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judge, and he is entitled to be named in connection with this best on record 

 in the way of a class entry. 



As in the case of the early large entries of Boston terriers, there was a 

 good deal of rubbish in the English shows of that time, for it is the belief of 

 every Englishman that he knows a fox terrier, if he knows anything in this , 

 wide world, and at that time the inherent belief was stronger than now, 

 hence all sorts of dogs were sent to the shows. But class became more 

 apparent after a time, and the large sum a good terrier has always com- 

 manded was an incentive to owners to continue breeding and exhibiting. 

 Anything like a history of the breed in England would be an impossibility 

 in the space at our disposal, and those seeking for that information are 

 referred to Mr. Lee's most thorough work on the breed. His knowledge of a 

 good terrier is fully recognised, hence we cannot do better than give his 

 draughting of the ten best smooth fox terriers in England up to 1890. At 

 the head he put Result, followed by Old Jock, Chance, Tyrant, Dorcas, 

 Buffet, Olive, Venture, Richmond Olive and Vesuvienne. Of these Rich- 

 mond Olive was the only one that came to America, we being instrumental 

 in purchasing her for Mr. John E. Thayer, then our leading fox-terrier 

 exhibitor. The actual price paid Mr. Raper for the bitch was ;{^i8o, the 

 asking price being ;^200, and Mr. Thayer declined to receive the check for 

 what balance was left of his ;^i,ooo after paying the expenses. That was 

 the largest price paid for a fox-terrier bitch and the largest for any dog 

 imported up to that time. 



From the very first of the dog shows in this country the fox terrier has 

 been well represented, not of course to the same relative extent as were the 

 sporting dogs for many years, but they always have been a factor in forming 

 the show total of entries. At the first show in Boston, held in 1878, there 

 were nine entries in the one class for the breed, and two of these Were from 

 England. Mr. T. H. Scott, whose sketch of early show terriers in England 

 we have quoted from, sent over his bitch Vic, by Vandal, with which he had 

 won a first and four seconds at North of England shows; and Mr. J. A. 

 Doyle, still a leading authority on the breed, was represented by his dog 

 Lottery, late Tricard, with which he won second, but the only record we 

 have at hand does not name the winner. Lottery was successful at 

 one or two Western shows, but at that time we were in England, so 

 that our first personal knowledge of fox terriers here dates from New 

 York in 1880. 



