80 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
seldom used for entering a fox-earth, pedigree is not so necessary 
as in the case of a greyhound, foxhound, pointer, or setter, where 
performance goes even before good looks. - 
Until within the last thirty or forty years, terriers were attached 
in twos and threes to most foxhound-packs, and in some countries 
drew the coverts with them, keeping at the tail of the pack when 
running if the pace was not very good, and even if it was so, 
The Fox-Terrier, Smooth and Rough. 
generally managing to make up their leeway at each check, As 
the fields of horsemen became larger the poor little “ follower” 
was constantly ridden over in his attempt to get to the front, and 
so it came to pass that he was usually left at home or sent to some 
farmhouse near the earths likely to be entered on the day in 
question. Many packs rely on chance for the nearest terrier, and, 
