18 THE AIREDALE 



one or two good young bitches. Puppies are a 

 chance and old bitches, however famous, are poor 

 breeding stock. Buy young winning bitches, 

 proved mothers and of desirable blood lines and 

 you will have the best possible start along the 

 road of kennel success. It is as rocky a thor- 

 oughfare as the proverbial one to Dublin, full of 

 all sorts of disappointments and maybe even 

 losses, but its pleasures and its gains are sure to 

 come to the man who follows it in the right spirit. 



The large kennel owner is either going into it 

 for pleasure, where he will have a check book to 

 help him, or for a business. In the former case 

 he will probably leave much on the shoulders of 

 his kennel manager, and I am writing on Aire- 

 dales not the servant problem. If he is going 

 to make a business of raising Airedales that is 

 his business, not the author's. 



To all Airedale buyers let me again say that 

 it pays to know all you can about the breed and 

 to buy the best you can afford. The " biggest 

 and best terrier " has been tried by so many dif- 

 ferent people in all parts of the world and has 

 won such unanimous praise that his admirers can 

 recommend him to anyone, anywhere, for any- 

 thing. 



