. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE AIREDALE TERRIER. 359 and smaller until he should approach the size of a ^^'elsh Terrier, a thing \\'hich lovers of either breed are anxious should not come to pass. But what terrible pains and penalties are held over the heads of anj^ judges who dare offend ! " Any of the club judges who, in the opinion of the committee shaU gn'e prizes or other- wise push to the front" (the italics are the writ
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE AIREDALE TERRIER. 359 and smaller until he should approach the size of a ^^'elsh Terrier, a thing \\'hich lovers of either breed are anxious should not come to pass. But what terrible pains and penalties are held over the heads of anj^ judges who dare offend ! " Any of the club judges who, in the opinion of the committee shaU gn'e prizes or other- wise push to the front" (the italics are the writer's) " clogs of a small type, shall be at once hung, drawn, and ; How do you push a dog to the front ? What docs it mean ? The only way one can perform this feat on a dog besides gi^•ing it prizes is, maybe, if you own and exhibit it or report on it in some paper or other. It behoves you to be careful, indeed ! Now let us consider the scale of points drafted by the Airedale Terrier Club, adopted—surely solely out of loyalty —by the South of England Airedale Terrier Club. Out of a total of loo, not one single point is given for character, expression, or general appearance. It is clear, according to it, that what is wanted is simply an animal with points ; no such thing as a dog that is a terrier, with per- fect balance, manners, character, and ex- pression is considered at all. He is not catered for ; he is not wanted. Let us see what is wanted. Count the points given for head and its appurtenances, and you wiU find that nearly half the total—40 out of 100—is given for head. Surely, this must be wrong advice to give to anyone who happens to believe that what is wanted is a terrier, and a sound one. Will he not naturally think that what is required is something of a monstrosity—a clothes- horse, with a head—it must be a head— on one end of it ? The writer sometimes comes across judges in other walks of terrierdom who teU him that they can
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