CHAPTER VIII. 



BREEDING FOR A VIGOROUS CONSTI- 

 TUTION. 



I think there never was a time in the history 

 of the breed when this particular feature needed 

 more thoughtful, systematic and scientific at- 

 tention devoted to it than now. For the past 

 few years breeders have been straining every 

 nerve, and leaving no stone unturned, to pro- 

 duce small stock, toys, in fact, and everyone 

 realizes, who has given the question thoughtful 

 consideration, that this line of breeding has 

 been at the expense of the vigor, and indirectly 

 largely of a beautiful disposition, of the dog, to 

 say nothing of the financial loss that must 

 inevitably ensue. 



Said an old Boston terrier man (Mr. Barnard) 

 at a recent show: "Mr. Axtell, if they keep on 

 breeding at this rate, it won't be long before 

 they produce a race of black and tans." 



In my estimation it will not be black and tan 

 terriers, but nothing. It will be productive of 

 a line of bitches that are either barren, or so 

 small that they can not possibly whelp without 



