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doing any of the work which usually falls to the 

 members of the different varieties of " Terriers." The 

 long shaped head, small ears, dark hazel eyes, strong, 

 well-knit body, with docked tail, and the colour griz- 

 zled black above, and light tan below, will be familiar 

 to most readers of these words. I have known 

 many beautiful Airedales, some of them (except 

 in size) nearly perfect in their Terrier character, 

 and on the occasions I have judged the breed I have 

 had excellent entries of good quality, and I know now 

 many who keep them, and prefer them to any other 

 breed of dog. I am bound, however, to say I have 

 never been very much taken up with them, as I object 

 to their size as being too big to be classed amongst Ter- 

 riers for the work of that variety. 



The Bedlington This breed, which first appeared at 

 Darlington Dog show in 1866, had existed in the 

 extreme north of England, for nearly or quite fifty 

 years before that, and has always been more bred and 

 kept in the north than in any other part of the coun- 

 try, although I have occasionally seen good specimens 

 elsewhere. The following extract from a letter pub- 

 lished in " The Field " in March, 1869, from a staunch 

 supporter of the breed, will be of interest to some of my 

 readers. " The Bedlington Terrier is fast, and whether 

 on land, or in water, is equally at home; in appetite, 

 these dogs are dainty, and they seldom fatten ; but ex- 

 perience has shown them to be wiry, enduring, and, in 

 courage, equal to the bull dog. They will face almost 

 anything, and I know of a dog which will extinguish a 



