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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XXXIV
THE
AIREDALE
TERRIER
There
is
perhaps
no
breed
of
dog
that
in
so
short
a
time
has
been
improved
so
much
as
the
Airedale.
He
is
now
a
very
beautiful
animal,
whereas
but
a
few
years
back,
although
maybe
there
were
a
few
fairly
nice
specimens,
by
far
the
greater
number
were
certainly
the
reverse
of
this.
In
place
of
the
shaggy,
soft-coated,
ugly-coloured
brute
with
large
hound
ears
and
big
full
eyes,
we
have
now
a
very
handsome
creature,
possessing
all
the
points
that
go
to
make
a
really
first-class
terrier
of
taking
colour,
symmetrical
build,
full
of
character
and
"go,"
amply
justifying--in
looks,
at
any
rate--its
existence
as
a
terrier.
Whether
it
is
common
sense
to
call
a
dog
weighing
40
lb.
to
50
lb.
a
terrier
is
a
question
that
one
often
hears
discussed.
The
fact
remains
the
dog
is
a
terrier--a
sort
of
glorified
edition
of
what
we
understand
by
the
word,
it
is
true,
but
in
points,
looks,
and
character,
a
terrier
nevertheless,
and
it
is
impossible
otherwise
to
classify
him.
People
will
ask:
"How
can
he
be
a
terrier?
Why
he
is
an
outrage
on
the
very
word,
which
can
only
mean
a
dog
to
go
to
ground;
and
to
what
animal
in
the
country
of
his
birth
can
an
Airedale
go
to
ground?"
Above
ground
and
in
water,
however,
an
Airedale
can,
and
does,
perform
in
a
very
excellent
manner
everything
that
any
other
terrier
can
do.
As
a
water
dog
he
is,
of
course,
in
his
element;
for
work
on
land
requiring
a
hard,
strong,
fast
and
resolute
terrier
he
is,
needless
to
say,
of
great
value;
and
he
is
said
to
be
also,
when
trained--as
can
easily
be
imagined
when
one
considers
his
power
of
scent,
his
strength,
sagacity,
and
speed--a
most
excellent
gun-dog.
He
is,
in
fact,
a
general
utility
dog,
for
add
to
the
above-mentioned
qualities
those
of
probably
an
incomparable
guard
and
a
most
excellent
companion,
faithful
and
true,
and
ask
yourself
what
do
you
want
more,
and
what
breed
of
dog,
taken
all
round,
can
beat
him?
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