78 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



rels, pointing grouse and quail, running pheasants, 

 and retrieving any and all of them the Airedale 

 properly trained has done all these things in hun 

 dreds and hundreds of individual instances. 



As staunch and dependable a friend as one can 

 ever have, the Airedale is essentially a man's dog 

 a manly dog, if I may put it that way. There 

 is something essentially feminine about a setter, 

 with his endearing ways and graceful form ; and 

 there is something essentially wild about a hound 

 that we humans never quite get to the bottom of ; 

 but your Airedale you can know as man to man. 

 You feel as if talking to another man, and a true 

 and tried one, when you talk to him, and there is 

 no small deed of courage and stout-heartedness 

 that you may not attempt with him along as 

 partner. 



While they breed pretty true to type, there is a 

 good deal in the fortunate selection of the individ 

 ual Airedale. The bench shows are full of champs, 

 who have been bred exclusively for points, with 

 never a thought to the dog as a hunter, so that the 

 name of the Airedale winner of the moment on 

 your pup's pedigree is no guarantee that he will 

 develop into a good hunter. Some of the best of 

 them possess brains, as well as points in sumptu 

 ous profusion and given a good brainy dog you 



