Royal Botanical Gardens. With these exceptions, my knowledge 

 of the Boston Terrier is confined to reading and hearsay, but- from 

 what I can learn I imagine that there is much to commend Jiim. 

 Were it not so, it is hardly probable that such a dog-loving race as 

 the Americans would make a furore about him. Over two hundred 

 and fifty have been benched at one show, and a good one is worth 

 anything from ^"100 to ^400. 



The Boston Terrier has blossomed into a dandy of high 

 breeding, with his even white markings usually on a clear brindle 

 body. Was that the intention of the men who produced him in 

 the first instance ? My impression is that the desire was to 

 manufacture a gladiator fit for the pit ; and a cross between a bulldog 

 and a terrier would be about as useful as anything for this horrible 

 purpose. Fate, however, had in store for him a kindlier destiny 

 than mauling his fellows and being mauled in turn. 



