THE AIREDALE TERRIER. 
and smaller until he should approach the 
size of a Welsh Terrier, a thing which lovers 
of either breed are anxious should not 
come to pass. But what terrible pains and 
penalties are held over the heads of any 
judges who dare offend! ‘Any of 
the club judges who, in the opinion of 
the committee shall give prizes or other- 
wise push to the front”? (the italics are 
the writer’s) ‘‘ dogs of a small type, shall 
be at once hung, drawn, and quartered.” 
How do you push a dog to the front ? 
What does it mean? The only way 
one can perform this feat on a dog 
besides giving it prizes is, maybe, if 
you own and exhibit it or report on 
it Im some paper or other. It behoves 
you to be careful, indeed! 
Now let us consider the scale of points 
drafted by the Airedale Terrier Club, 
adopted—surely solely out of loyalty 
—by the South of England Airedale 
Terrier Club. Out of a total of 100, 
not one single point is given for character, 
expression, or general appearance. It is 
clear, according to it, that what is wanted 
is simply an animal with points; no such 
thing as a dog that is a terrier, with per- 
fect balance, manners, character, and ex- 
pression is considered at all. He is not 
catered for; he is not wanted. Let us 
see what is wanted. Count the points given 
for head and its appurtenances, and you 
will find that nearly half the total—4o out 
of ro0o—is given for head. Surely, this must 
be wrong advice to give to anyone who 
happens to believe that what is wanted is 
a terriey, and a sound one. Will he not 
naturally think that what is required is 
something of a monstrosity—a _ clothes- 
horse, e.g. with a head—it must be a head— 
on one end of it? The writer sometimes 
comes across judges in other walks of 
terrierdom who tell him that they cannot 
look at a terrier unless he has what they 
choose to calla “‘nob”’ on him. An Airedale 
bred to standard must suit these gentry 
because there would be no doubt about 
his ‘“‘nob.” It would be a “nob”! It 
must be, as has been said above, that this 
standard was adopted by the new body 
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purely out of loyalty for its originators, the 
older society. The Airedale fanciers of the 
present day are so astute, and breed such 
good terriers, that it must be assumed they 
take little heed of the standard and go 
MR. E. BANES CONDY’s CH. HUCKLEBERRY LASS 
BY COMPTON MARVEL—mMISS_ SALT. 
their own ways. One often hears the present- 
day Airedale man talking of type. He is, 
in fact, a great stickler for type, and yet, 
funnily enough, the standard which he has 
fathered will not allow him to take any 
notice of it, and does not allot even half a 
point for it. 
As has already been hinted, the one great 
factor in the life of the Airedale was the 
foundation of the South of England Airedale 
Terrier Club some twelve years ago. At the 
time this club was formed 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 
