40 Varieties of the Dog. 
When, however, the fields of horsemen increased in num- 
bers from two or three score to two or three hundred— 
when ‘their riding became either a steeplechase between 
those who went straight, or a flat race among the “ma- 
cadamisers ;”—and when hounds were Dred fast enough to 
get away from all, the little terrier stood a poor chance of 
escaping with life and limb, and his services were confined 
to underground work, for which he is now kept handy to 
the part of the country which is to be hunted, his absence 
being supplied by the nearest rat or rabbit terrier that can 
be obtained. In the cub-hunting he is specially service- 
able, and, indeed, it is for this purpose that he Is chiefly 
kept by the huntsmen of our various packs ; for it is but 
seldom that a regularly entered fox terrier attached to the 
pack is at hand when a fox is run to ground during the 
season. 
The fox terrier is a clever, strong little dog, possessing 
great endurance and remarkable courage, and a nose 
almost as sensitive as the harrier or beagle. He derives 
his pluck from the bull-dog, like other useful vermin 
killers, and is generally kept for the purpose of destroying 
those vermin which prove more than a match for the 
harrier or beagle. In his encounters with such, the fox 
terrier is rendered more determined, and his natural 
prowess is encouraged, as with superior ability he brings 
his antagonist to a state of helplessness or destruction. 
Hence he becomes the attendant and companion of the 
ratcatcher, gamekeeper, or farmer, who make use of his 
attainments in clearing the barns, stables, kennels, etc., 
of rats and mice, and occasionally other vermin. In 
former days it was the practice of adding a couple of fox 
terriers to each pack of fox hounds, for the purpose of 
bolting the fox when he takes refuge from his pursuers 
in some accessible drain, or otherwise goes to ground. 
The pluck and endurance of the fox terrier enables him 
to follow steadily in the track, finally coming up to do 
the required unearthing when other means are not ayail- 
able. In later years, hounds have been bred to greater 
speed, and the terrier has been dispensed with, but re- 
tained as a companion or guard, and for destroying ground 
