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can teach him the whole hunting game, for even 

 the gun dogs proper do not inherit much more than 

 a good nose and hunting instincts and also need 

 special training. Wherefore your first care is 

 that the Airedale sire and dam are notably smart 

 dogs, preferably with a hunting education. There 

 is no great hierarchy of dog families to guide one, 

 as there is with the Llewellin setters, for every 

 year sees several new imported champions which 

 sweep all before them and start new Airedale 

 families of their own. One year it will be Ch. 

 York Byburn Swell, the next show he may win 

 reserve while Tintern Top Hole or Abbey King 

 Nobbier takes first. Ch. Soudan Swiveller comes 

 the nearest of them to being both a crack bench 

 dog and a crack hunter. But there are a number 

 of big kennels breeding extensively in hunting 

 Airedale stock, and their kennel suffix goes along 

 with the pup's given name, and these aid one 

 somewhat in placing the dog as a hunting possi 

 bility. Such names as the Oorang, Vibert, Cul- 

 bertson, Ozone, Cedarview, Oaklawn, etc., kennels 

 are a guarantee that your pup has many a hunting 

 relative among his forebears and has a fair start 

 anyhow. The rest is natural adaptability and 

 training. If you don't train your Airedale as 

 thoroughly as you do your setter you cannot ex-. 



