182 The Fox Terrier. 



to the show bench. Such an array of wire-haired terriers 

 had not previously been seen ; and Teazle was, perhaps, 

 all round, as good a dog as has been produced since, but 

 he was too big. From this period the wire-haired terrier 

 became able to compete in quality, if not in quantity, with 

 his more elegantly coated cousins, but not until some 

 years later did the time arrive when, at York Terrier 

 Show in 1888, the judges were able to place a team of 

 the wire-haired variety over one of smooths for uniformity 

 of type, excellence, and quality, and those who favoured 

 the former were jubilant at the victory. Such competitions 

 were not long continued, and now the Fox Terrier Club 

 discourages the wire-haired and smooth fox terriers being 

 pitted against each other. 



Coming to more modern celebrities must be mentioned 

 that excellent dog Briggs, once owned by Mr. F. Wadding- 

 ton, Bishop Auckland, which, after becoming the champion 

 of the day, was sold to the present Lord Lonsdale, and 

 ultimately, on account of his disputed pedigree, proved 

 the hero of one of the most celebrated canine law cases of 

 our time. No one needed a better looking dog than Briggs, 

 for, handsome and workmanlike, he possessed the once 

 orthodox richly coloured black and tan head and a white 

 body; was game, had plenty of coat of the best texture, 

 and his constitution was robust and good. His breeding 

 and pedigree are unknown to me, nor do the Kennel 

 Club Stud Books throw any light upon the subject. 



Mr. F. H. Field's (later Lord Lonsdale's) Miss Miggs 

 has been said to be, by some good judges, the best ©f all 

 the wire-haired fox terriers of any time ; and indeed there 

 was little fault to find with her even if she were iglb. 

 weight, which her traducers said was the case. Possibly 



