THE SMOOTH FOX-TERRIER, 
this dog we have one of the foundation- 
stones of the Fox-terrier stud-book, as 
he was the sire of Splinter, who in his turn 
was the sire of Vesuvian. 
Mr. Redmond’s next great winners were 
D’Orsay and Dominie, two sterling good 
terriers, the former of which was the sire 
of Dame D’Orsay, who, bred to Despoiler, 
produced Dame Fortune, the mother of 
Donna Fortuna, whose other parent was 
Dominie. Donna Fortuna, considered uni- 
versally the best specimen of a Fox-terrier 
ever produced, had from the first a brilliant 
career, for though fearlessly shown on all 
occasions she never knew defeat. Some 
took exception to her want of what is called 
terrier character, and others would have 
liked her a shade smaller; but we have 
still to see the Fox-terrier, taken all round, 
that could beat her. 
As an outcross Mr. Redmond purchased 
Dreadnought, one of the highest class dogs 
seen for many years, but had very bad 
luck with him, an accident preventing him 
from being shown and subsequently caus- 
ing his early death. We must not forget 
Duchess of Durham or Dukedom ; but to 
enumerate all Mr. Redmond’s winners it 
MRS. J. H. BROWN'S CH. CAPTAIN DOUBLE 
BY D'ORSAY’S DOUBLE——CHERRY 6B. 
Photograph by Reveley, Wantage. 
would be necessary to take the catalogues 
of all the important shows held for the 
past thirty years. To no one do we owe 
so much ; no one has made such a study of 
the breed, reducing it almost to a science, 
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with the result that even outside his kennels 
no dog has any chance of permanently 
holding his own unless he has an ample 
supply of the blood. 
The great opponent of the Totteridge 
MR. FRANK REEK’S CH. OXONIAN 
BY OVERTURE—DARK BLUE. 
Kennel up to some few years ago was un- 
questionably Mr. Vicary, of Newton Abbot, 
who laid the foundation of his kennel with 
Vesuvian, who was by Splinter, out of 
Kohinor, and from whom came the long 
line of winners, Venio-Vesuvienne, Vice- 
Regal, Valuator, Visto, and Veracity. 
Fierce war raged round these kennels, 
each having its admiring and devoted 
adherents, until one side would not look 
at anything but a Redmond Terrier to 
the exclusion of the Vicary type. The 
Newton Abbot strain was remarkable for 
beautiful heads and great quality, but was 
faulty in feet and not absolute as to fronts, 
each of which properties was a sine qua 
non amongst the Totteridge dogs. Latter- 
day breeders have recognised that in the 
crossing of the two perfection lies, and 
Mr. Redmond himself has not hesitated 
to go some way on the same road. 
Jt is fortunate for the breed of Fox- 
terriers how great a hold the hobby takes, 
and how enthusiastically its votaries pursue 
it, otherwise we should not have amongst 
us men like Mr. J. C. Tinne, whose name 
is now a household word in the Fox-terrier 
world, as it has been any time for the past 
