200 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



of the Collies, Bobtails or other larger dogs, and I 

 feared they would be killed, so got rid of them, though 

 they were all right with all of us, and indeed great fa- 

 vourites. The following description of the breed is by 

 my friend, Mr. L. I. Barnett, so well known as Secre- 

 tary of the English Section of the Irish Terrier Club, 

 and a frequent judge: — 



Points of the Irish Terrier. — " Head long, rather 

 narrow; punishing jaw; eyes, small and dark; ears 

 fairly small, not set on too high; legs straight, and 

 strong ; feet, round, and thick, with good heels ; chest 

 narrow, with good depth of brisket ; back strong, and 

 straight, with tail set on rather high; loins strong; 

 neck, strong, and muscular; coat very hard, and 

 straight, shorter on head ; colour yellow-red, darker 

 on eais; expression, ' wicked,' but intelligent." 



Airedales. — Another breed I see occasionally kept 

 is the Airedale Terrier, which are seldom less than 

 forty pounds weight, and often much more. As guards, 

 or companions, they are admirable, and follow a trap 

 well, and can look after their own welfare, but al- 

 though they have been immensely improved since they 

 were first brought out, in the North of England, as 

 " The Waterside Terrier," there is, to my mind, a 

 coarse and common look about them, that seems to 

 keep them more associated with a breed suitable to ac- 

 company his master's trap or cart, or to mount guard 

 over premises liable to be attacked by burglars, and its 

 size always seems to me much to its disadvantage, in 



