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handed his good looks down to some of his sons, grandsons, 

 great-grandsons, and great-granddaughters, and at the 

 present time there are few of our leading fox terriers that 

 have not, on one side or another, some drop or more of 

 the old dog's blood coursing through their veins. There is 

 an excellent engraving of Belgrave Joe, from the original 

 painting by Arthur Wardle, which gives a capital idea of 

 what the old dog looked like when past his prime. 



Round about Leicester the " Pickle strain " was at one 

 time a favourite, but did not appear to be of much use in the 

 long run ; for, although Pickle II. was an unusual success 

 at the stud, I fancy he owed this to other dogs rather than 

 to Old Pickle himself, who was by Old Trap — Fury, said 

 to be from Goosey's Belvoir blood. Pickle II., owned by 

 Mr. Turner, and later by the Rev. Owen Smith, a short, 

 bandy-legged, long-bodied dog, with an unusually long, 

 well-marked black and tan head, was by Tyrant IV. 

 (brother to Burbidge's Nettle), from Olive (sister to 

 Brockenhurst Joe), by Belgrave Joe — Tricksy, by Chance 

 — Ruby, by Old Jock. So what blood could be better? and 

 no wonder Pickle II. proved so successful at the stud by 

 siring such dogs as Volo, Deacon Nettle, Daisy, Lady Grace, 

 Diamond Dust, Partney Puzzle, Peggotty, and others. 



Devonshire — for years celebrated for the sporting pro- 

 clivities of its inhabitants — has always held some good 

 terriers ; probably, however, none so good for work and 

 play (showing is play) as are now to be found on Mr. 

 Robert Vicary's premises near Newton Abbot. From his 

 kennels during the past quarter of a century many good 

 terriers have sprung, animals which not only have been able 

 to hold their own on the show bench, but could work under- 

 ground whenever called upon so to do. Veni and Velasquez 



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