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first prize for terriers that had run with hounds. On 

 inquiry I found he was good at his work, and in every 

 way a credit to the north-country strain from which he 

 sprang. He was always about the place when reynard 

 required shifting from his stronghold, and could drive him 

 with but little trouble. 



North Star (afterwards Sam Weller), another good one, 

 but a bad shower, and requiring trimming I should say, 

 did as well in the south as in the north, being for a 

 year or two often in the prize lists. This dog had an 

 abundance of coat, but such celebrities as Timothy Foiler 

 formed one of a galaxy not so well off in this respect. 

 Trick, another of Mr. Carrick's, was a good sort of dog, 

 though a little common in appearance, and showing, to 

 one with even half an eye to character, that he was 

 a little bit of the " Creole " as crossed between the two 

 varieties. 



About the end of 1883 Lord Lonsdale purchased a 

 number of the best wire-haired terriers, which he kept in 

 kennels, with his hounds, at Blankney, near Lincoln. 

 The lot included Briggs, for which 200/. was paid ; Miss 

 Miggs and Vora, a hundred guineas each ; Snowball and 

 Sam Weller, 200/. the couple ; which with Bundle, then an 

 old bitch, constituted the team, she being bought for 42/. 



Although I have already mentioned a number of tip-top 

 terriers from the border city, another dog equal to any 

 was awaiting us at the Kennel Club's Show, which took 

 place in February, 1889, at the Alexandra Palace. This 

 was a white puppy called Carlisle Tyro, just about the right 

 size for his age, 171b. in weight, and allowed to be the 

 best of his kind seen, at any rate of late years, by Tack 

 (whose portrait is given elsewhere) from Vice. Tyro was 



