CHAPTER II. 

 THE BOSTON TERRIER CLUB. 



ITS HISTORY, THE ORDER OF ITS BUSINESS, CON- 

 STITUTION, BY-LAWS, AND OFFICIAL 

 STANDARD. 



In 1890 a club was formed in Boston by a 

 comparatively small body of men who were very 

 much interested in the dog then known as the 

 Round-Headed Bull and Terrier dog. These 

 men were breeders and lovers of the dog, and 

 their main object in coming together was not to 

 have a social good time (although, happily, this 

 generally took place), but to further the inter- 

 ests of the dog in every legitimate way. The 

 dog had been shown at the New England Ken- 

 nel Club show, held in Boston in April, 1888, 

 being judged by Mr. J. P. Barnard, Jr., ofttimes 

 styled "the father of the breed," practically two 

 years before the formation of the Club. The 

 year following the Club applied for admission 

 in the American Kennel Club, and recognition 

 for their dogs in the Stud Book. The A. K. C. 

 stated that while perfectly willing to take the 

 Cub into its fold, they could not place the dog 

 in the Stud Book, as he was not an established 

 breed, and suggesting, that as the dog was not 



