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this dog we have one of the foundation- 

 stones of the Fox-terrier stud-book, as 

 he was the sire of SpUnter, who in his turn 

 was the sire of Vesuvian. 



Mr. Redmond's next great winners were 

 D'Orsay and Dominie, two sterhng good 

 terriers, the former of which was the sire 

 of Dame D'Orsay, who, bred to Despoiler, 

 produced Dame Fortune, the mother of 

 Donna Fortuna, whose other parent was 

 Dominie. Donna Fortuna, considered uni- 

 versally the best specimen of a Fox-terrier 

 ever produced, had from the first a brilliant 

 career, for though fearlessly shown on all 

 occasions she never knew defeat. Some 

 took exception to her want of what is called 

 terrier character, and others would have 

 liked her a shade smaller ; but we have 

 still to see the Fo.v-terrier, taken all round, 

 that could beat her. 



As an outcross Mr. Redmond purchased 

 Dreadnought, one of the highest class dogs 

 seen for many j^ears, but had very bad 

 luck with him, an accident preventing him 

 from being shown and subsequently caus- 

 ing his early death. We must not forget 

 Duchess of Durham or Dukedom ; but to 

 enumerate all Mr. Redmond's winners it 



MRS J H. BROWNS CH CAPTAIN DOUBLE 



BY DORSAYS DOUBLE CHERRY B. 



Photograph by Rcvelty, Wantagt. 



would be necessary to take the catalogues 

 of all the important shows held for the 

 past thirty years. To no one do we owe 

 so much ; no one has made such a study of 

 the breed, reducing it almost to a science, 



with the result that even outside his kennels 

 no dog has any chance of permanently 

 holding his own unless he has an ample 

 supply of the blood. 



The great opponent of the Totteridge 



MR. FRANK REEK'S CH. OXONIAN' 

 BY OVERTURE DARK BLUE. 



Kennel up to some few years ago was un- 

 questionably Mr. Vicary, of Newton Abbot, 

 who laid the foundation of his kennel with 

 Vesuvian, who was by Splinter, out of 

 Kohinor, and from whom came the long 

 line of winners, Venio-Vesuvienne, Vice- 

 Regal, Valuator , Visto, and Veracity. 

 Fierce war raged round these kennels, 

 each having its admiring and devoted 

 adherents, until one side would not look 

 at anj'thing but a Redmond Terrier to 

 the exclusion of the Vicary type. The 

 Xewton Abbot strain was remarkable for 

 beautiful heads and great quality, but was 

 faulty in feet and not absolute as to fronts, 

 each of which properties was a sine quo 

 noil amongst the Totteridge dogs. Latter- 

 day breeders have recognised that in the 

 crossing of the two perfection lies, and 

 Mr. Redmond himself has not hesitated 

 to go some way on the same road. 



It is fortunate for the breed of Fo.x- 

 terriers how great a hold the hobby takes, 

 and how enthusiastically its votaries pursue 

 it, otherwise we should not have amongst 

 us men like Mr. J. C. Tinne, whose name 

 is now a household word in the Fox-terrier 

 world, as it has been any time for the past 



