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terrier ; there was no denying his quality, 

 though he was to a certain extent a flukily 

 bred one, and as a consequence has not 

 been, either in England or America, so far 

 as the writer knows, a great success at the 

 stud. Mr. Raper sold Go Bang to Mr. G. M. 

 Carnochan, of New York, for something like 

 500, probably the biggest price that has 

 ever been paid for any 

 Fox-terrier. Mr. Hay- 

 ward 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. This was a 

 little dog of great sub- 

 stance for his size, and 

 he had perhaps the best 

 head that one of his 

 size has ever possessed. 

 He had also a good 

 coat, though he could 

 always have done with 

 a little more of it. He 

 was a well-bred dog, 

 and one would have 

 thought a likely sire, 

 but his name rarely 

 appears in pedigrees. 



Mr. Wharton was a well-known exhibitor 

 and judge some time back ; in the latter 

 capacity he sometimes still officiates, and 

 though one never now sees him exhibiting, 

 he no doubt has not lost touch with the 

 variety. It was he who owned that ex- 

 cellent little terrier Ch. Bushey Broom, who 

 created quite a furore when first exhibited 

 at the Westminster Aquarium, Mr. Wharton 

 driving off at once to his owner, who lived 

 somewhere in the suburbs of London, to 

 buy him. Bushey Broom had a very 

 successful career on the bench, and was 

 hardly beaten until the aforesaid Carlisle 

 Tyro accomplished this feat, at the show 

 at which he was disqualified. 



MR. C. HOULKER'S 



CH. DUSKY ADMIRAL 



BY COMMODORE OF NOTTS 

 RUTH. 



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 who shall say 

 it was misplaced ? and 

 certainly the specimens 

 shown by him, what- 

 ever their individual 

 faults, were invariably 

 a sporting, game-look- 

 ing lot. Mr. Sidney 

 Castle has for many 

 years shown wire-hair 

 Fox - terriers of more 

 than average merit ; he 

 thoroughly understands 

 the variety, indeed, per- 

 haps as well as any- 

 body. Messrs. Bar tie, 

 Brumby Mutter, G. 

 Welch, and S. Wilson, 

 are all old fanciers who 

 have great experience, 

 have bred and shown excellent specimens, 

 and are sound judges, who, for the good of 

 the variety, in common with the survivors 

 of those mentioned above, ought to judge 

 much more frequently than they do. 



In mentioning (perforce with brevity) the 

 names of celebrated men and terriers of 

 years gone by, reference must be made to a 

 terrier shown some time ago, which, in the 

 writer's opinion, was as good, taken all 

 round, as any that have so far appeared. 

 This was Ch. Quantock Nettle, afterwards 

 purchased by a gentleman in Wales and 

 renamed Lexden Nettle. Of correct size, 

 with marvellous character, an excellent 

 jacket and very takingly marked with 



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