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conspicuous for pluck. The son on whom old Jock's mantle really fell, at least as a sire, 

 was Jester. His dam, Cottingham Nettle, was herself said to be a daughter of Old Jock. This, 

 if true, strikingly illustrates the capacity of the blood to bear in-breeding, a capacity of which 

 I shall have more to say hereafter. Jester himself was never shown, owing to an accident, 

 and I should hardly imagine that he had the style and quality needful for a show dog. His 

 fame as a stud dog was established by his two daughters, Satire and XL. Satire was, as I 

 have said, out of a bitch of Mr. Stevenson's blood, and, besides winning many prizes, she 

 was the dam of good ones. XL was seldom shown ; but most good judges are agreed in 

 placing her among the best ever seen. She was begotten from a bitch by old Tyrant, dam 

 by Jock, and as Tyrant himself was a grandson of Jock, this is a pretty good comment on 

 the lengths to which in-breeding may safely be carried. XL herself, whether from ill-luck 

 or injudicious mating, never bred anything of any conspicuous merit. Of Jester's sons, by 

 far the most noted was Jester II., from a bitch combining the Brocklesby and Lord Middleton's 

 blood. His Terrier-like character, marred by a coarse head and ill-carried ears, is too fresh 

 in the memory of the public to need description. As a stud dog, his best success has been 

 with that sterling good bitch Akely Nettle. Her dam was a granddaughter of Old Jester, 

 another illustration of the aptitude of the blood for in-breeding. 



There is yet another son of Jock's that deserves mention, Mr. Shirley's Jack, a Birmingham 

 winner in 1867. He passed into Mr. Gibson's hands, but was unluckily lost before he had 

 time to prove his full merits as a sire. His memory, however, was preserved at Brokenhurst, 

 by his daughter Judy, the dam of Moss, from whom are descended a host of good dogs, 

 including Buffett and Bloomer, and thus, through two lines, Bloom. 



Passing to Jock's daughters, unquestionably the most distinguished of them was Nectar. 

 She was a genuine daughter and the only one by Jock of Grove Nettle. She was, however, 

 a good deal lighter than her dam, and would hardly have had substance enough to satisfy 

 most judges now-a-days. Still she would always have stood high. She was, in her turn, the 

 dam of several good though of no first-class dogs. A more distinguished daughter of old 

 Jock, at least as a matron, was Cottingham Nettle, the dam, by different dogs, of Jester, Willie, 

 and Brokenhurst Nettle ; the latter, in her turn, the dam of Flinger, Flasher, Brokenhurst Sting, 

 and Boxer. Besides these we shall, in the course of our genealogical survey, come across other 

 successful daughters of Old Jock. I have already noticed the special fitness of this blood for 

 in-breeding, and I will mention a few more instances. Tyrant was out of a Jock bitch. His son, 

 Sam, was also out of a Jock bitch. Sam's three best children, setting aside Venture Myrtle, 

 Willie, and Tickler were all out of Jock bitches. Again, Nectar, when put to Tyke, produced 

 young Tyke, a dog of remarkable quality ; while to Tyrant she produced Nina and Lill, both prize 

 winners. Lill, in turn, was put to Gadfly, a grandson of Jock, and also related to her through 

 Grove Nettle, and produced Derby Nectar, a bitch of considerable merit. I may add that I 

 myself owned a full sister to Derby Nectar, who, when put to Young Tyke, produced Gamester. 

 a dog that has done remarkably well over in America, both as a show dog and a sire. It is 

 noticeable, too, that both Gamester and his own brother, who was drowned on the voyage, 

 were dogs of remarkable bone and strong coat, indeed rather coarse in general character, and 

 with plenty of pluck ; albeit their dam was a light, delicate bitch. I shall return to the whole 

 subject of in-breeding further on. 



As to the external peculiarities of the Jock blood, they are almost always full of Terrier 

 character, and have plenty of substance, with good coats, legs, and feet. They are not always 

 very good in shoulder, their ears are apt to be carried rather high, and their heads have not 

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