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In a mind's picture of an ideal Airedale garnered from 

 the above scale of points, the eye first takes in a head, 

 long and classically formed, the skull perfectly flat and 

 entirely without cheek, not too much width between ; the 

 beautifully small ears, which are carried high and close 

 to the cheek, surmount a pair of eyes full of intelligence 

 and fire, dark in colour, and small in comparison to the 

 size of dog; stop hardly visible. A strong square 

 muzzle, jaw very powerful, filled right up before the eyes 

 by bone under the eye, muzzle covered with whiskers of 

 sound colour, not linty, big black nose, beneath which 

 should be a set of white even teeth. The head should now 

 be set on a long, graceful neck, which will arch into the 

 sloping shoulders. Facing your ideal the forelegs as 

 straight as iron bars, their thick flat bone covered with 

 hard tan hair, inside and out, right down to the small, 

 round cat feet. He stands for all his weight as lightly as 

 a deer, with no symptom of weakness at the pastern 

 joints ; on a broadside view the first impression is one of 

 sturdy squareness combined with symmetry. From 

 shoulder to rump the back is perfectly level, and meets 

 the tail absolutely erect, flashing challenges to all 

 comers; the breadth of the hindquarters more than 

 balanced by the depth of brisket and the grandly sprung 

 ribs, the heart having ample room for play; the coat 

 crisp and hard to the touch, with never a curl or wave in 

 its beautiful black or grizzle, but with an oily undercoat 

 beneath which is impervious to the vagaries of any 

 climate. If the picture absolutely fills your eye, the 

 whole effect should be that of a muscular, active, fairly 

 cobby Terrier, without a suspicion of legginess and undue 

 length of barrel. See him galloping he moves like a, 

 racehorse, his every movement the poetry of motion, with 

 nose well to the ground in search of his quarry; he looks 

 what he is, a gentleman and a workman. From the fore- 

 going, the seeker after hidden truths should be able to 



