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...Breed and Lowe To Play...
...partisan cartoonist, not curious but bitter, depicts the Republican Covered Wagon just as it has crossed Recent Election River. The perplexed Elephant turns to Driver Cal, asking: "Now, where's that half-breed guide of ours gone ?" And Cal replies : "Search me ! He was in the wagon until we got safely across the river." But the trenchant pen of the cartoonist* discovers the "half-breed guide"-and what does he wear but the face of Mr. Borah?-hiding behind the brush and whispering to the prowling savages who wear insurgent feathers in their topknots...
...issue of TIME, you give an account of a dog show and speak of Pointer vs. Airedale. Could you please tell me where and when the name of Airedale was given to this 'breed of dogs? In the Standard Dictionary, there is a whole page given illustrating the various breeds of dogs, but the Airedale is not among them. The word is not found in the Dictionary, nor could I find it in Webster's. I would like to know if this is not a new breed of dogs and I would like to know how they came by this...
...English Terrier, a strong, fearless dog, good for vermin and dead game, lacked a good sense of smell. So the people of the Aire valley crossed it with the Otter Hound, making it keen-scented and giving it better watermanship. Other crosses were made to improve the breed. The dogs were first known as Waterside Terriers. The Airedale Agricultural Society, at a farm show, held the first exhibition of this class of dogs in 1879, and decided to give them the name Airedale in honor of the event...
...class of people who best stand civilization may not be the class most worthy of life. Science must determine the type it wants to produce, and must breed for quality...