28 THE AIREDALE 



But the most wonderful brood bitch of the 

 breed, one whose name should be written in gold 

 in the Airedale Hall of Fame, was not a great 

 show winner. She was Bath Lady. Her first 

 big winning puppy was Briarwood, who came out 

 in London in 1896. Briarwood was by Hynd- 

 man Briar, by Willow Nut, and like all Bath 

 Lady stock proved his value in the breeding ken- 

 nels. His most famous get was the beautiful 

 bitch of Ch. Broadlands Bashful. We can only 

 mention two others of Bath Lady's offspring, but 

 those fanciers who have dogs in whose pedigrees 

 she appears can congratulate themselves. To 

 Ch. Clonmel Marvel she produced Ch. Clonmel 

 Kitty, a really good one all over, and to Master 

 Briar she had Walton Victory, even better ex- 

 cept in skull than Kitty. 



During the nineties the Tone Kennels with Ch. 

 Tone Jerry, whose forte was his wonderful coat 

 and color, and Ch. Tone Crack, excelling in bone, 

 coat, and body, but broad across the skull, had a 

 big say in the prize-lists. In 1896 Studholme 

 Sherry came out and was hailed as a flyer, but he 

 did not last, though in his day he was a beautiful 

 terrier. 



Ch. Clonmel Monarch, who has done so much 

 for Philadelphia's Airedale supremacy as a sire 

 and as a show dog came as near the ideal Aire- 



