HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1912 
KENNEL DEPARTMENT 
The purpose of this department is to give advice to those inter¬ 
ested in dogs. The manager will gladly answer any troublesome 
questions. Address “Kennel Department" and enclose a self- 
addressed envelope. 
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What Do You 
Feed Him? 
He’s your most faithful 
animal friend — really a 
member of your family. 
Don’t feed him odd 
scraps and raw meats 
that make him fat, 
lazy and generally 
unhealthy. 
Give him Austin’s 
Dog Bread — made 
especially for him of 
good cereals and 
flour and clean, sweet 
meat. Gives him a 
glossy coat, clear 
eyes and sound mus¬ 
cle. As a regular 
diet it keeps him always in condition. 
Send tor a Free Sample 
Simply write your name and address and the name of your 
deale*- on a postal and say whether you want to try Austin’s 
Dog Bread or Austin’s Puppy Bread (for small pets and puppies 
under six months old) and a sample will be sent free by mail. 
Your dealer has /lustirt's Dog Bread or can get it for you. 
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Look for AUSTIN 
on Every,Cake 
AUSTIN 006 BREAO ANO ANIMAL 
FOOD COMPANY 
211 Marginal Street, Chelsea, Mass. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
best all ’round dog and companion 
Our Terriers are blue ribbon winners a 
New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Chicago 
Kansas City and other large shows 
Puppies for SalCt $25 and Up. 
Champion Red Raven at Stud, 
Fee $20. The greatest living sire 
Beautiful illustrated booklet for stamp 
ELMHURST FARM KENNELS 
Sta. E. KANSAS CITY. MO. 
A SHETLAND PONY 
is an unceasing source of pleasure. A safe 
and ideal playmate. Makes the child 
strong and of robust health. Highest 
type—complete outfits—here. 
Inexpensive. Satisfaction guar- 
anteed. Write for illustrated 
catalog. 
BELLE MEADE FARM 
3 Markham, Va. 
Easy to 
Buy 
Easy 
to 
Keep 
FOR S A L E 
Hunting Dogs, trained and experienced. For years 
my dogs have proved a success in nearly every part 
of America. People of prominence in most states and 
everybody at home referred to. 
JNO. B. DONALDSON 
Booneville» Miss., U. S. A. 
TOY WHITE FRENCH POODLE PUPS, sired 
by FUZZ. Stewart Famous Prize Winner. 
Also Pomeranian Pups. Pedigreed Stock. 
Send Stamp (or reply. 
MRS. G. C. RHODE, Ann Arbor Mich. 
AIREDALE PUPS 
Registered Stock — Reasonable 
WILLOUGHBY KENNELS, NORFOLK, VA 
RABBITS AND PET STOCK 
Unrivalled Flemish Giant, Angora Tan and Polish Rabbits— 
Peruvian and Smooth Cavies for fancy or pets. SOME GOOD 
YOUNGSTERS NOW FOR SALE, $1.00 up. 
Elm Cove Rabbitry, Great Neck, L. I. 
Russian Wolfhounds 
The Best Dog in the world and 
one of the Rarest Breeds extant. 
Peerless in beauty and reliability 
of disposition. Companions for 
gentlemen, ladies or children. 
CATALOGUE "H’ 
Mirasol Kennels 
Pasadena. California 
Pointers and Setters 
WANTED TO TRAIN ON GAME. PLENTY 
GAME. TRAINED DOGS FOR SALE 
W. GEORGE SMITH 
K. 9 Kennela, Marydel, Md. 
FOR SALE 
A well-bred Great Dane Dog. Ex¬ 
cellent watchdog, thoroughly reliable. 
SCOTCH TERRIERS 
Pure bred and registered stock only. 
