The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
FEW FOX TERRIERS
EQUAL MATFORD VIC
Champion Is Best Example Of
Wire Haired Breed on Either
Side of Atlantic.
WORTHY OF IMITATION

At the present time the finest fox ter
rlcrs Of the wire haired kind are owned
In the United states, and several Of these
are close IT, New York in the kennels IF
Gcorge W Qulntard at Ridgeway Ken
nels. Blyside. L. J.. under the charge Of
Charlie, Button. The man or woman
who desires to possess a terrier Of the
highest merit could do no better than
20 carry i'm the minds eye such = speci-
men Of tho wire haired fox terrier as
portrayed ON this page 1t is pic
turc OF champion Matford Vie. one of
the mos. beautiful of her kind that
ever became a champion Of the two
hemlsphercs. FOR there has been no bitch
that could surpass Mr.. Quintards
either in Europe or America. and that
practically covers the world SO far as
foremost show wire haired fox terriers
OF to-day are concerned
The wire haired fox terrier generally
is thought to be harder than the smooth
kind. But suca a contention may not
always be true Tor different dogs like
men and horses have different coasti-
buttons II Is more usual, however to
See rough terriers running with fox and
badger digging they generally are
chosen. The rough and wire coated fox
terriers came generally from the north
Of England beyonshire ana West
Wales.
They appear to have grown and been
honored in those hunting countries
where terriers always run with hounds
and where boiling FOX from an earth
Or drain Is almost part of the work
~ Il ND
sort OF rough and tumble terriers that
were found in the earlier days in York
shire, with plrson Jack Russell in
Devonshirc and with the Edwardes Of
Sealyham and the Harrises Of Treg-
wynt. priskillv and Heathheld. the last
named a family of hunting squires with
record Of hundreds OF years In North
p"mbrokeshirc. There are some who
think that white ana rough haired ter
riers arrived In that part of wild and
game holding Wales with u. Fleminss.
The sporting people of Flanders who
settled in these parts certainly had white
terriers OF tn rough haired Kind about
the year 1925. This may he proved 10y
the Flemish tapestries loaned 10y tn"
Duke of bovoushire to the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London.
Different countries. FOR the purposes
OF sport, require different hounds and
different terriers. The habits of the
wild animals, such as the foN. remain
pretty well th" same. although the
species often differ In color and weight
But II h. the topu-rlphN OF the coun-
try that most concerns the hunter when
he has to choose his hounds and ter
riers and iu the case of the latter It
will he found that the rougher the
country the shorter legged VIII be the
terrier. II f. everywhere admitted that
the short legged and often clumsy
shoulderrl do cannot live with Il
loagier aud properly ublque shoudered
dog .u "a gall -. I'm fast country 1t
glands 90 r"as". that tho or tho leg
dog VIII bet the loWrr stationed ter
l.er, which could not hope TO keep up
with fast travelling hounds such a. the
Cuoru bitches, for Instance, which
sometimes run into their tx. In the
open, IA less than half an hour. This
means a stccp.orbasc or cross-couutry
lace speed and terrier would be
nowhere.
From the shorter legged clumsy
shouldered bitches when crossed with
the higher quality smooth or short
haired foN terrier came the wire haired
terriers, and from these the several eX-
cellen' dogs and bitches ~ this time
have descended. II is true that many
OF them have become much too large
and too stilty. In several instances
the coats have to he prepared or
plucked of some time before the day of
the show. so that the hair may be
somewhat short and harsh-llke the
beard of "A man who has allowed the
hair to grow to stubby length.
The coats OF soue dogs are inclined
10 be lintlike in texture and this has
come about from breeding too much
10 the same family and to DOES with
soft coats It is a fact that the old
rough, broken coated and wire haired
fox terriers did not nave TO be trimmed
for the purpose Of the show ring or
bench
One of the densest and hest handling
coats ever observed on wire haired
fox terrier NAV be seen on Matford
Vic. The Jacket on Mr. ouintard,,
Justly famous hitch is hard yylrv ana
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