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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Take
your
hobby
seriously,
and
you
will
be
amply
repaid,
even
if
success
does
not
always
crown
your
efforts,
as
while
the
breeding
of
most
animals
is
a
fascinating
pursuit,
that
of
the
Fox-terrier
presents
many
varying
delights.
CHAPTER
XXXIII
THE
WIRE-HAIR
FOX-TERRIER
The
wire-hair
Fox-terrier
is,
with
the
exception
of
its
coat,
identical
with
the
smooth
Fox-terrier--full
brother
in
fact
to
him.
The
two
varieties
are
much
interbred,
and
several
litters
in
consequence
include
representatives
of
both;
and
not
only
this,
but
it
is
quite
a
frequent
occurrence
to
get
a
smooth
puppy
from
wire-hair
parents,
although
for
some
generations
neither
of
the
parents
may
have
had
any
smooth
cross
in
their
pedigrees.
The
North
of
England
and
South
Wales
(to
a
lesser
extent)
have
ever
been
the
home
of
the
wire-hair,
and
nearly
all
the
best
specimens
have
come
originally
from
one
or
the
other
of
those
districts.
There
is
no
doubt
that
there
was
excellent
stock
in
both
places,
and
there
is
also
no
doubt
that
though
at
times
this
was
used
to
the
best
advantage,
there
was
a
good
deal
of
carelessness
in
mating,
and
a
certain
amount
in
recording
the
parentage
of
some
of
the
terriers.
With
regard
to
this
latter
point
it
is
said
that
one
gentleman
who
had
quite
a
large
kennel
and
several
stud
dogs,
but
who
kept
no
books,
used
never
to
bother
about
remembering
which
particular
dog
he
had
put
to
a
certain
bitch,
but
generally
satisfied
himself
as
to
the
sire
of
a
puppy
when
it
came
in
from
"walk"
by
just
examining
it
and
saying
"Oh,
that
pup
must
be
by
owd
Jock
or
Jim,"
as
the
case
might
be,
"'cos
he's
so
loike
'im,"
and
down
he
would
go
on
the
entry
form
accordingly.
However
this
may
be,
there
is
no
doubt
that
the
sire
would
be
a
wire-hair
Fox-terrier,
and,
although
the
pedigree
therefore
may
not
have
been
quite
right,
the
terrier
was
invariably
pure
bred.
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