THE AIREDALE'S HISTORY 25 



Mason, who is better known to this generation of 

 fanciers as a cocker spaniel owner and editor of 

 Man's Best Friend. He was originally a York- 

 shire man, who had known and loved the breed 

 since his youth. He imported Bruce, a fairish 

 dog, blind in one eye, but useful in stud, where he 

 sired Ch. Brush. Bruce is merely a sentiment 

 with Americans, for all he has left is a reputa- 

 tion for bad temper and a yarn about having 

 been sold for a few dollars at a horse auction in 

 New York in 1885. 



The breed first " took on " in New York, but 

 Philadelphia has long been its stronghold. The 

 Quaker City, boasting such fanciers as Clement 

 Newbold, William Barclay, Russel H. Johnson, 

 W. H. Whittem, Daniel Buckley, and Dr. Henry 

 Jarrett, has away and beyond passed other cities 

 in the number and quality of its Airedales. In 

 early days the New York fancy was represented 

 by Mr. J. L. Lorillard, the purchaser of Clonmel 

 Marvel, whose importation boomed the breed's 

 stock in this country; Messrs. De Witt Coch- 

 rane, Foxhall Keene, and C. O'Donnel, all of 

 whom have not been so active lately. Later The- 

 odore Offerman, James H. Brookfield, James 

 Watson, and John Gough entered the game, and 

 they figure to-day as owners of winners. 



This is a short sketch of how the breed origi- 



