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terriers which have gone to America. They had proved 

 so successful that arrangements were made by Mr. G. M. 

 Carnochan, New York, to match two terriers of his own 

 breeding against any two that Mr. G. Raper, Gomersal, 

 could produce from his kennels. Other exhibitors later 

 on had dogs of theirs included in the match, which came off 

 in the quarantine station at Beddington, near Croydon, 

 in August of last year. The location was made imperative 

 as the American dog — only one had been brought over — 

 was confined there by order of the Board of Agriculture. 

 The Duchess of Newcastle, Mr. Roland Philipson, Mr. 

 Francis Redmond, and Messrs. Mason and Wood were 

 the other competitors who sent dogs to join in the match. 

 There was a certain amount of mystery as to the identity 

 of the puppies brought across the Atlantic, rumour crediting 

 Mr. Carnochan with possession of a brace by Go Bang far 

 ahead of anything in this country. Once again rumour was 

 wrong, for the proprietor of the Riversdale-on-Hudson 

 kennel had but one American-bred puppy fit to show ; the 

 other had been purchased in England within the last few 

 weeks and was not therefore eligible to compete. As a 

 matter of fact, Mr. Carnochan paid forfeit in his second 

 match, although showing his English puppy, just for the fun 

 of the thing. 



Mr. Philipson also paid forfeit, having nothing to produce. 

 There were two matches, Mr. W. Pitt Pitts judging the 

 first, whilst, on being pressed by the exhibitors, Mr. F. 

 Redmond consented to make the awards in the second 

 contest, in which he was not, of course, interested. In the 

 first match Mr. Carnochan's nomination, Cairnsmuir Get 

 There, was opposed by the Duchess of Newcastle's Commo- 

 dore of Notts and Mr. F. Redmond's Dusky Cackler. The 



