Working Terriers, Their Management, Training and Work, Etc. was written by J.C. Bristow-Nobles and published early in the 20th Century. It has now been republished in a high-quality soft-cover format by Read Country Books.
J.C. Bristow-Noble was well known in his time as a breeder of terriers who, after messing about with cross-bred Fox terriers and Sealyhams for a time, finally settled down with Jack Russell terriers.
Chapter One deals with "the correct type of working terrier", Chapter Two deals with ratting, Chapter Three with badger hunting, Chapter Four "on the use of terriers against otter, fox, stoat and rabbit", Chapter Five "on the use of terrier against moles." Chapter Six "on the care, choice and correct use of ferrets" and Chapter Seven on "some diseases and their treatment."
I do not own this book, but seriously question whether an entire chapter needs to be devoted to moles, while fox are rolled in with every other creature in God's Good Kingdom!
The book is 160 pages long with 29 black & white photographs "featuring rare scenes of terriers and terrier men in action."
Available from Coch-y-Bonddu Books, published by Read Country Books, and (as always) check ebay.
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