228 The Fox Terrier. 



Still another instance. The bitch Venom, grand-dam of 

 some of my best terriers, after being mated with a fox 

 terrier dog, formed a morganatic alliance with a Skye 

 terrier. All the pups, with one exception, were Skye 

 terriers, or, at any rate, half-bred ones. The exception 

 was a white bitch with a lemon-marked head. Her life 

 was the one saved, but merely to keep with the dam as a 

 matter of kindness. At four weeks old she was sold for 

 half-a-crown, and ultimately developed into one of the best 

 bitches of the day — Nellie by name — who, in due course, 

 had at least one illustrious family, an individual of which 

 sold for more than ioo/., and all in that same litter which 

 produced this " century puppy" became prize winners and 

 notabilities. 



Such cases as the above show the amount of luck there 

 may be in breeding terriers as in anything else. The bitch 

 Jess (8037), by Grip — Patch, from which most of Mr. A. H. 

 Clarke's best terriers are descended (Result included), 

 through her alliance with Brockenhurst Rally, was sent to 

 me on approval just before Mr. Clarke bought her. She 

 did not appear to me a likely model from which to produce 

 champions, so, after keeping her a couple of days, she was 

 returned. Had she better pleased me I would never have 

 even dreamed of putting her to Rail}-. Thus, if Jess had 

 come into my possession, the champion of his time, Result, 

 would never have been born. 



The fox terrier reared and brought up on the lines 

 suggested, if he be good enough to make his debut on the 

 show bench, will require little or no further preparation ; he 

 goes well in the chain (which must be about a yard long, 

 with a swivel and spring at each end, a swivel in the 

 middle, and each link so wide that the springs can be 



