106 The Fox Terrier. 



ever won a prize than the champions at the Club's show at 

 Cheltenham in igoi. These were Mr. Reek's Avon 

 Minstrel, a 171b. dog, and Mr.- Redmond's Duchess of 

 Durham, a i61b. bitch, the expression of both being most 

 perfect, that of the dog especially so. The first named, 

 born in August, 1900, and no doubt one of the best dogs of 

 his year, followed up his Cheltenham success by winning 

 all he could at Birmingham a little later, but to the chagrin 

 of his owner died in January, 1902, from acute gastritis ; a 

 distinct loss to the fox terrier race. 



Amongst the worthies connected with fox terriers Mr. 

 L. P. C. Astley must not be forgotten. For well on to a 

 quarter of a century he has been an exhibitor, on many 

 occasions a popular judge of the variety, and for several 

 years w r as editor of the Fox Terrier Chronicle. Mr. Astley, 

 like Mr. Raper, has judged in New York, where no doubt 

 his name is as well known in " fox terrier circles " as it is 

 with us. 



With the formation of the Ladies' Kennel Association 

 in I894, and a growing fondness of the fair sex for 

 keeping dogs for exhibition purposes, it is no wonder that 

 the fox terrier should have become a prime favourite with 

 them. Not long ago at a Club show held in London, a dog 

 owned by a lady w r on leading honours. This was Miss 

 Hatfeild's Morden Blazer. The same lady has shown other 

 good terriers, but the best kennels owned by women are 

 undoubtedly those of Mrs. Bennett-Edwards near Pinner, 

 and of Mrs. Burns in Co. Wicklow. Both ladies are 

 frequent exhibitors of some exceedingly good terriers which 

 quite hold their own in strong competitions, and I am inclined 

 to believe that those of Mrs. Burns form the strongest kennel 

 of their kind in the Emerald Isle. The Duchess of Newcastle 



