. The complete story of the Airedale terrier. Airedale terrier. â ]|(.i:ii .MONK CHAPTEIi I OKIGIN AM) HISTORY OF TJIE AIREDALP: TERRIER The Airedale Territ^r was origi- nally created by working men resident in Airedale, which is a manufacturing district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng- land, and more particularly in that portion of Airedale which lies between Skipton and Brad- ford, a stretch of country of about twenty miles, which em- braces the townships of Cononley, Silsden, Keighley, Bingley and Shipley. This is one of the greatest sporting districts in a county that has always pride
. The complete story of the Airedale terrier. Airedale terrier. â ]|(.i:ii .MONK CHAPTEIi I OKIGIN AM) HISTORY OF TJIE AIREDALP: TERRIER The Airedale Territ^r was origi- nally created by working men resident in Airedale, which is a manufacturing district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng- land, and more particularly in that portion of Airedale which lies between Skipton and Brad- ford, a stretch of country of about twenty miles, which em- braces the townships of Cononley, Silsden, Keighley, Bingley and Shipley. This is one of the greatest sporting districts in a county that has always prided itself on its sportsmen, and it may perhaps help to illustrate the sport-loving nature of the men who made this famous Terrier,âwhich on its intrinsic merits as an all-round sporting Terrier, is now known and loved by sportsmen in all parts of the world,âif I attempt to give a rough outline of the sports and pas- times these men indulged in on the idle Saturday afternoons and summer evenings when their work was done. Thirty years agoâin my 3'outhâwhen the local trade was good and money plentiful, one could take one's choice any fine Saturday afternoon between seeing a whippet race for anything up to £50 a side; a knur and spell matchâa most popular game in Yorkshire in those days, matches being played for as much as £100 a side; a cricket match between the rival townships, when the local rivalry was at blood heat; a main of gamecocks fighting; or a waterside hunt down the banks of the river Aire after water rats. Many a rare day's sport have I had at this waterside hunting when I was a youth, and possibly to those who have never had an 3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jowett, Ferguson Marshall, 1866- [from old catalog]; Proctor, Arthur Bothwell. [from old catalog]; Airedale te
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