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case. One of Russell's best looking dogs was called Pussy, 

 which he gave to Mr. T. Wootton, who eventually sold it 

 to Mr. S. E. Shirley for 40/., and the terrier which accom- 

 panies the portrait of the Rev. J. Russell at the commence- 

 ment of this volume is a capital specimen of the Devonshire 

 sportsman's strain. A dog like either Tip or Trump, if as 

 good looking as described, would surely have been fitted 

 for the show bench, and if a bit ragged in jacket and a trifle 

 heavy at the shoulders such defects would not have been 

 quite fatal to success in the eyes of the right sort of judges. 

 That this blood is valued highly at the present day I 

 have every reason to believe, as I hear that a few such 

 terriers at this moment remain in the West of England. 

 Mr. C. G. Archer, of Trelaske, Cornwall, has owned a couple 

 or two, and puppies from this strain now and then find their 

 way to other parts of the country. A gentleman has com- 

 municated with me as the possessor of just such a dog 

 as Trump, described on another page. Still, he does not 

 find that strain as it were " nick " well with others, and 

 he was consequently anxious to obtain some other of the 

 Devonshire cross in order to maintain the breed in all 

 its excellence. Mr. Archer tells me that he has had his 

 terriers for over thirty years, first obtaining them from 

 his friend the Rev. J. Russell, and from his uncle, Mr. 

 Walter Radcliffe, of Warleigh Hall. The breed has been 

 kept pure and distinct, the dogs weigh 1 81b., the bitches 

 from 151b. to 1 61b. ; they are wire-haired, and in colour, 

 white, with more or less black and tan markings, and 

 without the slightest appearance of bulldog strain. Their 

 owner gives them an excellent character when he says 

 they are very hardy, inasmuch as they will go to ground 

 anywhere, run all day with hounds, and for pluck and 



