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with a view to getting a rough-arid-ready dog, useful both 

 as a watch-dog and by riverside and moor, naturally little or 

 no attention was paid to "scientific" breeding; a useful 

 dog was bred to a clever bitch, and for years no records 

 were kept of any kind, consequently it is impossible to 

 trace the. origin of the variety. 



I am inclined to the belief that there is a strong dash of 

 the Otter Hound in their composition, backed, perhaps, 



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AIREDALE TERRIER WEAVER. 

 Owned by Clumber Kennel ( F. H. F. Mercer), Ottawa, Canada. 



with some Bedlington, Scotch, and Irish Terrier blood. I 

 know, too, that a dash of the Bull Terrier is frequently 

 introduced to get additional courage. 



From my small experience of the Airedale, I have found 

 that they possess the highest courage; and my mentor in 

 Airedale matters tells me "they will lick more Bull Ter- 

 riers than Bull Terriers lick them." Indeed, only the 

 'other day, I received a letter from him saying that the dam 



