CHAPTER XI. 



BOSTON TERRIER TYPE AND THE 

 STANDARD. 



The standard adopted by the Boston Terrier 

 Club in 1900 was the result of earnest, sincere, 

 thoughtful deliberations of as conservative and 

 conscientious a body of men as could anywhere 

 be gotten together. Nothing was done in haste, 

 the utmost consideration was given to every de- 

 tail, and it was a thoroughly matured, and 

 practically infallible guide to the general charac- 

 ter and type of the breed by men who were 

 genuine lovers of the dog for its own sake, who 

 were perfectly familiar with the breed from its 

 start, and who were cognizant of every point 

 and characteristc which differentiated him from 

 the bulldog on the one side and the bull terrier 

 on the other, and while admitting the just 

 claims of every other breed, believed sincerely 

 that the dog evolved under their fostering care 

 was the peer, if not the superior, of all in the 

 particular sphere for which he was designed, 



