The Airedale Terrier. 159 



Although he has been kept in some localities 

 (Yorkshire chiefly) for fifty years or so, it was not 

 until quite recently he was acknowledged as a distinct 

 variety. Sundry newspaper correspondence had taken 

 place about this dog, when some of his admirers called 

 him the Bingley terrier, others the Waterside terrier,, 

 but a consensus of opinion decided that he be called 

 the Airedale terrier, because he was most commonly 

 found in the valley of the Aire , which is now one of 

 the most important industrial districts in Yorkshire. 

 Birmingham provided him with a class at the National 

 Dog Show in 1883, where he was called the Airedale 

 or Waterside terrier. This dual cognomen continued 

 for two years, when the second name was dropped, 

 and he became the Airedale terrier, as he remains 

 at present. In 1886 he was given a place in the 

 Stud Book, and, unlike some later additions thereto, 

 commenced well with an entry of twenty-four, and 

 with about three exceptions all had pedigrees a 

 fact which certainly proved that they were worthy of 

 the position in which they had been placed. As I 

 have said, some of these earlier dogs had more than 

 a leaning to the hound type, but by careful selection 

 this has been entirely obliterated, and a high-class 

 Airedale is as perfect a terrier as man need desire. 

 He has a hard, close coat, long, well-shaped expres- 

 sive head, bright dark eyes, good shoulders, and I am 



