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the purposes of "ear-dropping" admirably; " ear pads" 

 they are called. Here is a copy of one I saw : 



[Tails, Ears, Coats. — Instructions for straightening pups' 

 tails, is. 3d. ; coat gloves, is. 2d.; coat hardener, is. 2d.; ear 

 appliances for dropping or holding up, is. id., is. 6d., 3s. ; curling 

 fluid, 2s. 6d. — Apply, &c, &c] 



This en passant, however. Immediately following 1870 

 there were other celebrated terriers shown than those 

 already mentioned, some good that did not win prizes, 

 others indifferent which did, for the judging was sadly in 

 and out. Amongst the indifferent specimens might be 

 classed Vandal, whose pedigree in the " Kennel Club Stud 

 Book " is, I was told at the time of the publication, all wrong 

 (although the owner was free from blame in the matter), 

 Turco, and Renard, all shown by the late Mr. Murchison, 

 who then had a kennel of terriers which has not since been 

 surpassed. It included no end of celebrities, and for three 

 years or more his representatives quite swept the decks. 

 At Titchmarsh, near Thrapston, where the kennels were 

 located, Mr. Murchison was fortunate in securing the 

 services of S. W. Smith as kennel-manager, and for years 

 the word of the latter was law as to what a fox terrier 

 should be. Old Trap, Bellona, Trimmer, Old Jock, Grove 

 Nettle, Pincers, Trinket, Vanity, Olive, were one time or 

 another all under Smith's charge, as were hosts of minor 

 lights, the names of which do not at present occur to me. 

 When Mr. Murchison's kennels were strongest (about 

 1869-74) they contained at the least 200 smooth-coated fox 

 terriers, including puppies, and perhaps the best of all the 

 lot was his well-known bitch, Olive, which had been bred 

 by Mr. Luke Turner, and was contemporary with Mr. 



