To correct an idea that has become somewhat prevalent, it 

 can here be stated that the dog is in no sense a fighting dog. 

 While he is plucky, as might be expected from his ancestry, he is 

 not quarrelsome. 



A careful perusal of the foregoing article shows very con- 

 clusively that the present Boston Terrier, as he is now known 

 (his name some fifteen years ago having been changed from the 

 Boston Bull), is a result of inbreeding of the most careless or 

 happy-go-lucky sort, and as a consequence, even after a lapse of 

 thirty-five years, he continues to present himself as representing 

 several distinct types so that we often have an example of the 

 English Bull, the true type of Boston Terrier and a pronounced 

 Terrier in the same litter, despite the utmost care in breeding. 

 This peculiarity of the breed will be more fully treated in a later 

 chapter. 



HALL'S MAX. 



