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replied: "You need not advise an old dog man 

 like me ; I can tell by the look of his eye what 

 he would do if given a chance. You have no 

 right whatever to show such a dog." Since then 

 I went to the kennels where a noted prize win- 

 ner is placed at public stud, and he showed such 

 a vicious disposition and attempt to bite 

 through the bars of his pen that the attendant 

 had to cover the bars over with a blanket. Such 

 dogs as these should be given at once a sufficient 

 amount of chloroform and a suitable burial 

 without mourners. If a man must keep such a 

 brute, then a strong chain and a secure place 

 where his owner alone can visit him is abso- 

 lutely imperative. 



Boston terriers, of all breeds, must possess 

 perfect dispositions if they are to maintain their 

 present popularity; and yet, how many unscru- 

 pulous breeders and dealers are palming off 

 upon a confiding public dogs which, instead of 

 being "put away" (I think that is the general 

 term they use) should be put under so much 

 solid mother earth that no one would suspect 

 their interment. I know it takes considerable 

 grit and force of character to cheerfully put to 

 sleep a dog for which perhaps a large sum of 

 money has been paid, that has developed an un- 

 certain, snappy disposition, yet it pays so to do ; 

 honesty is not alone the best policy, but the only 



