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unable to drive his game, remained there righting for over 

 six hours and a half. Then he was dug out terribly ex- 

 hausted, and awfully bitten and torn — so much so in fact that 

 for three weeks he had to be fed with a spoon held below 

 the root of the tongue, as any liquid given in the usual way 

 ran out through the holes the badger had made in the dog's 

 under jaw and mouth. However, careful nursing brought 

 him round, although Jack carried the tale-telling scars to 

 his dying day. 



On the second day after the affray Mr. Schreiber returned 

 to the " earth " with another terrier, which in due course 

 " marked," and by digging the end of the burrow was 

 reached. Here the party found a large female badger dead 

 which Jack had killed the day before. She was 261b. in 

 weight, and, on being skinned, her chest and her ribs were 

 found to be broken, although outwardly she showed few 

 marks of the dog's teeth. This is the only authenticated 

 case of which I have record where a i61b. terrier killed 

 a badger nearly double his own weight in fair fight 

 underground. No wonder that Mr. Schreiber was proud 

 in his possession of such a dog, and though in the end 

 blindness resulted from the injuries Jack received on that 

 eventful day, he lived until quite recently to be respected 

 and admired as one of the best terriers ever known. In 

 appearance Powderham Jack was quite up to "show form;" 

 indeed, on several occasions before his great fight, he had 

 appeared on the bench, where he met with considerable 

 success. On his sire's side he was descended from Jack 

 Terry's Wasp and Broome, but his dam's pedigree was 

 never ascertained. Anecdotes and stories of the gameness 

 of the terrier might be continued, and although these tales 

 are of early terriers, there is no reason to doubt that the 



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