174 The Fox Terrier. 



•endurance he has never seen their equal with either fox, 

 otter, or badger. 



Perhaps here it may be well to follow the Rev. John 

 Russell's terriers by mentioning one or two of the similar 

 special strains which have not been bred for show purposes, 

 and which perhaps may be defective in some little matter 

 of straightness of fore legs, and not so long and narrow in 

 the head as the " show-bench man " desires. Such as have 

 been always bred for work and reared in kennels are 

 hardier than the usual show strain, and can do a long day's 

 hard work and walk happily home on its conclusion. The 

 Edwardes', near Haverfordwest, have the Sealy Ham 

 terriers, called after the family's country seat there. This 

 is a short-legged, long-bodied, wire-haired terrier, mostly 

 white in colour, with black or brown or brown and black 

 markings; sometimes, like the ordinary fox terrier, it is pure 

 white, and from 1 61b. to 1 81b. in weight. It is described to 

 be of unflinching courage and a hard biter. Such a dog 

 ought to be useful in improving the coat and general 

 character of the modern " wire-hair," which certainly 

 appears to require a fillip some way or other. The late 

 Captain Edwardes, like all his family, was a devoted 

 admirer of these little dogs, and was usually accompanied 

 by a couple or so, even to the extent of taking them on 

 to the platform with him at public meetings. He claimed 

 for them great antiquity, as having been in their family a 

 hundred years or more, and urged their ability to kill even a 

 full-grown otter single-handed. The latter is what no terrier 

 ever could do or will be able to do, although statements of 

 such a thing having taken place repeatedly reach me, but 

 proof is never forthcoming, and on inquiry I have invariably 

 found that sticks and stones, iron-caulkered boots, and 



