavy coat, but a hunting 

 coat of the best, right in texture ; she had a Belvoir tan 

 head, large black mark on near side, and setting on of tail ; 

 she was i61b. in weight. I sold Nettle a second time to 

 Captain Kindersley, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, prior to 

 the Murchison purchase." 



In recalling these earlier recollections, there is no terrier 

 of a past generation that appeals to me with greater power 

 than Tyrant, also known as Old Tyrant and White Tyrant. 



