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on his forehead, an unfailing sign of a soft coat all over, and a 

 thing which breeders should studiously avoid. This topknot 

 was at one time more prevalent than it is now. Whether it 

 is a coincidence or not one cannot say, but it is a fact that in 

 the writer's experience several terriers possessed of this fault 

 have also blue markings, which again are almost invariably 

 accompanied by a soft coat, and taking these two peculiarities 

 together it would seem that at some time, years ago, a cross 

 with that wonderfully game but exceedingly soft-coated 

 terrier, the Bedlington, may have been resorted to, though if 

 so it would appear that nowadays any effect of it is gradually 

 dying out. 



Mr. George Raper is one of the old fanciers who has for 

 many years owned some of the best specimens of the variety, 

 Ch. Go Bang perhaps being the most notable. Go Bang was 

 a beautiful terrier ; there was no denying his quality. Mr. 

 Raper sold him to Mr. G. M. Carnochan, of New York, for 

 something like 500, probably the biggest price that has ever 

 been pajd for any Fox-terrier. Mr. Hayward Field is another 

 gentleman who has been exhibiting the breed for very many 

 years, and has owned several good terriers. The late Mr. 

 Clear had also at one time a strong kennel, the best of which by 

 a long way was Ch. Jack St. Leger. 



Mr. Wharton was a well-known exhibitor and judge some 

 time back. It was he who owned that excellent little terrier 

 Ch. Bushey Broom, who created quite a furore when first 

 exhibited at the Westminster Aquarium. 



Mr. Harding Cox was years ago a great supporter of the 

 variety. He exhibited with varying success, and was always 

 much in request as a judge ; one knew in entering under him 

 that he wanted firstly a terrier, and further that the terrier 

 had to be sound. Mr. Cox has of course played a big part in 

 the popularisation of the Fox-terrier, for, as all the world 

 knows, he was the instigator of the Fox-terrier Club, it being 

 founded at a meeting held at his house. His love has ever 

 been for the small terrier, and certainly the specimens shown 



