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well into the back, shoulder-blades flat, chest deep, but not broad. 

 Body Back short, strong and straight ; ribs well sprung. Hind- 

 quarters Strong and muscular, with no drop ; hocks well let down ; 

 the tail set on high and carried gaily, but not curled over the back. 

 Legs and Feet Legs perfectly straight, with plenty of bone ; feet 

 small and round with good depth of pad. Coat Hard and wiry, and 

 not so long as to appear ragged ; it should also be straight and close, 

 covering the dog well over the body and legs. Colour The head and 

 ears, with the exception of dark markings on each side of the skull, 

 should be tan, the ears being a darker shade than the rest, the legs up 

 to the thigh and elbows being also tan, the body black or dark grizzle. 

 Weight Dogs 40 Ib. to 45 lb., bitches slightly less. 



At the time of the formation of the Southern club the 

 state of the Airedale was critical ; possessed of perhaps 

 unequalled natural advantages, lovely dog as he is, he had not 

 made that progress that he should have done. He had not 

 been boomed in any way, and had been crawling when he 

 should have galloped. From the moment the new club was 

 formed, however, the Airedale had a new lease of life. Mr. 

 Holland Buckley and other keen enthusiasts seem to have 

 recognised to a nicety exactly what was required to give 

 a necessary fillip to the breed ; they appear also to have 

 founded their club at the right moment, and to have offered 

 such an attractive bill of fare, that not only did everyone in 

 the south who had anything to do with Airedales join at once, 

 but very shortly a host of new fanciers was enrolled, and 

 crowds of people began to take the breed up who had had 

 nothing to do with it, or, indeed, any other sort of dog 

 previously. 



Some few years after the foundation of this club, a junior 

 branch of it was started, and this, ably looked after by Mr. R. 

 Lauder McLaren, is almost as big a success in its way as is 

 the parent institution. Other clubs have been started in the 

 north and elsewhere, and altogether the Airedale is very 

 well catered for in this respect, and, if things go on as they are 

 now going, is bound to prosper and become even more exten- 

 sively owned than he is at present. To Mr. Holland Buckley, 

 Mr. G. H. Elder, Mr. Royston Mills, and Mr. Marshall Lee, 

 the Airedale of the present day owes much. 



