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to the Buster stock and form so attractive a part of Boston terrier character. 

 The legacy left breeders is the crossing of these four great producing lines 

 of blood to produce a resultant race of Boston terriers possessing the best 

 qualities of each and superior to all." 



The description of the Boston terrier in the club standard is so mis- 

 leading that its publication as indicative of v^hat a present-day good dog is 

 v^rould be inexcusable on our part. We have therefore ventured upon the 

 troubled waters, and in conjunction with a few of the best votaries of the 

 breed have drawn up a description and scale of points, as follows: 



Descriptive Particulars 



Skull. — ^The old description of "broad and flat" is entirely misleading, 

 and is in no sense applicable to anything but the bulldog formation of skull, 

 whereas the Boston terrier was originally a "round-headed bull and terrier," 

 neither flat-skulled, apple-headed nor domed. The main feature in the 

 skull is its squareness. The width from outside of eyes should be the same 

 as the width from outside edge of ears, and the depth from back edge of ear 

 to corner of eye. The flatness should only be on top of the skull, which 

 should be nicely rounded to meet the clean sides of the cheeks. The skull 

 should be carried back to the occiput without any sinking or dropping. 



Faults: Domed or apple-headed, or furrowed by a medial line. When 

 too long for the width or vice versa. 



Stop. — ^The brow should be of a height sufficient to place the eyes 

 squarely in front of it, the stop or indenture well marked, but not too deep 

 or carried up too far. 



Eyes. — Round, dark; of good size and with a pleasing, confident 

 expression; set well apart and square across the brow, the outside corner 

 extending to the line of the cheeks. 



Faults: Small or sunken; too bold or prominent; showing white 

 or haw. 



Ears. — Cropped and cut clean to the side, well set up, the crop being 

 of good length, but not to the height of the longer headed black-and-tan 

 and bull terriers. The ears when carried well up at attention should show 

 a perpendicular inner edge and stand directly behind the eyes, showing as 

 nearly as possible the same width between the ears as between the eyes. 

 Thinness of leather adds to the neatness of the ears. 



