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his expression and form were perfect. The terrier most like 

 him is Belgrave Joe, particulars of whom will be found later 

 on, when he was the property of Mr. Luke Turner, of 

 Leicester. By careful selection Mr. Gamon had formed a 

 valuable kennel, and great regret was expressed at its 

 dispersal some few years later. 



Quite a sensational dog of his day was Mr. Leon Binney's 

 Mac, a terrier of the handsome type, who came second to 

 Venture at Laycock's Dairy Yard, where the Islington dog 

 show was held in 1869. Many thought the Manchester 

 dog should have won, and dying soon after there was no 

 •chance of his avenging his defeat. He, however, left behind 

 him a son, in Mac II., with whom the writer was fortunate 

 enough to win the cup at Birmingham in 187 1, the open 

 •dog class being, perhaps, the finest that had, up to that 

 time, ever been brought together. Hornet, another good 

 ■dog, and a daughter of Grove Nettle, was second in that 

 year. Mac. II. was all that a terrier should be, a game and 

 gentlemanly dog, and why he did not go to ground after 

 fox and otter was, because his education had been neglected. 

 Many a ratting excursion have "Mac" and I had by the 

 river side, and two smarter terriers at the game than he and 

 old "Riot," whose offspring bred so well to him, it would 

 have been difficult to find. 



The Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam bred Tyke, a dog that won an 

 unusual number of prizes, and which with Rattler, following 

 a year or two later, takes us right down to the present 

 generation of terriers. Tyke, by Tartar from a bitch by Old 

 Jock, was a lowish set dog, with extra strong back; of a nice 

 size, about 171b., very powerful, but with a brindle mark on 

 •one cheek. He was pupped in 1869, changing hands several 

 times at small sums (a good terrier was now worth 100/. or 



