78 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



tongues freely. The three were sired by a dog 

 called Satan, winner of a first prize and gold cup 

 at Brentwood in 1876, and their dam was Vixen 

 by old Pantaloon, the last named said to have been 

 a very dark-coloured one, and from whom I sup- 

 pose my dogs inherited their pretty black-and-tan 

 markings. Sparkle was a capital dog underground, 

 and he was also very intelligent. He was not, 

 however, able latterly to run with the pack, as he 

 lamed himself through catching his leg in the 

 chain when jumping out of a manger, and he con- 

 sequently spent most of his time digging out mice 

 in the orchard. We always fed him at luncheon- 

 time, and used to send him a message by any one 

 who happened to be going past the orchard. They 

 only had to call out, " Sparkle, you are wanted," 

 and he immediately toddled up to the house. 



A good prick-eared dog I had, named Specs, 

 because the markings round his eyes resembled a 

 pair of spectacles, was a granddaughter of Sparkle's, 

 her dam being Mr Dendy's Jill, by Redcap ex Kitty 

 Fisher. Specs had a Redcap jacket and a won- 

 derful nose, and would hunt and work from morn- 

 ing to night. She would also find and work a 

 drain under water. Specs had a very good litter 

 to Sharper, one of which was Spangle, the dam 

 of Redstart by Redtop. It was curious that all 

 Specs' puppies had drop ears, and I always con- 

 sidered that her own prick ears came from Kitty 

 Fisher. 



Another of old Sparkle's descendants was Ju- 



