CHAPTER I. 



HISTORY OF THE BREED. 



The Origin and History of the Boston Terrier Concerning 

 Some of the Earlier Dogs The Influence of Barnard's 

 Tom Other Important Sires How the Small Size was 

 Obtained A False Impression Corrected. 



A CORRECT biography of this most popu- 

 lar and important breed cannot fail to 

 prove of absorbing interest, and we are 

 particularly fortunate in being able to rely 

 on the history as given by one who cer- 

 tainly had ample opportunity, by his long 

 and varied experience as a breeder, to be- 

 come familiar and thoroughly conversant 

 with all of the most important facts of 

 Boston Terrier history. The mingling of 

 the blood of the aristocratic English Bull- 

 dog and the pugnacious Bull Terrier oc- 

 curred over thirty years ago, and the result was responsible for 

 the present Boston Terrier. 



Being very anxious to present a correct and concise history 

 of this breed, application has been made to Mr. Dwight Baldwin, 

 long recognized as an expert, to be permitted to use in its en- 

 tirety his very lucid description of the early history of the breed 

 as contained in the Boston Terrier Club Book. This permission 

 was most cordially given, and we are surely indebted to him for 

 this privilege. Search was made among the earlier breeders for 

 photographs of the dogs of days gone by, and as a result of 

 their interest and kindness photographs of dogs who, although 

 noted in their day, have never thus .appeared before the public 

 are in this little volu/ne. 



The question is often asked: How did the breed originate? 

 Briefly stated, it may be said to have resulted from a cross be- 

 tween the English Bulldog and the English Terrier, and then 

 to have been considerably inbred. Accidental peculiarities of the 

 first dogs used as sires are partly responsible for the present 

 type: 



