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to Moslem was the Rutherfurd's Royal, a new dog, though six years old. 

 In many ways he equalled the winner, but was not so good in feet or coat. 

 The bitch class was quite below the average of the dog class, and in this 

 Mr. Mason won with his English winner Twilight, a punchy little terrier. 

 As only five were mentioned out of a class of twenty-six shovm in the ring, 

 little need be said as to the others. The first wire-haired terrier we know 

 of in this country was here shown as a puppy by the late William R. Hill, 

 of Albany, who got V. H. C. for his Trouble. [Mr. Hill was better known 

 among oarsmen, and it was to him we owed the success of the Beaverwyck 

 four-oared crew over the picked four sent over by the London Rowing Club 

 to the Centennial regatta of 1876.] The best puppy was a very smart- 

 looking black and tan marked dog named Joker, bred by the Messrs. Ruther- 

 furd, and by Nailer out of their winning bitch Active. This was the first 

 American-bred terrier that made a name, and, in addition to minor prizes, 

 he won first in the open class at New York in 1882 and in the champion class 

 in 1883. His sire was an imported son of Buff. 



It was not until 1886 that the breed was advanced to anything like the 

 position it has since maintained. Mr. John E. Thayer, who had had one 

 or two medium-class dogs, got over Raby Tyrant in 1884 and did very well 

 with this dog. Mr. Belmont also took up the breed again and, they, with 

 the new kennel of the late Edward Kelley and quite a number of other exhibi- 

 tors, not only improved the appearance of the classes but added largely to 

 their numbers. In 1886 Mr. Belmont was showing Bacchanal, Diadem, 

 Marguerite, Safety and some good home-bred ones. Mr. Kelley had im- 

 ported the great English dog Spice, but he was only a relic of what he had 

 been, though he won two firsts before he died; he then got his son, Earl 

 Leycester, and a few others, but it was a long way from being so strong a 

 kennel as the other leaders. Mr. Thayer, having imported Richmond 

 Olive and bought Belgrave Primrose from the Messrs. Rutherfurd, soon 

 added to them Raby Mixer. At the same time the Messrs. Rutherfurd 

 had Splauger, Diana, Cornwall Duchess, and, as always, as good as anyone 

 in home-bred terriers. Not content with these good dogs, importations 

 were being made continually, and in this Mr. Belmont took the lead. 



Of the dogs in the country at and about this time, the best dog was 

 undoubtedly Mr. Belmont's Lucifer, an all-white dog, with a spot or two 

 of black on his ears. He was about the right size for a fox terrier, weighing 

 seventeen pounds in show condition. His eyes were off in colour and he 



