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much the same strain and with which they were so 

 successful half a dozen years or more ago. This, of course, 

 goes to prove to how great an extent " luck " is connected 

 with dog breeding. 



The late Mr. Fred Burbidge, once captain of the Surrey 

 county team of cricketers, in the earlier part of his 

 career as an exhibitor, owed his success more to judicious 

 purchases than otherwise, and he then owned some very 

 good terriers, including Buff, Nimrod, Dorcas, and Bloom. 

 From about 1884 to his death, which occurred in 1892, 

 Mr. Burbidge proved particularly successful on the bench 

 w T ith dogs of his own breeding which were reared in a 

 lovely cherry tree country not far from Watford, Herts; and, 

 during at any rate a portion of that period, he displayed 

 an ability to occupy the high position Mr. J. H. Murchison 

 and Mr. Gibson had done years before. Personally I had 

 a strong liking for the class of terriers Mr. Burbidge 

 kept, his dogs being especially to my fancy. They were 

 not too big, had immense strength of bone for their size, 

 and no strain of modern fox terrier could approach his 

 best specimens for length and correct shape of head, with 

 powerful jaws in proportion. With all this strength and 

 muscle there was naturally a tendency to cobbiness, and 

 consequent stiffness in action. The jackets and eyes of all 

 Mr. Burbidge's terriers were excellent, and the tan-headed 

 Hunton Prince (once shown as Syrup), bred by Mr. T. P. 

 Morgan, was during the year 1889 one of the most typical 

 terriers on the bench. The breeding of this dog is some- 

 what interesting, his sire, Hyssop, being by Spice, whilst 

 Style, the sire of his dam, Lady, was by Pickle II. — Sample, 

 the latter own sister to the writer's Nimrod and Gripper 

 already alluded to. Hunton Baron, though heavily marked, 



