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the Airedale terriers exceed, in my opinion, that 

 shown in any other breed in England. I should 

 commend this sight to any fancier visiting Otley or 

 Bingley at show time, and I am certain he will be 

 surprised at the number of onlookers and the 

 amount of interest displayed. 



" At the time when these dogs received their 

 present name one called Bruce was at the head 

 of the breed, and I think we might confer upon him 

 the honour of being the father of the variety. This 

 dog I sold to Mr. C. H. Mason, to take out with 

 him to America along with his noted kennel of prize 

 dogs. Bruce was the father of the dog so well 

 known as Champion Brush, this dog was blind in 

 one eye, but an excellent animal in other respects, 

 and most valuable at stud. After these we come to 

 those noted prizewinners Rover III., Tanner, Young 

 Tanner, Rustic Twig, Venom, Newbold Fritz, and 

 Rustic Lad. If shown with the dogs of to-day, 

 they would have to take a back seat ; and why ? 

 Because the breed is so very much improved, 

 all fanciers seeming to vie with each other to 

 exterminate every point foreign to terrier and terrier 

 character, and in this we must say they have been 

 most successful, and we think that no other breed 

 in England has improved so rapidly as the Airedale 

 terrier. Time was when we could find six or seven 



