Outing . As fox hunt-ing has always flourished in Great Britain,so have its concomitants, the fox terriers,been cherished and valued for their aid inbolting foxes from their earths, and mark-ing them in drains and such-like placesof refuge. Originally the fox terrier wascrossed strongly with the bulldog, to givehim courage, it was thought; but this wassoon learnt to be a mistake, as he was toomuch of the holdfast order, never allow-ing his enemy, the fox or the badger, tobolt, preferring the firm grip, which oftendeath alone would release, to baying at himand snapping, so as eventually to driv
Outing . As fox hunt-ing has always flourished in Great Britain,so have its concomitants, the fox terriers,been cherished and valued for their aid inbolting foxes from their earths, and mark-ing them in drains and such-like placesof refuge. Originally the fox terrier wascrossed strongly with the bulldog, to givehim courage, it was thought; but this wassoon learnt to be a mistake, as he was toomuch of the holdfast order, never allow-ing his enemy, the fox or the badger, tobolt, preferring the firm grip, which oftendeath alone would release, to baying at himand snapping, so as eventually to drivehim out rather than kill him or be killedunderground. Besides this, the barkingof a terrier underground is always usefulto the huntsman, so as to allow him to findthe dogs whereabouts, and thus dig downto him. The true fox terrier of the present dayhas little of the bulldog about him, al-though his courage, perseverance and in-vincible ardorare undenia-ble. In fact,as a w e 11 -:. known writerputs it, he. CHOlKTTE. OUR FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS. 95 may be said to labor cheerfully in his voca-tion. What a perfect little animal is thefox terrier of the present day, whether ina show yard or in his work ! How manythousands of them are thechosen companions of men,
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