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and some white entirely," then follows his 

 deduction, viz., "the tendency evidently is 

 that color is immaterial with the best judges, so 

 that a breeder is foolish to waste his time on 

 side issues which are not material." I can only 

 state in passing that if he had a number of dogs 

 on hand that were of the colors he specifies, 

 "black and white, and some white entirely," it 

 would doubtless "seem strange" to him why they 

 persisted in remaining on his hands as if he had 

 given each one an extra bath in Le Page's 

 liquid glue. Pitfalls beset the path of the be- 

 ginner and this book is written largely to avoid 

 them. When one reads or hears the statement 

 made that color and markings are of secondary 

 consideration or even less, take warning. The 

 reader's pardon will now have to be craved for 

 the apparent egotism evidenced by the writer in 

 speaking of himself in a way that only indi- 

 rectly concerns canine matters, but which has a 

 bearing on this very important question of color, 

 and partially, at least, explains why this partic- 

 ular feature of the breeding of the Boston terrier 

 has appealed to him so prominently. My father 

 was a wholesale merchant in straw goods, and 

 had extensive dye works and bleacheries where 

 the straw, silk and cotton braids were colored. 

 As a youngster I used to take great delight in 

 watching the dyers and bleachers preparing their 



