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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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In
order
to
give
some
idea
of
the
extraordinary
way
in
which
the
Fox-terrier
took
the
public
taste,
it
will
be
necessary
to
hark
back
and
give
a
resume
of
the
principal
kennels
and
exhibitors
to
whom
this
was
due.
In
the
year
in
which
the
Fox-terrier
Club
was
formed,
Mr.
Fred
Burbidge,
at
one
time
captain
of
the
Surrey
Eleven,
had
the
principal
kennels.
He
was
the
pluckiest
buyer
of
his
day,
and
once
he
fancied
a
dog
nothing
stopped
him
till
it
was
in
his
kennels.
He
bought
Nimrod,
Dorcas,
Tweezers,
and
Nettle,
and
with
them
and
other
discriminating
purchases
he
was
very
hard
to
beat
on
the
show-bench.
Strange
to
say,
at
this
time
he
seemed
unable
to
breed
a
good
dog,
and
determined
to
have
a
clear
out
and
start
afresh.
A
few
brood
bitches
only
were
retained,
and
the
kennels
moved
from
Champion
Hill
to
Hunton
Bridge,
in
Hertfordshire.
From
thence
in
a
few
years
came
Bloom,
Blossom,
Tweezers
II.,
Hunton
Baron,
Hunton
Bridegroom,
and
a
host
of
others,
which
spread
the
fame
of
the
great
Hunton
strain.
When
the
kennel
was
dispersed
at
Mr.
Burbidge's
untimely
death
in
1892,
the
dogs,
130
lots
in
all,
were
sold
by
auction
and
realised
P1,800;
Hunton
Tartar
fetched
P135,
Justice
P84,
Bliss
P70,
and
Scramble
P65.
Messrs.
A.
H.
and
C.
Clarke
were
at
this
time
quietly
founding
a
kennel,
which
perhaps
has
left
its
mark
more
indelibly
on
the
breed
than
any
before
or
since.
Brockenhurst
Rally
was
a
most
fortunate
purchase
from
his
breeder,
Mr.
Herbert
Peel,
and
was
by
Brockenhurst
Joe
from
a
Bitters
bitch,
as
from
this
dog
came
Roysterer
and
Ruler,
their
dam
being
Jess,
an
old
Turk
bitch;
and
from
Rollick
by
Buff
was
bred
Ruse
and
Ransome.
Roysterer
was
the
sire
of
Result,
by
many
considered
the
best
Fox-terrier
dog
of
all
time;
and
Result's
own
daughter
Rachel
was
certainly
the
best
bitch
of
her
day.
All
these
terriers
had
intense
quality
and
style,
due
for
the
most
part
to
inbreeding.
Very
little
new
blood
was
introduced,
with
an
inevitable
result;
and
by
degrees
the
kennel
died
out.
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