The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-15
FACTS ON Breeding
OF AIREDALE TERRIERS
Type Of Dog that Was Unknown Un-
til About Fifty Years
Ago.
DATA REGARDING CHAMPIONS

| cuTiOusly enough, while breeding studies
have been carried out on a large scale
by scientists and practical husbandmen
upon wheat and cattle. grains and live
stock. few observations have been made
Cpon dogs. One Of the few of these
has just been announced exclusively TO
the scientific world bv William Hayn. ;
| upon llredale terriers. the dogs about
which half a dozen valuable volumes have
been written Mr. Haynes in a detailed
analysis Of tho ancestry Of AiredaIr
CANNES contributes some original obser-
Vations
This type OF dog was first "InanufaC-
tured. so I" speak. only a little over
ore human generation ago. TO be- explicit
about nifty wears back. II is now a
true breeding line. Up to January OF
This year. says Mr.. Haynes. the English
and American kennel associations show
that eighty dogs and siNty-nine bitches
have captured championship ribbons
Since il Is necessary for a dog to re-
CeiNe a definite number OF awards from
the hands OF at least three different
Judges before he is set down as a cham
piOn. IL il no farfetched conclusion 10
make the deduction that the winners of
the championships are far above she
average OF thu other Airedale dogs. In
deed one Of the objects of all fanciers is
10 treed real champions
Thirty-nfne champions sired the eighty
male champions just mentioned, and of
these eighty only one had "A grandsire
for champion. Twenty-three others had
both grandsiTes for champions 1t was
also shown by Mr.. Haynes that just one
less than half of all the champion males
We're sired by a champion. and about
three-fourths had either one or both
grandsires as champions
The eighty champions themselves have
no very fine records. for only twenty
seven of them sired champions. and of
these only thirteen yielded more than one
pup that became a champion. These thir-
teen. however. bore forty-nin Of the I49
Airedale champions. almost ofe-third of
all the champions of both sexes. In the
second generation sons OF champions
bitch champions. and daughters of cham
pions were the dams Of forty-three dog
and twenty-five bitch champions
Particularly noteworthy is the fact that |
The champions, both Of whose grand I
fathers were champions enter these i
figures twice, as the get Of a champion 5 |
son and as champions daughter. Thus !
seventeen Of the eighty dog champions |
are thus bred. OF those eighty males or
dog champions, however. only twenty
four really appear as grandsires of
champions. and but ten are-the grand
sires OF four or more champions
indeed the fact that the dogs which
sired two or more champions almost con-
'tantly appear among those whose sons
md daughters have borne more than four
champions. is conspicuous proof of the
,repotency of certain dogs as the pro-
ulcers of champions. Practically all
now dogs are placed at public stud and
my champion will be most popular
breeder because of his many champion
hips and winnings
The fifty-three champions that never
tired n winner cannot therefore be ex-
used upon the grounds of absent oppor-
unities, although in few exceptional
,ases this might play a part. Certainly
hey would stand in the stud oftencr than
my non-champions.