MORE SILVER FOXES.
The alien of the moment in many parts of the world is undoubtedly the silver fox, which seems to be peculiarly well suited to the British climate from Dartmoor to Sutherland- shire. Canada is still its headquarters. Fox shows are to be annual events, like our foxhound shows ; and it is said that the export for the year to Germany alone was 1,000 foxes, worth sometimes over £100 apiece. May I suggest to the authorities of the Peterborough show, who have made their charming ground the most famous foxhound meet in the world, that they should organize a fox show t A beginning in the fashion was made by a private exhibitor at the Norwich Fat Stock Show and proved popular. The huge prices given for the foxes are, of course, for breeding, not for pelts. It has still, perhaps, to be proved how the coats of foxes bred in warmer places will compare in quality with those that have kept out northern frosts.
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