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Airedale Terrier Club of America), and 
others. 
In England and Scotland, beyond the 
names already mentioned, we find chief 
among the supporters of the breed Mr. 
Horace Johnstone (owner of a very high- 
class bitch in Ch. Fielden Flower Girl, 
and he also has perhaps one of the 
“coming” kennels), Mr. E. Banes Condy 
(owner of the aforesaid Champion Huckle- 
berry Lass, another beautiful bitch), and 
several ladies as well as gentlemen, who 
have all done their best for the breed, 
and have at one time or other owned 
good specimens. Among them I may 
mention Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Tyser, Mrs. 
M. Cuthell, the breeder of Ch. Mistress 
Royal (perhaps the best bitch ever seen) 
and Ch. York Sceptre, Capt. Bailey, and 
Messrs. Hoskins, Dudbridge Green, Theo. 
Kershaw, A. E. Jennings, T. L. Brown, 
R. Thomas, R. Donaldson, Kerr, T. Innes, 
A. Clarkson, Hunter Johnston, Maude 
Barrett, Lever Bros., Stuart Noble, H. 
S. Mitchell, Baines, E. Blunt, Mason and 
Allatt, J. R. Cooper, J. G. Horrocks, and 
G. Lunt. 
The Airedale is such a beautiful specimen 
THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 
of the canine race, and is, in reality, in such 
healthy state, that every one of his admirers 
—and they are legion—is naturally jealous 
for his welfare, and is wishful that all shall 
go well with him. It is gratifying to state 
that he has never been the tool of faction, 
though at one time he was doubtless near 
the brink; but this was some time ago, 
and it would be a grievous pity if he ever 
again became in jeopardy of feeling the 
baneful influence of any such curse. 
There is one serious matter in connec- 
tion with him, however, and that is the 
laxity displayed by some judges of the 
breed in giving prizes to dogs shown in a 
condition, with regard to their coats, which 
ought to disentitle them to take a prize in 
any company. Shockingly badly-trimmed 
shoulders are becoming quite a common 
thing to see in Airedales. There is no 
necessity for this sort of thing; it is very 
foolish, and it is impossible to imagine 
anything more likely to do harm to a breed 
than that the idea should get abroad that 
this is the general practice in connection 
with it. Judges should do their duty, and 
the thing will go of itself. One can only 
hope it will. 
CH, FIELDEN FLOWER GIRL 
CH. MASTER ROYAL, 
