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 the result that the survivors more nearly approximated to the requirements of their owner. If all breeders were content to take measures as drastic their end would be attained with more ease, no matter what it might be, but wretched pecuniary considerations intrude themselves to prevent such a policy of perfection becoming common.

Naturally, a certain number of the terriers in course of time passed beyond the bounds of the home kennels into other hands, and when Captain Edwardes' strain came to an end on his death in the seventies, enough were in being to ensure the perpetuation of the race. Unfortunately, those that remained were not bred from with as scrupulous care as was exercised by the founder. A few were kept on by the Captain's niece. Miss Borrowdaile, the remainder being distributed far and wide. Until the last few years, the Sealyham had but a local reputation, occasionally one appearing at shows in South Wales, without attracting much notice. About eight years ago a dog called Peer Gynt, bred by Mr. G. H. Morton, became prominent, experts considering that he approached more nearly than any other to Captain Edwardes' ideal, as he had the type as well as a reputation for subterranean exploits. From him have sprung many of the terriers which are to-day being exhibited with success, and he has rarely been beaten in the show ring. His purchase by Mr. Harry Jones for £50 at the Kennel Club show of 1910 marked an epoch in the history of the variety.