138 The Fox Terrier. 



him by degrees to enter it. He will, if game and worth 

 keeping, make out the scent, at the same time gradually 

 working up his courage until in the end he will tackle 

 whatever he meets. [I thoroughly agree with Littleworth 

 here, and have known many terriers completely spoiled by 

 being set to kill something before they had found their 

 noses. Even the first rat should be hunted before the 

 puppy is allowed to worry it. There seems something 

 about the scent of all game and vermin which, as it were, 

 raises the courage of the dog to its very highest.] Give 

 me a terrier which will go to ground, find his fox, stick by 

 him, and at the same time ( bay ' well. 



" My belief is that the best strain for work has descended 

 from George Whitemore's (of the Grove) Willie, afterwards 

 called Foiler, and eventually the property of Mr. Wootton, 

 who paid 45/. for him. A bitch I once had, named 

 Mustard, was a really honest worker. She was about 1 81b. 

 weight, and after running all day with hounds would gamely 

 go to ground, and show us and reynard what blood ran in 

 her veins. This bitch was by Whitemore's Trick out of 

 Eggesford Fury, who was out of the Rev. J. Russell's Fuss,, 

 a most famous one as a worker. She was a hard-coated 

 bitch, and eventually became the property of Mr. Wootton, 

 and was stolen from his father's place in Leicestershire. 

 Mustard, too, had taken prizes at the West of England 

 shows, under the well-known and popular sportsman above- 

 mentioned, including first prize at Plymouth in 1873. 



" A granddaughter of Mustard's called Spot, on first being 

 tried to go to earth, remained inside for over two hours, and 

 when unearthed was seen facing two badgers, and keeping 

 them well at bay. A curious incident about this splendid 

 bitch was that she never relished tackling a fox above 



