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terriers were like that. He had never noticed it 

 himself before. 



" He wrote at once to the gentleman making a 

 full explanation, and sent hair pulled from Rustic 

 Kitty's back as proof. The gentleman replied to 

 my friend acknowledging his mistake through 

 ignorance, apologised profusely for his haste, and 

 explained that a dog fancier in their town had 

 misled him, and plucked the hair from the dog's back 

 showed him the hairs black at top and grey at the 

 bottom to prove the coat had been dyed black." 



I have quoted somewhat freely from what Mr. 

 Bairstow has written because he has had as much 

 experience as any man of the Airedale terrier, and 

 his writing thereon is of the practical character I 

 like. He, with Mr. E. N. Deakin, Mr. J. H. Carr, 

 Mr. W. Tatham, Mr. C. J. Whittaker, Mr. H. M. 

 Bryans, Mr. J. B. Holland, Mr. E. R. Bouch, and 

 Mr. J. C. Keg, of Amsterdam, have at one time or 

 another had the finest specimens in their kennels. 

 Several of them were exhibitors at the autumn show 

 of the Kennel Club in 1893, when for quality the 

 classes of Airedale terriers had never previously been 

 equalled at a south country show. At Otley and 

 Bingley the entry has been exceeded numerically, 

 but most of the promising young dogs make a 

 first appearance at such local shows, and later on 



