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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Whether
by
design
or
accident
is
not
known,
but
the
fact
remains
that
in
or
about
the
year
mentioned
a
cross
took
place
between
these
same
hounds
and
terriers.
It
was
found
that
a
handier
dog
was
produced
for
the
business
for
which
he
was
required,
and
it
did
not
take
many
years
to
populate
the
district
with
these
terrier-hounds,
which
soon
came
to
be
recognised
as
a
distinct
breed.
The
Waterside
Terrier
was
the
name
first
vouchsafed
to
the
new
variety.
After
this
they
went
by
the
name
of
Bingley
Terriers,
and
eventually
they
came
to
be
known
under
their
present
appellation.
The
specimens
of
the
Airedale
which
were
first
produced
were
not
of
very
handsome
appearance,
being
what
would
now
be
called
bad
in
colour,
very
shaggy
coated,
and
naturally
big
and
ugly
in
ear.
It,
of
course,
took
some
time
to
breed
the
hound
out
at
all
satisfactorily;
some
authorities
tell
us
that
for
this
purpose
the
common
fighting
pit
Bull-terrier
and
also
the
Irish
Terrier
were
used,
the
latter
to
a
considerable
extent;
and
whether
this
is
correct
or
not
there
is
no
doubt
that
there
would
also
be
many
crosses
back
again
into
the
small
Black
and
Tan
Terrier,
primarily
responsible
for
his
existence.
In
about
twenty
years'
time,
the
breed
seems
to
have
settled
down
and
become
thoroughly
recognised
as
a
variety
of
the
terrier.
It
was
not,
however,
for
some
ten
years
after
this
that
classes
were
given
for
the
breed
at
any
representative
show.
In
1883
the
committee
of
the
National
Show
at
Birmingham
included
three
classes
for
Airedales
in
their
schedule,
which
were
fairly
well
supported;
and
three
years
after
this
recognition
was
given
to
the
breed
in
the
stud-book
of
the
ruling
authority.
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