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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
Airedale
is
not
of
ancient
origin.
He
was
probably
first
heard
of
about
the
year
1850.
He
is
undoubtedly
the
product
of
the
Otterhound
and
the
old
Black
and
Tan
wire-haired
terrier
referred
to
in
the
chapters
on
the
wire-hair
Fox
and
the
Welsh
Terriers.
When
one
considers
the
magnificent
nobleness,
the
great
sagacity,
courage,
and
stateliness
of
the
Otterhound,
the
great
gameness,
cheek,
and
pertinacity
of
the
old
Black
and
Tan
wire-hair,
such
a
cross
must
surely
produce
an
animal
of
excellent
type
and
character.
Yorkshire,
more
especially
that
part
of
it
round
and
about
the
town
of
Otley,
is
responsible
for
the
birth
of
the
Airedale.
The
inhabitants
of
the
country
of
broad
acres
are,
and
always
have
been,
exceedingly
fond
of
any
kind
of
sport--as,
indeed,
may
also
be
said
of
their
brothers
of
the
Red
Rose--but
if
in
connection
with
that
sport
a
dog
has
to
be
introduced,
then
indeed
are
they
doubly
blessed,
for
they
have
no
compeers
at
the
game.
Otter-hunting
was
formerly
much
indulged
in
by
the
people
living
in
the
dales
of
the
Aire
and
the
Wharfe,
and
not
only
were
packs
of
Otterhounds
kept,
but
many
sportsmen
maintained
on
their
own
account
a
few
hounds
for
their
personal
delectation.
These
hounds
were
no
doubt
in
some
instances
a
nondescript
lot,
as,
indeed,
are
several
of
the
packs
hunting
the
otter
to-day,
but
there
was
unquestionably
a
good
deal
of
Otterhound
blood
in
them,
and
some
pure
bred
hounds
were
also
to
be
found.
Yorkshire
also
has
always
been
the
great
home
of
the
terrier.
Fox-terriers,
as
we
now
know
them,
had
at
this
time
hardly
been
seen.
The
terrier
in
existence
then
was
the
Black
and
Tan
wire-hair,
a
hardy
game
terrier,
a
great
workman
on
land
or
in
water.
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