THE BOSTON TERRIER 



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REVISED STANDARD 



POINT VALUES 



10 GENERAL APPEARANCE: The 

 general appearance of the Boston 

 terrier should be that of a lively, 

 highly intelligent, smooth coated, 

 short headed, compactly built, 

 short tailed, well balanced dog 

 of medium station, of brindle col- 

 or and evenly marked with white. 

 The head should indicate a high 

 degree of intelligence and should 

 be in proportion to the size of the 

 dog; the body rather short and 

 well knit, the limbs strong and 

 neatly turned; tail short and no 

 feature being so prominent that the 

 dog appears badly proportioned. 

 The dog should convey an impres- 

 sion oT determination, strength 

 and activity, with style of a high 

 order; carriage easy and graceful. 

 A proportionate combination of 

 "Color" and "Ideal Markings" is 

 a particularly distinctive feature 

 of a representative specimen, and 

 dogs with a preponderance of 

 white on body, or without the 

 proper proportion of brindle and 

 white on head, should possess 

 sufficient merit otherwise to coun- 

 eract their deficiences in these 

 respects. 



The ideal "Boston Terrier Expres- 

 sion" as indicating "a high de- 

 gree of intelligence," is also an 

 important characteristic of the 

 breed. 



"Color and Markings" and "Ex- 

 pression" should be given particu- 

 lar consideration in determining 

 the relative value of "General Ap- 

 pearance" to other points. 



OLD STANDARD. 



Scale of Points. 



10GENERAL APPEARANCE 

 AND STYLE: The general ap- 

 pearance of the Boston Terrier 

 is that of a smooth, short-coated, 

 compactly-built dog of medium 

 station. The head should indi- 

 cate a high degree of intelligence 

 and should be in proportion to 

 the dog's size; the body rather 

 short and well-knit, the limbs 

 strong and finely turned, no fea- 

 ture being so prominent that the 

 dog appears badly proportioned. 

 The dog conveys an impression 

 of determination, strength and 

 activity. Style of a high order, 

 and carriage easy and graceful. 



