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Clonmel Gamecock had a great time while he lasted. 

 He was the result of an alliance with Marvel and a Clip 

 bitch, Clonmel Busy, and this was the only time that 

 the Clip strain had failed to assert itself in the matter of 

 dark eyes. I never could stand Gamecock's lamps. Like 

 his rival, Ch. Rock Salt, he lacked Terrier character, and, 

 as I fully anticipated, has done nothing for the breed. 



Just at this time I had the high privilege of seeing an 

 absolute wonder at six months old in Ch. Clonmel 

 Monarch, before, of course, he bore that proud title. 

 His breeder, Mr. Berkinshaw Smith, who even at that 

 time had little to learn from anybody about an Airedale, 

 knew what he had got, and was not to be persuaded to 

 part. However, circumstances over which the most far- 

 seeing are powerless to guard against, compelled Mr. 

 Smith to part with his favourite. Myself and partner 

 were duly advised, and the great Monarch was exchanged 

 for Clonmel gold. Never have I in my life seen a head 

 so magnificently shaped, such power and expression, and 

 the very quintessence of Terrier fire. I am perhaps 

 wrong in saying " never," as I have before me as I write 

 the living counterpart; but that, as Rudyard Kipling 

 would say, is another story. In body shape he was ultra 

 grand, legs like pillars, and sound as a bell of brass all 

 over. Faults ! Well, there are spots on the sun ; his 

 coat, which was pig bristle in texture, had that peculiar 

 curl which those with knowledge usually associate with 

 hardness, and which invariably carries no fluff. Judges 

 vied with each other in heaping their judicial favours 

 upon this wonderful dog, and he became a champion in 

 double quick time. He was benched for the first time at 

 Leicester, but his immaturity just stopped him from 

 reaching the highest honours, and he was placed reserve 

 to Ch. Rock Salt, who was looking his very best on that- 

 day. I well remember some of our oldest Terrier judges 

 while conceding Monarch to be in some ways great, yet 



