The Terriers 



The appearance of the Dandie is too 

 familiar to call for description. He is now, 

 as he seems always to have been, a hardy, 

 game little tyke. 



The Airedale is too big to answer well 

 to the name of terrier, a dog weighing from 

 40 to 45 lbs., while a bitch would be slightly 

 less. For all that he is a sportsman, if he 

 is unable to go to ground owing to his size ; 

 a hound is supposed to have figured in his 

 ancestry, but since he has come to be ex- 

 hibited in large numbers care has been 

 taken over his breeding, and he now comes 

 as true to type as any other dog. Another 

 North Country dog is the Bedlington, who 

 also has much to commend him, but as far 

 as one can see, he is not greatly in favour 

 outside the kennels of a few enthusiasts. 



It is only some twenty years ago that the 

 Welsh terrier made a sort of apologetic 

 appearance in the Kennel Club Stud-Book, 

 but things have looked up with him since 

 then. This is not surprising, as he is a 



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