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with the deepest black and the richest tan. He was no 

 workman to look at, and I have heard it said that, instead 

 of being bred at some well-known kennels, as all such 

 notabilities should be, Trimmer first saw the light in the 

 cottage of a bargeman who sailed on one of the Midland 

 canals. If this handsomest of fox terriers was not game, 

 he was thoroughly ill-natured and snappish, and, during his 

 confinement on the show bench, kept all inquisitive visitors 

 at a respectful distance. Trimmer, unlike some other 

 celebrities, had two brothers ; these were called Crack and 

 Tory. The latter belonged to young Mr. G. F. Statter, 

 who then had a farm at Broomhills, near Carlisle, and 

 Tory was a sad dog, as wild as they make them — one, 

 indeed, that could not be allowed off the chain. Crack, 

 some time in the possession of the writer, was a beautifully 

 made little animal, with a good coat, and the most perfect 

 feet and legs imaginable. He won a prize or two, but 

 would not be looked at as a show dog nowadays. His 

 temper to strangers was most obnoxious ; still, he was 

 fairly game, would kill rats, swim a mile up the middle 

 of a canal, and, generally, proved a most endearing little 

 fellow with those with whom he was on good terms. But 

 Crack had a strange antipathy to people with black or 

 very dark hair. 



Others of the toyish stamp were Mr. Murchison's 

 Bellona and Mr. Sarsfield's Fussy. The latter caused a 

 considerable sensation when she came forward as a 

 winner, for her owner lived at Durham, and was quite 

 out of the ordinary swim of so-called fanciers, who now 

 had grown numerous. Fussy, entered at Birmingham 

 show in 1868, when the Rev. T. O'Grady and Mr. John 

 Walker were the judges, was then said to be about twelve 



