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seen, and in proof of this it may be stated that after the 

 show she was purchased by Mr. J. H. Kelly for 125/. Mr. 

 S. Hill had at that time perhaps as strong a kennel of 

 " wire-hairs" as any man, and for the most part its 

 inmates were of his own breeding, his Meersbrook Bristles, 

 Lordship, Magpie, and Sereneness being two couples of 

 terriers which as bred by the exhibitor have, we fancy, 

 not previously been excelled. Unfortunately, most of 

 these terriers were disqualified for having their coats 

 artificially a crispened" by the use of magnesia, an episode 

 which caused considerable excitement at the time. Mr. 

 Hill's strain of " Meersbrooks " is still to be found in most of 

 the best terriers being shown now in 1902. 



On previous pages I have given the particulars as to the 

 formation of certain kennels of smooth-coated fox terriers, 

 and perhaps some little information as to what has been 

 done with the wire-haired variety may not be without 

 interest. Mr. Enoch Welburn, who died very unexpectedly 

 and much regretted early in 1902, has already been men- 

 tioned as an admirer of the wire-haired fox terrier, and as 

 the owner of some of our very best specimens of late years 

 the following particulars of two or three of them will go to 

 prove that no little amount of skill and judgment are 

 required to enable a man to make a good selection. Take 

 the dog Prompter, for instance, bred by Mr. W. Beecroft, of 

 Malton. Mr. Welburn noticed him at Pickering in 1890, 

 where he did not get into the money, owing, doubtless, to 

 bad condition. The dog was then called Little Joe. Mr. 

 Welburn saw good in him, and three days later became his 

 owner for 12/. At Knaresborough a month later Mr. 

 Maxwell awarded him the honours as the best fox terrier in 

 the show, and, after other successes, his owner had the 



