THE FOX-TERRIER. 



the black poodle ; but the last-named seems to be the fashionable 

 dog of 1879 for both ladies and gentlemen. Probably not one 

 per cent, of our existing fox-terriers have ever come across the 

 scent of a fox, either in their own persons or in those of their 

 immediate progenitors, but in most cases the strain is derived 



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The Fox-Terrier, Smooth and Eough. 



from some ancestor famous in his or her time for prowess 

 against the reputed natural enemy of the race. Thus we find 

 a large proportion of the modern winners at our shows going 

 back to "Jock," "Trap," "Grove Pepper," "Grove Nettle," 

 "Grove Tartar," the " Quorn Pussy," or some other well-known 

 do<* or bitch regularly entered to fox; but, on the other hand, 

 a much larger number cannot lay claim to a foxhound-kennel 



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