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terrier; there was no denying his quality, 
though he was to a certain extent a flukily 
bred one, and as a consequence has not 
been, either in England or America, so far 
as the writer knows, a great success at the 
stud. Mr. Raper sold Go Bang to Mr. G. M. 
Carnochan, of New York, for something like 
£500, probably the biggest price that has 
ever been paid for any 
Fox-terrier. Mr. Hay- 
ward Field is another 
gentleman who has been 
exhibiting the breed for 
very many years, and 
has owned several good 
terriers. The late Mr. 
Clear had also at one 
time a strong kennel, 
the best of which by a 
long way was Ch. Jack 
St. Leger. This was a 
little dog of great sub- 
stance for his size, and 
he had perhaps the best 
head that one of his 
size has ever possessed. 
He had also a_ good 
coat, though he could 
always have done with 
a little more of it. He 
was a well-bred dog, 
and one would have 
thought a likely sire, 
but his name rarely 
appears in pedigrees. 
Mr. Wharton was a well-known exhibitor 
and judge some time back; in the latter 
capacity he sometimes still officiates, and 
though one never now sees him exhibiting, 
he no doubt has not lost touch with the 
variety. It was he who owned that ex- 
cellent little terrier Ch. Bushey Broom, who 
created quite a furore when first exhibited 
at the Westminster Aquarium, Mr. Wharton 
driving off at once to his owner, who lived 
somewhere in the suburbs of London, to 
buy him. Bushey Broom had a_ very 
successful career on the bench, and was 
hardly beaten until the aforesaid Carlisle 
Tyro accomplished this feat, at the show 
at which he was disqualified. 
MR. C. HOULKER'S 
CH. DUSKY ADMIRAL 
BY COMMODORE OF NOTTS——DUSKY 
RUTH. 
THE NEW BOOK 
OF THE DOG. 
Mr. Harding Cox was years ago a great 
supporter of the variety. He exhibited 
with varying success, and was always much 
in request as a judge; one knew in entering 
under him that he wanted firstly a terrier, 
and further that the terrier had to be sound. 
Mr. Cox has of course played a big part in 
the popularisation of the Fox-terrier, for, as 
all the world knows, he 
was the instigator of 
the Fox-terrier Club, it 
being founded at a 
meeting held at his 
house. His love has 
ever been for the small 
terrier — who shall say 
it was misplaced ?—and 
certainly the specimens 
shown by him, what- 
ever their individual 
_ faults, were invariably 
a sporting, game-look- 
ing lot. Mr. Sidney 
Castle has for many 
years shown wire-hair 
Fox - terriers of more 
than average merit ; he 
thoroughly understands 
the variety, indeed, per- 
haps as well as any- 
body. Messrs. Bartle, 
Brumby Mutter, G. 
Welch, and S. Wilson, 
are all old fanciers who 
have great experience, 
have bred and shown excellent specimens, 
and are sound judges, who, for the good of 
the variety, in common with the survivors 
of those mentioned above, ought to judge 
much more frequently than they do. 
In mentioning (perforce with brevity) the 
names of celebrated men and terriers of 
years gone by, reference must be made to a 
terrier shown some time ago, which, in the 
writer’s opinion, was as good, taken all 
round, as any that have so far appeared. 
This was Ch. Quantock Nettle, afterwards 
purchased by a gentleman in Wales and 
renamed Lexden Nettle. Of correct size, 
with marvellous character, an excellent 
jacket and very takingly marked with 
