220 HUNTING DOGS. 



a dog that is exi^ected to try conclusions with 

 the hard-swatting bruin. 



Also we frequently' hear of noteworthy suc- 

 cess of the Airedale in hunting and dispatching 

 coyotes, coons, badger and bay-lynx, any one of 

 which is capable of putting up a good fight. Also 

 he is a hunter, retriever, trailer of coon, 'possum, 

 bear, A^ildcat, mink, coyote, deer, lynx, fox or 

 small game. 



The tendency nowadays is to produce larger 

 Airedales, Avliich shall retain the terrier quali- 

 ties. The practical callings upon the breed's use- 

 fulness seems to justify that he be bred over 50 

 pounds, rather than between 45 and 50 pounds, 

 which has in the past been the aim. 



One writer says tliat it was in the valley of 

 the Aire river that the Otter hound was crossed 

 with the Bull Terrier, that product was the 

 Scotch terrier, that with the Scotch collie, that 

 with the Pointer, and that with the Setter dog 

 and then the standard having been secured, the 

 crossing was discontinued. In that dale of the 

 Aire, then, was the great breed of dogs first ex- 

 perimented upon, that made the Airedale, 



