1922 Otter Hunting With Terriersby Richard Clapham Next in importance to the hounds are the terriers, for without their help it would be impossible to eject an otter from his holt. The most important quality in a terrier is gameness, for no matter how well built he is, if he has not the courage to […]

by J.C. Bristow Noble  BADGERS have been hunted in Sussex for centuries, and the interesting animals always seem to have been fairly plentiful in the county. Up to the War almost all districts were being covered by the Kent and Sussex Badger Club, founded by the late Captain Philip Huth, of Wadhurst Hall, near Tunbridge […]

by Nigel Hinchliffe It has been the fashion recently to write articles in the sporting press giving high blown theories and exaggerated claims to the origins of various breeds of terriers. I make no special claim to such knowledge but recommend those in search of this kind of information read the excellent book “the working […]

by Mr. E.T. Unwin  Members of the working terrier association will be interested in a letter by Mr. E.T. Unwin, for it is to encourage the breeding o terrier of the stamp to be seen at Strealey-on-Thames that the association was formed two years since. Mr. Waldy has done a great deal towards bringing lovers […]

by Lord Decies  Sir, -i was much interested in the remarks in your last weeks edition of the Field on the Westmoreland and Cumberland working terriers, and, having kept a book for twenty years of particulars respecting the terrier i have had running with hounds in that district, i can give a good deal of […]

by C.R. Stavely 1910 Sir-I notice that the discussion on “working terriers” has again made its appearance in your columns. Though a breeder of working terrier for over thirty years i have never so far joined in the “worry”, but at last, with your permission, i will “give tongue”. Having started with Jack Russells over […]

by J. Fairfax Blakeborough  There is no more sporting dog in the whole of the genus canine than the terrier, there is no work so misused as that by which it is known. Terrier comes from the Latin-terra-ground, and the essential work of the species which qualities them for inclusion, therein, is their willingness and […]

  by Richard Clapham  No matter how well earth-stopping is attended to, there is always comes a time when a fox gets into a drain, or some other retreat, out of which it is advisable to eject him. There are way and means of bolting a foxes that need not be entered into here; suffice […]

Unnown for the Preston Herald Our notes last week on the Patterdale terrier have aroused the interest of the terrier lovers who apparently believe the Kennel Club list of terriers for which classes are provided at shows comprised all known varieties of the terrier family. “I had know idea”, writes “Twister”, “that the so-called Patterdale […]

Unknown for The Preston Herald  Dog lovers who have taken their holidays in the Lake District, and especially those who have seen anything of local sport, have probably taken some interest in the queer little nondescript terrier which are to be met with in that part of the world. Fox, Scottish and Irish are all […]