. 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. 357 excelled in terrier character, and he was sound all over ; his advent was opportune—^he was just the dog that was wanted, and there is no doubt he did the breed a great amount of good. About the time of Newbold Test's appear- ance there were not very many people keep- ing Airedales for show. The band of ex- hibitors was a small one, and though they kept on gradually improving their do
. 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. 357 excelled in terrier character, and he was sound all over ; his advent was opportune—^he was just the dog that was wanted, and there is no doubt he did the breed a great amount of good. About the time of Newbold Test's appear- ance there were not very many people keep- ing Airedales for show. The band of ex- hibitors was a small one, and though they kept on gradually improving their dogs they did not attract many new enthusiasts into the fold. One matter which perhaps kept the breed back for some time was that there always seemed to be one very strong kennel in it, and this is a thiag which at times has the effect of frightening off new-comers, who say to themselves: " What is the use of my going in for that breed ? Mr. So-and-So wins all the prizes ; I shall never get to know as much as he does about it, and he is always sure to beat ; In this way progress is unwittingly debarred, or at any rate delayed. There was at one time a very strong kennel of Airedales owned by a very rich gentleman who could afford to—and did, in fact— acquire every Airedale of note that existed in his day. When all were bought and there seemed to be no more to buy, the owner, either for business reasons, or be- cause he had tired of his hobby, gave the whole thiag up and presented his entire kennel to a budding fancier who in turn for some time held the field with it. As, however, the inmates grew older, this gentleman again, although he had been fairly successful in bringing out a few new ones of superlative merit, seemed to sicken of the game, and in turn also dropped out. A dog called Colne Crack, who was a beautiful little terrier, was another of the early shown ones by whom the breed has lost nothing, and two other terriers whose names are much revered by lo
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