THE BOSTON TERRIER 143 



a number of pups, descendants of Tom, whose 

 owners would have beenonly too glad tohave had 

 their straight tails put in splints, if, thereby, it 

 would have been possible to produce a "screw". 



I think the subject of sufficient importance 

 to again call the attention of breeders to the 

 necessity of the extreme care in breeding seal 

 brindles. The demand started some years ago 

 for very dark color has placed upon the mar- 

 ket many dogs devoid of any brindle shading. 

 At the last Boston Terrier Club specialty show 

 a beautiful little dog, almost perfect in every 

 other respect, was given the gate on account 

 of being practically black. 



In my former chapter on Color Breeding, I 

 urged the necessity of using a red or light ma- 

 hogany brindle on black stock. If either sex 

 come black, never use any other color than 

 these to mix in. Enough said ! 



One is constantly hearing from all parts of 

 the country of the prevalence of bitches miss- 

 ing. Where they are bred to over-worked 

 stud dogs no surprise need be manifested. In 

 case of a "miss" have the bitch bred two or 

 three times to the dog next time. If she misses 

 then, the next time let her run with the dog 

 for several days. I have written this before, 

 but it will bear repetition. 



Do not acquire the habit of getting rid of 

 the matrons of the kennel when six or seven 



