222 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



sound all over ; his advent was opportune he was just the 

 dog that was wanted, and there is no doubt he did the breed 

 a great amount of good. 



A dog called Colne Crack, who was a beautiful little terriers 

 was another of the early shown ones by whom the breed has 

 lostjiothing, and two other terriers whose names are much 

 revered by lovers of the breed are Cholmondeley Briar and 

 Briar Test. 



Some years ago, when the breed was in the stage referred to 

 above, a club was formed to look after its interests, and there 

 is no doubt that though perhaps phenomenal success did not 

 attend its efforts, it did its best, and forms a valuable link in the 

 chain of popularity of the Airedale. It was at best apparently 

 a sleepy sort of concern, and never seems to have attracted 

 new fanciers. Some dozen or so years ago, however, a club, des- 

 tined not only to make a great name for itself, but also to do 

 a thousandfold more good to the breed it espouses than ever 

 the old club did, was formed under the name of the South of 

 England Airedale Terrier Club, and a marvellously successful 

 and popular life it has so far lived. The younger club was in 

 no way an antagonist of the older one, and it has ever been 

 careful that it should not be looked upon in any way as such. 

 The old club has, however, been quite overshadowed by the 

 younger, which, whether it wishes it or not, is now looked upon 

 as the leading society in connection with the breed. 



At a meeting of the first club which went by the name of 

 the Airedale Terrier Club held in Manchester some eighteen 

 or twenty years ago, the following standard of perfection 

 and scale of points was drawn up and adopted : 



Head Long, with flat skull, but not too broad between the ears, 

 narrowing slightly to the eyes, free from wrinkle ; stop hardly visible, 

 and cheeks free from fullness ; jaw deep and powerful, well filled up 

 before the eyes ; lips light ; ears V-shaped with a side carriage, small 

 but not out of proportion to the size of the dog ; the nose black ; the 

 eyes small and dark in colour, not prominent, and full of terrier ex- 

 pression ; the teeth strong and level. The neck should be of moderate 

 length and thickness, gradually widening towards the shoulders and 

 free from throatiness. Shoulders and Chest Shoulders long and sloping 



