THE AIREDALE'S HISTORY 31 



Ch. Clonmel Bed Rock, whom Mr. Foxhall 

 Keene later imported, came out about this time. 

 He was a good, sound terrier, full of fire, sound 

 as a bell, with wonderful legs and feet and won 

 lots of honors here and in England. Ch. Broad- 

 land's Royal Descendant was a rival of Bed Rock 

 and a very classy dog with exceptional coat, real 

 terrier fire, a good head, but not very beautiful 

 ears. 



After these dogs came Ch. Master Royal, 

 which brings us down to the dogs of to-day if 

 not the present generation and it is out of place 

 to say aught of dogs which one can see and judge 

 in flesh and blood. 



The show cracks have so very often proved so 

 valuable in the breeding kennels that the two 

 terms great sire and show crack may seem 

 synonyms. They are not. Nevertheless there 

 is a close chain that binds the whole of a breed of 

 dogs to the show ring, for the show ring winners 

 are the dogs most often sought for breeding pur- 

 poses and so the styles of the main bench authori- 

 ties are forcibly, if unwittingly, thrust on the 

 race. The Airedale, however, has always been 

 known and appreciated as la sporting terrier. 

 His owners have fortunately never lost sight of 

 the reason he was manufactured, and they remem- 

 ber that to-day he is intended to be a rough-and- 



