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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XXXII
THE
SMOOTH
FOX-TERRIER
To
attempt
to
set
forth
the
origin
of
the
Fox-terrier
as
we
know
him
to-day
would
be
of
no
interest
to
the
general
reader,
and
would
entail
the
task
of
tracing
back
the
several
heterogeneous
sources
from
which
he
sprang.
It
is
a
matter
of
very
little
moment
whether
he
owes
his
origin
to
the
white
English
Terrier
or
to
the
Bull-terrier
crossed
with
the
Black
and
Tan,
or
whether
he
has
a
mixture
of
Beagle
blood
in
his
composition,
so
it
will
suffice
to
take
him
as
he
emerged
from
the
chaos
of
mongreldom
about
the
middle
of
the
last
century,
rescued
in
the
first
instance
by
the
desire
of
huntsmen
or
masters
of
well-known
packs
to
produce
a
terrier
somewhat
in
keeping
with
their
hounds;
and,
in
the
second
place,
to
the
advent
of
dog
shows.
Prior
to
that
time
any
dog
capable,
from
his
size,
conformation,
and
pluck,
of
going
to
ground
and
bolting
his
fox
was
a
Fox-terrier,
were
he
rough
or
smooth,
black,
brown,
or
white.
The
starting-point
of
the
modern
Fox-terrier
dates
from
about
the
'sixties,
and
no
pedigrees
before
that
are
worth
considering.
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