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who afterwards gained fame, joined the 
ranks of exhibitors. Of these several 
became prominent judges, notably J. Bar- 
row and J. Taylor, while the successful 
prize-winners were J. Allen’s Cupid, Mr. 
Justice’s Vixen, Viper, and Victor, Mr. J. 
Key’s Topsy and Virago. Then Mr. John 
Tatham introduced his two Jerrys, and a 
little later Mr. J. H. Mather got together a 
very formidable team, the nucleus of which 
was obtained from Mr. Justice. 
It is not generally known that the eminent 
Fox-terrier expert, Mr. Robert Vicary, is 
also a very old admirer of the breed under 
notice. He judged them at important shows 
long years ago, and has still an affection for 
them. 
Coming to a later epoch, we find Mr. T. 
Ellis, of Cheetham Hill, introduced to the 
fancy, and he very soon made his presence 
felt by his success, eventually attaining 
a very high position, for his Ch. Pearl 
was practically invincible. At all events, 
she won during her career something like 150 
first prizes and a large number of cups and 
other trophies. Mr. Ellis has also the dis- 
tinction of having been represented by the 
largest number of entries ever made at a 
show by one owner or firm, for on two occa- 
sions when the Aquarium Terrier Shows 
were promoted he sent in twenty entries, 
completely ousting all his rivals by securing 
all the principal prizes as well as the one 
for the best team of any variety. Turk 
was another celebrity owned by him. 
Colonel C. S. Dean afterwards came into 
possession of Ch. Pearl, he having established 
at Bebbington the largest and most complete 
kennels ever devoted to the breed, from 
which emanated many champions, notable 
amongst which were Starkie Ben—picked up 
cheaply after he had made a successful 
appearance at a small show which took 
place at Farnworth, near Bolton—Benham 
Daisy, Benham Beauty, and others who 
did credit to that prefix. Mr. J. Howarth, 
of Manchester, also made his mark ; one of 
his dogs, Strangeways General, being not 
only a big winner but a noted sire. Mr. T. 
Whalley, ex-chairman of the Kennel Club 
Council of Representatives, Mr. Tweed, 
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and Mr. H. Monk have been amongst the 
most successful exhibitors in the south, 
but for some occult reason the breed has 
never become so popular there as it is in 
the north; the neighbourhood of Bolton, 
in particular, is noted as a breeding centre. 
No one, however, has been quite so suc- 
cessful in recent years as regards the number 
of prizes won as Mr. W. Barlow, of Red- 
cliffe, and his brother James, of Farnworth, 
for between them they have bred more noted 
winners than anyone else, such names as 
Prince Imperial, Beaconsfield, Marvel, and 
Brilliant Star, being familiar through the 
frequency of their appearance in the prize- 
lists. The first mentioned is also the 
progenitor of nearly all our biggest winners 
at the present time, for his alliance with old 
Queen and Beauty, two of his kennel mates, 
has resulted in a greater certainty of the 
production of long, clean heads, with correct 
colour and markings, where formerly wide 
skulls and smutty colouring were the all too 
common whims oi fortune, which had, per- 
force, to be endured by the majority of 
breeders. We must not omit to mention 
the late Mr. Brereton Lathom, of Eccles, 
whose efforts to revive public interest in the 
breed at a time when it had reached the 
lowest ebb will always be acknowledged. 
He also owned several good specimens, 
the best being probably Sir Alfred, amongst 
whose many victories may be cited that 
at one of the earlier Manchester Dog Shows, 
where he carried off the cup. Nor would 
this chapter be anything like complete 
if mention were not made of Mr. J. J. 
Johnson, of Manchester, an old and faithful 
friend of the breed, and one of the most 
respected judges of to-day. 
There are many who hold the opinion 
that one of the chief reasons for the deca- 
dence in the popularity of the Black-and-tan 
terrier, notwithstanding its many claims 
to favour, is to be found in the loss of that 
very alert appearance which was a general 
characteristic before the Kennel Club made 
it illegal to crop the ears of such as were 
intended for exhibition. It must be admitted 
that until very recently there was a con- 
siderable amount of truth in the prevalent 
