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sonally I would prefer the larger dog as tending 

 more towards his hound than his terrier ancestry 

 for we must not forget the otter hound of old 

 England in our zeal to make a pure terrier of the 

 Airedale. 



Of famous Airedales which have made good as 

 hunters, we might mention the Culbertson dogs, 

 Chs. Soudan Swiveller, Kootenai Firebrand, Koo- 

 tenai Chinook, Lord Knobbler, the Oorang dogs, 

 Clonmel Cadet, Reservoir Thunderbolt and a host 

 of unknown others owned by admirers of the breed 

 who have written me of the performances of their 

 dogs. Again and again I hear from this and that 

 sportsman who has trained his Airedale exclu 

 sively on grouse in Maine, pheasants in New York, 

 quail in Michigan, chickens in the Dakotas, wood 

 cock in the Carolinas; and the performances of 

 these specialists equal anything usually expected 

 of a first-rate setter or pointer. It just shows 

 what an Airedale can do with feathers; what he 

 can do with fur is already well known. 



Occasionally one gets a chance to import a fine 

 dog from England or decides to do so to improve 

 his own stock. Regarding the method of proced 

 ure I quote the following letter from my good 

 friend Wyndham Martyn, the well-known British 

 sportsman: "I understand the increased rates 



