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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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No
history
of
the
Fox-terrier
could
be
complete
without
mention
of
Mr.
Francis
Redmond
and
his
kennel,
going
back,
as
it
does,
to
the
Murchison
and
Luke
Turner
period,
and
being
still
to-day
the
most
prominent
one
in
existence.
We
can
date
his
earlier
efforts
from
his
purchase
of
Deacon
Nettle,
the
dam
of
Deacon
Ruby;
Dusty
was
the
dam
of
Ch.
Diamond
Dust;
Dickon
he
had
from
Luke
Turner,
and
in
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
universally
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
causing
his
early
death.
We
must
not
forget
Duchess
of
Durham
or
Dukedom;
but
to
enumerate
all
Mr.
Redmond's
winners
it
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,
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.
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