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The standard having received the support and approval of the above and other judges 

 and breeders, it is to be hoped that others will endeavour to reconcile their views to it, and 

 that the Airedale Terrier will not suffer, as so many other Terriers have done, from a 

 plethora of types, each judge at the same time advocating his own particular prejudices to 

 the injury of the breed. 



The dog we have selected for illustration is Mr. Knight's Thunder, a first-rate specimen 

 of the breed according to the above standard, and one whose good qualities have been 

 already referred to by his owner in a former part of this chapter. Thunder is aged 

 4 years, and weighs 52 pounds, and his measurements are : Tip of nose to stop, 4^ inches ; 

 stop to occiput, 5f inches; length of back, 20 inches; girth of muzzle, 12 inches; girth of 

 skull, 18 inches; girth of neck, 16 inches; girth round basket, 27 inches; girth round shoulders, 

 25 \ inches; girth of loin, 22^ inches; girth of thigh, i6J inches; girth of forearm, 6| inches; 

 girth round pastern, 41 inches; height at shoulders, 20} inches; height at elbows, 12 inches; 

 height at loins, 2oJ inches ; height at hock, 6 inches. 



TABLE OF POINTS FOR JUDGING AIREDALE TERRIERS. 



Head, including eyes ... ... ... ... 10 



Ears ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ^ 



Muzzle and jaws ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Body I0 



Legs and feet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Coat ... ... ... ... ... .,. ... ... I0 



General appearance ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Total ... ... ... 50 



