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Airedale Terrier Club of America), and 

 others. 



In England and Scotland, beyond the 

 names already mentioned, we find chief 

 among the supporters of the breed Mr. 

 Horace Johnstone (owner of a very high- 

 class bitcli in Ch. Fielden Flower Girl, 

 and he also has perhaps one of the 

 " coming " kennels), Mr. E. Banes Condy 

 (owner of the aforesaid Champion Huckle- 

 berry Lass, another beautiful bitch), and 

 several ladies as well as gentlemen, who 

 have all done their best for the breed, 

 and have at one time or other owned 

 good specimens. Among them I may 

 mention Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Tyser, Mrs. 

 M. Cuthell, the breeder of Cli. Mistress 

 Royal (perhaps the best bitch ever seen) 

 and Ch. York Sceptre, Capt. Bailey, and 

 Messrs. Hoskins, Dudbridge Green, Theo. 

 Kershaw, A. E. Jennings, T. L. Brown, 

 R. Thomas, R. Donaldson, Kerr, T. Innes, 

 A. Clarkson, Hunter Johnston, Maude 

 Barrett, Lever Bros., Stuart Noble, H. 

 S. Mitchell, Baines, E. Blunt. Mason and 

 Allatt, J. R. Cooper, J. G. Horrocks, and 

 G. Lunt. 



The Airedale is such a beautiful specimen 



of the canine race, and is, in reaUty, in such 

 healthy state, that every one of his admirers 

 — and they are legion — is naturally jealous 

 for his welfare, and is wishful that all shall 

 go well with him. It is gratifying to state 

 that he has never been the tool of faction, 

 though at one time he was doubtless near 

 the brink ; but this was some time ago, 

 and it would be a grievous pity if he ever 

 again became in jeopardy of feeling the 

 baneful influence of any such curse. 



There is one serious matter in connec- 

 tion with him, however, and that is the 

 laxity displayed by some judges of the 

 breed in giving prizes to dogs shown in a 

 condition, with regard to their coats, which 

 ought to disentitle them to take a prize in 

 any company. Shockingly badly-trimmed 

 shoulders are becoming quite a common 

 thing to see in Airedales. There is no 

 necessity for this sort of thing ; it is very 

 foolish, and it is impossible to imagine 

 anything more likely to do harm to a breed 

 than that the idea should get abroad that 

 this is the general practice in connection 

 with it. Judges should do their duty, and 

 the thing will go of itself. One can only 

 hope it will. 



CH. FIELDEN FLOWER GIRL. 



CH. MASTER ROYAL. 



