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Show THE AIREDALE TERRIER. Breed of Dog That Is Just Now Considered Con-sidered the Paragon of Bog Town. Dogs, much nil else, depend largely on Dame Fashion for popularity, and be It said to her ladyship's shame merit seldom enters into the least ot her calculations, says Hubert Ilecdcr, In Hecreatlon. For once, however, she seems to havo called common sense Into consultation, nnd In placing the seal of her approvnl upon the Airedale terrier she simply gives credit where duo. if over there was n paragon In dogdom that paragon Is certainly tho Alrcdnlo. This dog had established an enviable en-viable reputation In England before It began to attract the attention ot our fanciers. Though It has now belonged be-longed to a distinct breed for nearly 50 years, It did not make Its appearance appear-ance In America until lato In tho KO's. A few specimens were then bought, simply becnuso the breed, was fashionable fashion-able nbroad, and tho purchasers suffered suf-fered soniewhnt of n shock when they first saw their new and costly pets Airedales nro not prepossessing, nt first sight, and appreciation ot their benuty often comes only with time and familiarity with their good qualities. Personally, I confess that I took to them right away. The well-poised head, so haughty and thoroughbred; tho sturdy body, so clean and symmetrical; tho great, yellow eyes, so full of honesty hon-esty nnd Intelligence, nnd the proud carrlago, fcpenlclng so loud of character charac-ter nnd strength, mado mo overlook completely the ugly color and the roughness of their coats. I onco asked n charming Now York woman who kept, a large kennel ot Airedales what mado her choose such ugly brutes. "Why, their very ugliness," sho said, promptly; "It Is bo beautiful nnd aristocratic." aris-tocratic." And sho was right; theli ugliness is both beautiful nnd aristocratic. |