198 The Fox Terrier. 



and successfully shown by Mr. Pitt-Pitts (but now the 

 property of Mr. Cheadle), is, or rather was, a high-class 

 terrier, a great winner, but he has gone off, and was always 

 a bit short in his neck. Raby Top Knot we have already 

 mentioned ; and perhaps the best headed fox terrier, 

 smooth or wire-haired, I ever saw was Matchmaker, which 

 Mr. Raper showed with such great success, and then 

 sent to America in exchange for a couple of hundred 

 pounds. This dog was by no means perfect in body and 

 shoulders, but his head was of extreme length, beautifully 

 moulded and thoroughly that of a terrier, with keen, 

 sparkling, almond-shaped eyes, so desirable to give 

 character and expression to a dog of his variety. 



Sir H. de Trafford's Donington Flirt — one of our very 

 best bitches, with a coat like pin wire, and as straight now 

 at five years old as she was when a puppy — has won a great 

 many prizes during her career ; in size being exactly what 

 is required, and she is a terrier all over. Mr. J. W. 

 Swingler's Barkby Ben, Mr.Thurnhall's Cauldwell Scorcher, 

 the Duchess of Newcastle's Cackler and Christopher of 

 Notts, Mr. Bartle's Wellingboro' Conqueror and Boxer, and 

 Mr. C. McNeil's Donington Judy are all of the highest 

 class. Nor must such typical terriers as Mr. R. Philipson 

 shows — Knock Out, Microbe, Appleby Jane, and Westoe 

 Ben — be forgotten, as all are great winners whenever they 

 appear. About the best group of wired-haired terriers I 

 ever saw — for quality, not for numbers — was at Birmingham 

 in 1898, when the open class contained Go Bang, Match- 

 maker, Knock Out, Royston Remus, Meersbrook Lordship, 

 Tarras Gaffer, Grove Bristles, and Barkby Ben, the first 

 name being placed top. 



Allusion has been made to some of the wired-haired 