Puppies for sale at all times. Address- 
GEO. F. TUCKER 
299 CentralAveuue, 
Albany, N. Y. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
Puppies two months old from my prize winning 
bitch, High License, by Flathead Brier Test. The 
greatest dog in the West. Also older dogs. All my 
breeding stock is trained on bear and hon and 
possess the staying quality. Write for prices and 
photos of dogs at work on big game. 
C. COBB, Flathead Kennels, Kalispell, Mont. 
IRISH TERRIER PUPPIES 
of both sexes. All from the very best 
stock. ^ 
For particulars address 
CLOVERLY KENNELS 
West ChaBtar, Panna. 
HANDSOME CATS AND KITTENS FOR SALE— 
Domestic and rare foreign varieties. 
Siamese, Abyssinian, Manx, and Rus¬ 
sian. Ideal boarding place for cats, 
dogs and birds. Model Poultry depart¬ 
ment, supplies broilers, fowl and squab. 
Write for beautifully illustrated 
catalogue and sales lists. 
BLACK SHORT HAIRED CATTERY 
Oradell, N. J. 
The Airedale 
No man who has land enough to provide proper 
freedom for a dog can afford to deprive himself of the 
friendship and protection of one. Many have the desire 
but hesitate at the breed. Beginning 'with this number. 
House &• Garden will publish a series of articles 
pointing out the characteristics of the best dogs for the 
home outside the city. 
tJ ALF a century or more ago there was 
evolved in Yorkshire a type of dog 
that filled a long-felt want in the hearts 
of the sport-loving Britons of that Midland 
county. They needed a brainy animal that 
should be big and dead game, hardy and 
absolutely without fear of water or cold, 
a good watch-dog and a keen general-pur¬ 
pose hunter, for the valley of the Aire is 
a region of hills and rushing streams, the 
natural abode of foxes, otters, badgers and 
other lesser vermin galore. It was hard 
to find a breed that could satisfactorily 
meet all those requirements, so the York- 
shiremen determined to invent one, and 
the successful result of their experiments 
has, with some slight modifications of con¬ 
formation, come down to us as the Aire¬ 
dale of the present day — the largest terrier. 
The Airedale’s ancestry is. and prob¬ 
ably always will be, more or less a matter 
of conjecture. But the chances are that 
he was originally a cross between a griz- 
zle-and-tan terrier that used to be common 
in Yorkshire, and the otterhound, the lat¬ 
ter being a powerful dog somewhat of the 
bloodhound type, but wire-coated and 
almost as much at home in the water as 
out of it. Probably there were also traces 
of breeds such as the bull terrier, collie, 
Bedlington, fox terrier and perhaps others. 
But however uncertain may be his early 
lineage, there is absolutely no doubt that 
the Airedale of to-day is a grand dog. 
strong, courageous, intelligent and with a 
disposition that for general attractiveness 
is surpassed by those of few other breeds. 
He will hunt anything from a mouse to a 
grizzly bear; he will herd sheep or do par¬ 
lor tricks for the entertainment of visitors. 
He is obedient and cheerful, and takes to 
the water like a muskrat. He will be a 
safe and gentle playmate for the children, 
or a terror to tramps and night prowlers 
in general. He makes an ideal companion 
and friend, for he has the true terrier’s 
spirit of “get up and go,” combined with a 
certain dignity and dependability that is 
all his own. A good Airedale doesn’t look 
for trouble, but woe be unto any dog that 
tries to impose upon him, for he knows not 
the meaning of the word “quit.” He is of 
the practical all-around type and “will do 
anything that any other dog can do and 
then lick the other dog.” 
There is no record of the Airedale ever 
having been called beautiful in an esthetic 
sense. But there is about him an appear¬ 
ance of compactness and symmetry, of 
straight-limbed, capable strength, that can¬ 
not but excite admiration. To see him in 
action with all the grace of his tense mus¬ 
cles in perfect play and watch the pound 
of well-placed pads is to realize that he’s a 
real dog. To know him well is to I’ke 
him, for no dog could have built up such 
a reputation as the Airedale now enjoys 
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