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Mr. F. Redmond's Don't Go Bang, all white, hard in coat, 

 a workman to look at, not absolutely straight in front, and 

 lacking the style the show judge has of late taken into con- 

 sideration. Whilom champions were put in back positions ; 

 there was much wailing, but not much fault finding, and 

 when in placing the winner for the challenge cup Mr. Shirley 

 went for Mr. Enfield's Dusky Reine, a murmur of applause 

 was heard round the ring side. She is less than the dog, has 

 not so much coat, but is handsomer and more symmetrical. It 

 is strange that both these terriers, as well as Miss Hatfeild's 

 Dusky Cackler, second in the open class, should be bred by 

 Mr. F. Redmond, whose successes as an owner of smooth- 

 coated fox terriers are, to say the least, phenomenal. 

 Whether this fancy of these two modern judges for smaller 

 terriers than have been winning of late will have any 

 influence in the future cannot be stated now, but that many 

 of our so-called best dogs have been over-sized is scarcely 

 a matter of opinion. It may be interesting to note in this 

 connection that Dusky Reine had been sold by her breeder 

 for 15/. after she had been refused at the same money by a 

 well-known exhibitor who would perhaps scarcely like his 

 name mentioned here. A few weeks later at Birmingham 

 Dusky Reine was beaten by Sir H. de Trafford's old bitch 

 Donington Flirt, when Mr. Redmond judged, although 

 Flirt at the Cheltenham show in good form received but 

 a card of honour — an honest proof of the difference of 

 opinion judges may hold. 



Other good dogs just now are Mr. R. Philipson's King 

 Elf, a somewhat sensational purchase of Mr. E. Welburn's, 

 and by many persons considered the best wire-haired dog 

 of to-day. He is hardly that, though of distinctly high 

 quality. His sire, Royston Remus, bred by Mr. Howard, 



