1 66 The Sporting Dog 



fox terriers, both smooth and wire hair, have 

 been distributed all over the United States and 

 British America. Each of the four has imported 

 freely. They have given to the fanciers the 

 Vicary and other fashions in English terrier 

 blood. 



There have been two high tides in fox terriers. 

 The first was when Mr. Belmont had the gay 

 little white dog, Lucifer, the still more typical 

 but not so compact Rachel, Bacchanal, Dusky 

 Trap, and others. In the height of his enthu- 

 siasm I remember seeing Mr. Belmont industri- 

 ously treading the sawdust and judging a large 

 class of terriers at a New York show some fifteen 

 years ago. 



The other wave of popularity was when Mr. 

 Carnochan took up the fancy in earnest, and Mr. 

 Raper, the English professional, sent over the 

 smooth Claude Duval and the great wire hair. 

 Go Bang. Mr. Carnochan not only placed Go 

 Bang in his kennel, but also secured that other 

 son of Meersbrook Bristles, Champion Thorn- 

 field Knockout. Lately he has kept himself at 

 the head of the wire hair fancy by bringing over 

 Champion Barkby Ben. 



Mr. Rutherford now has Dusky Don 11, Clau- 

 dian, and a half-dozen other smooth stud dogs, 

 and has recently enlarged his kennel. 



From these four kennels and from many other 



