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enhurst made him all the keener, and one of his first terriers 

 was a bitch of that blood by Bitters. With daughters of 

 Old Foiler he did very well to wit, Pungent, sister to Dorcas, 

 while through Terror we get Banquet, the granddam of Des- 

 polier. He purchased from Mr. Redmond both Deacon 

 Diamond and Daze, each of whom was bred to Spice, and 

 produced respectively Auburn and Brockenhurst Dainty ; 

 from the latter pair sprang Lottery and Worry, the granddam 

 of Tom Newcome, to whom we owe Brockenhurst Agnes, 

 Brockenhurst Dame, and Dinah Morris, and consequently 

 Adam Bede and Hester Sorrel. 



It has always been Mr. Tinne's principle to aim at produc- 

 ing the best terrier he could, irrespective of the fads of this 

 kennel or that, and his judgment has been amply vindicated, 

 as the prize lists of every large show will testify. And to-day 

 he is the proud possessor of Ch. The Sylph, who has beaten 

 every one of her sex, and is considered by many about the 

 best Fox-terrier ever seen. 



No name is better known or more highly respected by dog 

 owners than that of the late Mr. J. A. Doyle, as a writer, 

 breeder, judge, or exhibitor of Fox-terriers. Whilst breeding 

 largely from his own stock, he was ever on the look-out for a 

 likely outcross. He laid great store on terrier character, and 

 was a stickler for good coats ; a point much neglected in the 

 present-day dog. 



Amongst the smaller kennels is that of Mr. Reeks, now 

 mostly identified with Oxonian and that dog's produce, but 

 he will always be remembered as the breeder of that beautiful 

 terrier, Avon Minstrel. Mr. Arnold Gillett has had a good 

 share of fortune's favours, as the Ridgewood dogs testify ; 

 whilst the Messrs. Powell, Castle, Glynn, Dale, and Crosthwaite 

 have all written their names on the pages of Fox-terrier 

 history. Ladies have ever been supporters of the breed, 

 and no one more prominently so than Mrs. Bennett Edwards, 

 who through Duke of Doncaster, a son of Durham, has founded 

 a kennel which at times is almost invincible, and which still 

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