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by a baker's cart and killed. The Devonshire men said "the 

 loss of this bitch was little short of a national calamity." 



But the above are not the only high class terriers Newton 

 Abbot has produced, and from the commencement, when 

 Mr. Vicary formed his kennel in 1872, he has periodi- 

 cally sent new terriers to the shows which could more 

 than hold their own against all competitors ; even when 

 he had sold one of his cracks, Vice Regal, of which 

 more in due course. At the Kennel Club spring show 

 in 1894 a young dog of Mr. Vicary's, Visigoth, made a 

 favourable first appearance, following up its successes at 

 Portsmouth and elsewhere ; later on being purchased 

 by Mrs. Van Walchren, of Holland. I should set this 

 dog down as a lucky one, for he is not in the first rank, 

 of which Vesuvienne, Vice Regal, Venio, and Result 

 were at that time the most popular examples. Other 

 notable dogs from the Newton Abbot Kennels are Vanodel, 

 Velocipede, Veracity (an American champion and successful 

 sire), and Vivisco, very successful in Australia. The bitches 

 from the Devonshire kennels have been likewise well above 

 the average, Vicety, Valteline, Viete, Venilia, and Vaidis, 

 being particularly notable in their way. 



Major How, at Stardens, near Gloucester, once showed 

 an excellent type of terrier, hardy, game-looking dogs, 

 which in many respects reminded us of the best of the old 

 timers. Modern critics saw in such dogs as Stardens 

 King, Stardens Sting, and some others a certain coarseness 

 Avhich did not meet their views, but for thorough terriers 

 of a hardy and workmanlike appearance these dogs of 

 Major How's were second to none. Mr. T. Whipp, of 

 Coldstream, a very old admirer of the fox terrier, has 

 bred some particularly smart terriers lately, of which 



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