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THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



the best Fox-Terriers of recent times, we reproduce from the columns of the Live Slock Journal 

 a table which was expressly compiled for the benefit of its readers, with the explanatory diagram 

 by which it was accompanied : 



The subject of pluck is one which seems to be but imperfectly understood by the vast 

 majority of those who have not studied this breed with care. One often hears a youthful 

 owner expatiating upon the pluck and courage of his Fox-terrier, and compare his capacity in 

 this direction with that of a Bull-terrier. Nothing could be more absurd than this, for the 

 latter is, but a Fox-terrier is not, essentially a " hard " dog. A Fox-terrier is required to go 

 to earth after his quarry, and, if he can, to bolt him. If not, by barking he is enabled to 

 direct the operations of the diggers-out. A Bull-terrier, on the contrary, would creep up to 

 his quarry, and, if necessary, take his death without a murmur ; much to the disgust of those 

 whose object was sport, and not the murder of a plucky dog, or a game chase in an earth 

 without a soul to see fair-play to either. 



"Terrier quality," or "Terrier character," is the last point upon which we propose to 

 touch, and it is a most essential one when Fox-terriers have got to be considered. It 



