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who afterwards gained fame, joined the 

 ranks of exhibitors. Of these several 

 became prominent judges, notably J. Bar- 

 row and J. Taylor, while the successful 

 prize-winners were J. Allen's Cupid, Mr. 

 Justice's Vixen, Viper, and Victor, Mr. J. 

 Key's Topsy and Virago. Then Mr. John 

 Tatham introduced his two Jerrys, and a 

 little later Mr. J. H. Mather got together a 

 very formidable team, the nucleus of which 

 was obtained from Mr. Justice. 



It is not generally known that the eminent 

 Fox-terrier expert, Mr. Robert Vicary, is 

 also a very old admirer of the breed under 

 notice. He judged them at important shows 

 long years ago, and has still an affection for 

 them. 



Coming to a later epoch, we find Mr. T. 

 Ellis, of Cheetham Hill, introduced to the 

 fancy, and he very soon made his presence 

 felt by his success, eventually attaining 

 a very high position, for his Ch. Pearl 

 was practically invincible. At all events, 

 she won during her career something like 150 

 first prizes and a large number of cups and 

 other trophies. Mr. Ellis has also the dis- 

 tinction of having been represented by the 

 largest number of entries ever made at a 

 show by one owner or firm, for on two occa- 

 sions when the Aquarium Terrier Shows 

 were promoted he sent in twenty entries, 

 completely ousting all his rivals by securing 

 all the principal prizes as well as the one 

 for the best team of any variety. Turk 

 was another celebrity owned by him. 



Colonel C. S. Dean afterwards came into 

 possession of Ch. Pearl, he having established 

 at Bebbington the largest and most complete 

 kennels ever devoted to the breed, from 

 which emanated many champions, notable 

 amongst which were Starkie Ben picked up 

 cheaply after he had made a successful 

 appearance at a small show which took 

 place at Farn worth, near Bolton Benham 

 Daisy, Benham Beauty, and others who 

 did credit to that prefix. Mr. J. Howarth, 

 of Manchester, also made his mark ; one of 

 his dogs, Strangeways General, being not 

 only a big winner but a noted sire. Mr. T. 

 Whalley, ex-chairman of the Kennel Club 

 Council of Representatives, Mr. Tweed, 



and Mr. H. Monk have been amongst the 

 most successful exhibitors in the south, 

 but for some occult reason the breed has 

 never become so popular there as it is in 

 the north ; the neighbourhood of Bolton, 

 in particular, is noted as a breeding centre. 



No one, however, has been quite so suc- 

 cessful in recent years as regards the number 

 of prizes won as Mr. W. Barlow, of Red- 

 cliffe, and his brother James, of Farnworth, 

 for between them they have bred more noted 

 winners than anyone else, such names as 

 Prince Imperial, Beaconsfield, Marvel, and 

 Brilliant Star, being familiar through the 

 frequency of their appearance in the prize- 

 lists. The first mentioned is also the 

 progenitor of nearly all our biggest winners 

 at the present time, for his alliance with old 

 Queen and Beauty, two of his kennel mates, 

 has resulted in a greater certainty of the 

 production of long, clean heads, with correct 

 colour and markings, where formerly wide 

 skulls and smutty colouring were the all too 

 common whims of fortune, which had, per- 

 force, to be endured by the majority of 

 breeders. We must not omit to mention 

 the late Mr. Brereton Lathom, of Eccles, 

 whose efforts to revive public interest in the 

 breed at a time when it had reached the 

 lowest ebb will always be acknowledged. 

 He also owned several good specimens, 

 the best being probably Sir Alfred, amongst 

 whose many victories may be cited that 

 at one of the earlier Manchester Dog Shows, 

 where he carried off the cup. Nor would 

 this chapter be anything like complete 

 if mention were not made of Mr. J. J. 

 Johnson, of Manchester, an old and faithful 

 friend of the breed, and one of the most 

 respected judges of to-day. 



There are many who hold the opinion 

 that one of the chief reasons for the deca- 

 dence in the popularity of the Black-and-tan 

 terrier, notwithstanding its many claims 

 to favour, is to be found in the loss of that 

 very alert appearance which was a general 

 characteristic before the Kennel Club made 

 it illegal to crop the ears of such as were 

 intended for exhibition. It must be admitted 

 that until very recently there was a con- 

 siderable amount of truth in the prevalent 



