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almost phenomenal success attained by dogs from this 

 kennel. The crack D'Orsay, bred by Mr. J. W. Toomer 

 near Swindon, was bought for 200/., and Mr. Arthur 

 Wardle produces his portrait on another page. Since 

 D'Orsay left Mr. Toomer, by whom he had been successfully 

 shown as Russley Toff, D'Orsay has never been beaten by 

 one of his own sex, and indeed appears to have occupied 

 the position Result so well graced a few years earlier. 

 D'Orsay, by Stipendiary — Ruffle II., was born in 1889, 

 since which time he has repeatedly won the Fox Terrier 

 Club's challenge cup as well as other leading prizes. He 

 weighs 171b., is a smart, corky little dog, whose ears are not 

 always as well carried as they are in the illustration. I do 

 not like the placement of his shoulders, and generally he is 

 no favourite of mine, though with one or two exceptions 

 I must confess to being alone in this opinion. He is 

 a game terrier, and considerable sympathy was felt for 

 him, when, during the autumn of 1894, in chasing a 

 rabbit, he fell over a cliff, breaking one leg, and in other 

 respects injuring himself so much that his show career 

 was ended. D'Orsay at the time this is being written is 

 alive and fresh for an old dog. Mr. Redmond on one 

 occasion refused an offer of 500/. for his favourite. 



A better terrier, so far as character is concerned, was 

 Digby Grand, a workman every inch of him to look at, and 

 first shown by Mr. G. Raper ; whilst Dominie, bred by Mr. 

 T. W. Twyford,by his dog Pitcher, and good enough to win 

 at Birmingham in 1894, when nearly five years old, was also 

 characteristic. Mr. Redmond likewise purchased a white 

 dog, with an unusually long face, which he called Despoiler. 

 He was bred by Mr. Owen, of Shrewsbury, and shown by 

 him as Belmont Terror. This dog, with his small, pig-like 



