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possessed thirteen white Boston terrier dogs 

 that used to accompany him in his walks about 

 the farm, and woe to any kind of vermin or 

 vagrant curs that showed themselves. From 

 Judge and Gyp descended Well's Eph, a low- 

 stationed, dark brindle dog with even white 

 markings, weighing twenty-eight pounds. Eph 

 was mated to a golden brindle, short-headed, 

 twenty pound bitch, having a three-quarter tail, 

 named Tobin's Kate. From this union came a 

 red brindle dog with a white blaze on one side 

 of his face, white collar, white chest, and white 

 feet, weighing twenty-two pounds, and posses- 

 sing the first screw tail, named Barnard's Tom. 

 I shall never forget the first visit I made to 

 Barnard's stable to see him. To my mind he 

 possessed a certain type, style and quality such 

 as I had never seen before, but which stamped 

 him as the first real Boston terrier, as the dog 

 is today understood. I was never tired of going 

 to see him and his brother, Atkinson's Toby. 

 Tom was mated to a dark brindle bitch, evenly 

 marked, weighing twenty pounds. She had a 

 good, short, blocky head, and a three-quarter 

 tail, and known as Kelley's Nell. The result of 

 this mating was a dog destined to make Boston 

 terrier history, and to my mind the most famous 

 Boston terrier born, judged by results. He was 

 known as "Mike," commonly called "Barnard's 



