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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
great
opponent
of
the
Totteridge
Kennel
up
to
some
few
years
ago
was
unquestionably
Mr.
Vicary,
of
Newton
Abbot,
who
laid
the
foundation
of
his
kennel
with
Vesuvian,
who
was
by
Splinter,
out
of
Kohinor,
and
from
whom
came
the
long
line
of
winners,
Venio-Vesuvienne,
Vice-Regal,
Valuator,
Visto,
and
Veracity.
Fierce
war
raged
round
these
kennels,
each
having
its
admiring
and
devoted
adherents,
until
one
side
would
not
look
at
anything
but
a
Redmond
Terrier
to
the
exclusion
of
the
Vicary
type.
The
Newton
Abbot
strain
was
remarkable
for
beautiful
heads
and
great
quality,
but
was
faulty
in
feet
and
not
absolute
as
to
fronts,
each
of
which
properties
was
a
sine
qua
non
amongst
the
Totteridge
dogs.
Latter-day
breeders
have
recognised
that
in
the
crossing
of
the
two
perfection
lies,
and
Mr.
Redmond
himself
has
not
hesitated
to
go
some
way
on
the
same
road.
It
is
fortunate
for
the
breed
of
Fox-terriers
how
great
a
hold
the
hobby
takes,
and
how
enthusiastically
its
votaries
pursue
it,
otherwise
we
should
not
have
amongst
us
men
like
Mr.
J.
C.
Tinne,
whose
name
is
now
a
household
word
in
the
Fox-terrier
world,
as
it
has
been
any
time
for
the
past
thirty
years.
Close
proximity,
in
those
days,
to
Mr.
Gibson
at
Brockenhurst
made
him
all
the
keener,
and
one
of
his
first
terriers
was
a
bitch
of
that
blood
by
Bitters.
With
daughters
of
Old
Foiler
he
did
very
well--to
wit,
Pungent,
sister
to
Dorcas,
while
through
Terror
we
get
Banquet,
the
granddam
of
Despoiler.
He
purchased
from
Mr.
Redmond
both
Deacon
Diamond
and
Daze,
each
of
whom
was
bred
to
Spice,
and
produced
respectively
Auburn
and
Brockenhurst
Dainty;
from
the
latter
pair
sprang
Lottery
and
Worry,
the
granddam
of
Tom
Newcome,
to
whom
we
owe
Brockenhurst
Agnes,
Brockenhurst
Dame,
and
Dinah
Morris,
and
consequently
Adam
Bede
and
Hester
Sorrel.
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