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The Fox Terrier. 



was a great favourite of mine, and so was the more lightly 

 marked Hunton Honeymoon. 



Following the lamented death of Mr. Burbidge, his terriers 

 were disposed of by auction by Mr. A. E. Clear at the 

 Agricultural Hall, Islington, in the spring of 1893, and being 

 the most important sale of the kind which has ever 

 taken place, the following particulars may be interesting. 

 Altogether 131 lots, including puppies, were catalogued, 

 and they realised 1,807/. &s. 6d., an average of a trifle over 

 13/. 16s. The bargains of the sale were Hunton Baron, 

 which went to Mr. Redmond for 30gs., and Hunton Honey- 

 moon, secured by Mr. J. J. Pim for 3igs. The top price 

 was i35gs., the sum Mr. J. A. Whittaker had to pay for 

 Hunton Tartar, late Belmont Tartar, and Mr. Kelley gave 

 70gs. for the pick of the puppies, Hunton Squeeze, by 

 Hunton Bridegroom. The chief lots, with their purchasers, 

 were as follows : — 



