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blank day. I believe they spent another fruitless day 

 in the locality, no deer being seen or even slotted. 



Besides being a good horseman and, in his younger 

 days, a distinctly hard rider, Mr. Vicary took a great 

 interest in hounds and their work. This was but 

 natural in one who had always been a " doggy " 

 man. The fox-terrier, both the rough and the smooth 

 variety, has always been his speciality, and his 

 kennel is well known wherever that popular dog 

 flourishes. His reputation as a judge, not only of the 

 terrier but of other breeds of dogs, hounds included, 

 is world-wide, as will be seen from the following list 

 of places at which he has acted as judge, mostly on 

 several occasions : — 



Crystal Palace, K.C. ; Botanical Gardens, L.K.A. ; 

 Agricultural Hall, London ; Maddison Gardens, New 

 York ; Cork, Clifton, Dublin, Limerick, Belfast, Berlin, 

 Vienna, Leipsic, Paris, Halberstadt, Amsterdam, 

 Edinburgh, S.K.C. ; Oxford, F.T.C. ; Derby, F.T.C. ; 

 Baden, Bristol, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton, Crediton, 

 Barnstaple, Manchester, Birkenhead, Nottingham, 

 Leicester, Brighton, Chester, Blackpool, F.T.C. ; 

 Antwerp, Brussels, Falmouth, Redruth, Helston, 

 Crickhowell and many others. On two occasions, 

 Mr. Vicary had an engagement to go to Russia, but 

 each time it fell through. Other invitations came 

 from San Francisco, from Sydney and other places 

 in Australia and from South Africa. These, however, 

 had to be declined for want of the necessary time. 



The above postulates a long experience previously 

 acquired ; but experience alone, without the natural 

 gift of " a good eye " for the animal, is of no use. 

 This " good eye " is a far less common attribute than 

 some of our friends would have us believe. Mr. 

 Vicary has it in a marked degree both for hound and 



