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as well as every other variety of terriers in their pioneer days, and he and 

 James Lawrence each had an entry of unknown parentage. James G. 

 Lathrop, the Harvard professor of athletics, had three entries, one of 

 which was by the Reed dog, as a dog owned by a man named Reed became 

 known. Mr. Lathrop also had a white bitch of Mr. James Lawrence's 

 breeding, being by his Crab out of his Kate, a white bitch. 



At the third show of the Massachusetts Kennel Club it was pretty 

 certain that white bull terriers of the English type would win, hence the entry 

 of the short-faced ones was light. Four entries of the local sort were made, 

 including Sandy, by Barnard's Tom out of Higginson's Belle, a bit of breed- 

 ing that after a few years was a desirable foundation to trace back to. The 

 next show at Boston was that of the present New England Kennel Club, 

 with Mr. J. A. Nickerson as a hard-working, enthusiastic secretary. He 

 was the first to follow the example set by the National Breeders' show at 

 Philadelphia in November, 1884, of which we were manager, of a catalogue 

 with the printed awards. After that all shows of any prominence had to 

 do likewise. Mr. Nickerson had little use for cross-bred dogs and as the 

 show bull terrier was then well represented the local brindle dogs were 

 crowded out almost entirely. Finally, as the numbers increased and the 

 wished-for opportunity to exhibit became more frequently expressed the Bos- 

 ton show committee opened classes for "Round-headed bull and terriers, any 

 colour," and the response was so good that the classes became fixtures. 

 In keeping with the name there was a kennel at Providence called the Round 

 Head Kennels, and the proprietors, Messrs. Boutelle and Bicknell, were very 

 successful. Starting with a third prize record in 1888, they managed by 

 good judgment to buy and breed Mike II., Sir Vera and two bitches named 

 Topsy, and win with them four firsts at Boston in 1890, and two seconds 

 with Jack and Gladstone. 



Very shortly after this the Bostonians got together and formed a club, 

 the idea being to get recognition of the dog they were developing. Early 

 in 1891 an application was received from the "American Bull Terrier Club'* 

 of Boston for membership in the American Kennel Club and recognition 

 of the breed they represented. At that time we filled the position of active 

 working member of the Stud Book Committee and had a good deal of 

 correspondence with the club at Boston. We suggested that as their dog 

 was not a bull terrier at all and was only bred at Boston that it would be 

 better for the club to take the name of Boston Terrier Club. The result 



