The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-09
FOX TERRIER

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 rier, whether he be wire-haired or smooth ccat, is that he be made like a weight carrying polo pony He should have the game look, tie blood head, neck and shoulders, the spring of the ribs, short back, strong hindquarters, hooks in the right place, and the compact, active look in the terrier just much as in the pony.
 I also like to see the legs and feet of the Foxhound, not the 1ong-legged, snipy faced, soft-expressioned fat-sided speci-
 mems sometimes seen figuring as prize- winners.
 If vote could be taken as to which is the cockiest, cleanest, smartest, neatest
 and most engaging of all the terrier tribe,
 the election would certainly devolve on the Fox Terrier, for there can be no man. ner of doubt but that he is one of the most popular dogs in the country He supports journal of. his own; monopo- lizes stud book; is the subject of more than one monograph; the idol of a vast number of specialist clubs, and his en- tries at the leading dog shows are nu- merous.
 There are two varieties of Fox Terriers the smooth and the wire haired, but the former is the one that looms largest and is most generally referred to by the un-
 pr efixed name. The Fox Terrier, as he is
 accepted today, is of comparatively mod ern creation-that is to say, he stepped forth under his present colors from the chaos of terrierdom about the 'fifties ldolaters of the breed will tell you that he existed 100. 200, even 300 years ago. So he did; so did all dogs in the germ, for they are begotten, not created though In ha 1otf i,, particular sense as indicating that a breed of dogs may be so craftily begotten as to be practically original in it's devel- oped type. But you cannot claim for the Fox Terrier the same distinctiveness of type in those "mists- of-obscurity" days l as you can for such breeds as the Mastiff, the Collie, the Toy Spaniel, the Italian l Greyhound or the Maltese Terrier In the
 first place, there is no possible manner ! of doubt but that the terriers of 100 years | ago were scratch" lot you have only
 to assure yourself of the fact by peep | ing into old books, or glancing at old pictures or engravings. The historian, in l fact treats them most cavaliery; confines 1 the IS modern varieties into which the clan has branched into two groups-the smooth and the broken haired, and dis misses them with a cold disdan of detail. | The modern Fox Terrier is a white dog With certain recognized markings on the | iOdu anu edIS, dnu spots on the DOQy. I At the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury in England they arrived at the dig
 nity of their present nomenclature, and | drew away from the ruck of their cous- l ms. Attention was bestowed on their 1 breeding, and you read in 1893 of their | having become so exceedingly fashion able that guineas was considered no great price to pay for handsome and well7bred specimen-a clear indication | that they were beinga bred to type at the | time when they were given their distinc- tive name.
 i The vogue of the Fox Terrier began
 with dog shows. and he jumped into pop 1 ularity in the sixties and has never I looked back since. It was in that decade | that he first attracted the fanciers at- 1 tention, to whom the twentieth century dog owes is development, and who, it 1 may be said without any disrespect has l undoubtedly improved on the work of | nature by bringing human taste, modern 1 intelligence, singular perseverance. and | an admirable devotion to bear on the task | O. selecting, prOpogating and perfecting
 the Attest. And so today we have the devil-may-care little fellow at his best. | The reproduction of Champion Sabine Result, owned by the Sabine Kennels, | Orange, Tex, shows the modern Fox Terrier. Note his bright face, that jockey ] horse appearance, and the good markings. LHe odpille IAeLIeiS preeuS DOtn the Wlre- 1 haired and smooth breeds, and the only difference, as far I can learn. is in the coat. Every fancier to his taste. If we I all wanted the same thing, this would be 1 fighting, struggling mass, much worse | than the European countries at present This kennel has fine string of both breeds and it's winners are numerous on 1 the bench. It's studs are famous the coun- l try over. It has been established for years and improves the blood at every opportunity.