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hears the old-time idols in the different breeds spoken of 

 as being so much the superior of latter-day specimens. 

 However true this m#y be of other breeds, it most surely 

 does not hold good of the Airedale great prize winners 

 like Rustic Twig, Young Tanner, Tanner, Rover, New- 

 bold Fritz, Rustic Lad, Venom, Vixen III., and Rustie 

 Kitty. Vixen no doubt was nearer to our ideals 

 than the rest, but she would not have compared, in my 

 opinion, with the best of later days. Ch. Dumbarton 

 Lass, Ch. Broadlands Bashful, Ch. Dumbarton Sceptre r 

 Ch. Mistress Royal, or Cloiimel Coronation would, with- 

 out a question, have been very far in advance, and as 

 great a dog as Ch. Cholmondeley Briar was in his prime., 

 considered as a Terrier, Ch. Clonmel Monarch would 

 have been an easy winner. Cholmondeley Briar was 

 certainly one of the soundest dogs within my memory. 

 This is the Terrier who put up the record of winning a 

 cup eleven times, and to the real grief of the writer, just 

 failing to win it for the twelfth and final occasion. Ch. 

 Clonmel Marvel was the victor, thus proving the old 

 adage that youth will be served. I am happy to relate- 

 that by the kindness of the Committee of the Airedale 

 Terrier Club a way was found, and the cup found its 

 final resting-place on the sideboard of Briar's owner,, 

 who was himself a tower of strength to the breed when 

 it was in vital need of it. 



Mr. H. M. Bryans, perhaps more than any other 

 leading fancier, established a type and an insistence upo^i 

 make and shape combined with real Terrier quality, and 

 I have a letter before me now in which he very generously 

 gives full credit to the fanciers of to-day in their efforts on 

 the same lines. Unquestionably the most pleasing task 

 that can fall to the lot of the striver after perfection is. 

 to chronicle the steady and persistent improvement of 

 type and quality of one's favourites. I yield to none ir 

 my admiration for the old lights of the ring; but, truth 



