46 The Fox Terrier. 



Mr. Harry Adams (Beverley) had, in 1865, the honour of 

 breeding him, though the Kennel Club Stud Book throws 

 a doubt on the matter by mixing the name of a Mr. John 

 Leighton therewith ; whilst the Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam, the 

 Marquis of Huntly, the Rev. T. O' Grady, Mr. Hopkinson 

 of Grantham, the Rev. W. J. Mellor, Mr. G. Booth, Mr. 

 T. Lloyd-Edwards (near Lampeter), and Mr. T. Wootton 

 had the pleasure of Tyrant's ownership and exhibition 

 at various times. The latter had him longest of all, and 

 from stud fees and prizes he made £100 from the dog. Old 

 Trap was his sire, as he was said to be of almost every 

 good terrier of that day, and Violet, by Old Jock — White 

 Violet, his dam. 



Tyrant was a dog somewhat after the style of the 

 expatriated and sadly named Lucifer-As-in-Praesenti, 

 but better in jacket and placement of shoulders, though 

 possibly Lucifer was the narrower in chest of the two. 

 Perhaps more flattering it would be to compare this grand 

 old ancestor with Mr. C. R. H. Leach's white dog Cleek, who 

 deservedly did a considerable share of winning throughout 

 the country, being seen to special advantage at the Club's 

 show at Derby in 1894. As an instance of longevity in a 

 modern fox terrier Cleek must stand alone, for, born in 1891, 

 he was shown the following year, is still appearing in the 

 ring, and for a dog of his age looked vigorous and well when 

 for Mr. L. Crabtree he was a prize winner at Hanley 

 in January, 1902. Many of the " head men" of the 

 "fancy" in Tyrant's time did not think very much of 

 him, but in reality he deserved all the praise they or 

 anyone else could bestow. In weight about i81b., in form 

 symmetrical, his strength of bone, legs and feet were of the 

 best. No purely white fox terrier I ever saw was less of 



