56 The Fox Terrier. 



without possessing the bulldog cross. The one is generally 

 a useful animal, adapted for ratting, rabbit hunting, and 

 working a hedgerow or bit ofgorse, provided his coat is 

 hard enough. The other is good for vermin, but will very 

 likely not let a cat live about the premises, and is anxious 

 for i ' turn -up' with any outsider of its own species — two 

 inconvenient and undesirable proclivities." The above ex- 

 pression of opinion holds good at the present time, although 

 the advice contained therein, written more than thirty 

 years ago, was then especially valuable, as there was a 

 strong inclination to infuse a dash of the bulldog into the 

 ordinary terrier. 



" W. J. M." also wrote in favour of the smooth-coated 



variety, " Rufus " (the Rev. T. O'Grady) also took part in 



the controversy, and so did the late Captain Handy, who at 



that time was a popular sportsman at Malmesbury. Later 



he was on the staff of one of the London newspapers, 



where he did good work, and died in harness about eight 



years ago. Under the signature of " J. A. H.," he said, " I 



am quite of opinion that a fox terrier should be smooth 



coated, and I much doubt whether any dog showing a rough 



or broken-haired coat is pure bred ; but where such is the 



case, I believe there must be a cross (more or less remote) 



of the Scotch terrier. I daresay there are rough-coated 



terriers as good as any smooth-coated ones, but they are 



not fox terriers. I well remember the fox terriers that used 



to run with the Duke of Beaufort's hounds in Will Long's 



time, and I believe the breed has been kept there for very 



many years. You will see a specimen amongst the hounds in 



the picture of the ' Lawn Meet at Badminton.' They were 



nearly always black and tan, but occasionally black, white, 



and tan, with a compact, well-knit frame, ears small and 



