CHAI TER IN. PE IRISH TERRIER, vr is a clap dog, is it not ?1 ne not long egy i: capness," I replied; · i, a geod ore it will brig a heud ca peser P ru dose to sell it." And such is the t I pepabelty has only come about during to years or so, dog a have been in ́s and de frish Terra Cub has no dal assisted amp to his high position 1 It was as as 1982 that I was judging dogs at at Bast, cal was then very much stack with the Nordin..y character possessed by stary Bish tomers which were brought into the ring. There ncluded. Mr. J. N. R. Pim's Erin, perhaps the best CHAPTER IX. THE IRISH TERRIER. "THE Irish terrier is a cheap dog, is it not?" said a friend to me not long ago. "I do not know about its cheapness," I replied; "but if you have a really good one it will bring a hundred pounds any time you desire to sell it." And such is the fact. A first-class Irish terrier is worth almost as much as a fox terrier, and as a so-called marketable canine commodity ranks only after the latter, the collie, and the St. Bernard in value. He is a favourite dog, hence his worth. His popularity has only come about during the past twenty years or so; dog shows have been his fortune, and the Irish Terrier Club has no doubt assisted him to his high position. It was as far back as about 1882 that I was judging dogs at Belfast, and was then very much struck with the extraordinary character possessed by sundry Irish terriers which were brought into the ring. These included Mr. J. N. R. Pim's Erin, perhaps the best Q |