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| caption = President Warren G. Harding's dog, Laddie Boy, seated on a high backed chair on the White House Lawn, ca. 1921-1923. The chair pictured is now part of the Ohio Historical Society artifact collections, catalog number H 15957.
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<p>Walter Lingo was a resident of La Rue, Ohio. During the 1920s, he owned the Oorang Dog Kennels. Lingo used the kennels to breed Airedale dogs. He claimed that:</p>
<blockquote> The common man of Great Britain found it necessary to create a dog different from any other in existence. The bird dog became lost in the bush when at stand, the hound was too noisy and retrievers lack stamina. Therefore, these folks secretly experimented by a series of cross-breeding old types, including the otter hound, the old English sheep dog, the black and tan terrier, and the bulldog. From this melting pot resulted the Airedale, so named because he was first produced by the people along the dale of the Aire River between England and Scotland. The new dog combined the good qualities of his ancestors without their faults. It was a super dog. </blockquote>
<p>Lingo bred and sought to create an even more powerful type of Airedale. His efforts resulted in the King Oorang breed of Airedale dogs. Lingo decribed the King Oorang as the "world's great all-around dog."</p>
<p>Upon creating the King Oorang breed, Lingo embarked on a mail order business, selling his puppies to people across North, Central, and South America. Many of Lingo's neighbors described the Airedales as killers, prompting Lingo to enlist the aid of celebrities to endorse his dogs. Perhaps, Lingo's most famous supporter was Jim Thorpe, an Indian and celebrated athlete of the 1920s. </p>
==See Also==
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*[[Jim Thorpe]]
*[[Great Depression]]
*[[Ohio]]
*[[National Football League]]
*[[Oorang Indians]]
*[[Jim ThorpeWalter Lingo]]
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