About twenty-five (now thirty-five) years ago Mr. Robert C. 

 Hooper of Boston came into possession of a dog named Judge. 

 This dog, which he purchased of Mr. William O'Brien of the 

 same city', was undoubtedly imported from the other side. Judge, 

 commonly known as Hooper's Judge, was destined to be the an- 

 cestoi*of almost all the true modern Boston Terriers. He was a 

 cross between an English Bulldog and an English Terrier, lean- 

 ing in type rather more toward the Bulldog. He was a strongly 

 built, high-stationed dog of about thirty-two pounds weight. In 

 color he was a dark brindle, with a white stripe in the face. His 

 head was square and blocky, and he resembled the present Bos- 

 ton Terrier in that he was nearly even mouthed. Judge was 

 bred to Burnett's Gyp (or Kate). Gyp was a white bitch, 

 owned by Mr. Edward Burnett of Southboro. She was of about 

 twenty pounds weight, had a fine three-quarter tail and wa,s 

 quite low stationed. She was of stocky build, showing consider- 

 able strength in her make-up. Her head was good, being short 

 and blocky. 



From Judge and Gyp descended Wells' Eph. This dog was 

 of strong build and, like his dam, was low stationed. His weight 

 was about twenty-eight pounds. He was of a dark brindle color, 

 with even white markings, and, like Judge, was nearly even 

 mouthed. 



Eph was mated with Tobin's Kate. This bitch was of small 

 size, weighing only twenty pounds. She had a fairly short 

 head, was of a golden brindle color, and had a straight three- 

 quarter tail. 



From Wells' Eph and Tobin's Kate came Barnard's Tom, 

 the first dog in this line to rejoice in a screw tail. Tom was a 

 dark brindle dog, with a white blaze on the side of his face, 

 white collar, white chest and white feet. His weight was about 

 twenty-two pounds. This dog was a great improvement over 

 his sire and grandsire, being the first to show that fine quality 

 that is present in a good specimen of the modern Boston Terrier. 

 Tom was undoubtedly the best Boston Terrier of his day, and 

 was naturally much used in the stud. He proved very pre- 

 potent, much more so than his litter brother, Atkinson's Toby. 

 The latter was also dark brindle and white, but differed from 

 Tom in being evenly marked. His tail was not as good, being of 

 full length, From Tom came Barnard's Mike, out of Kelly's 

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