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this breed of which so little is known amongst English- 

 men, but which are sure to be of much interest to the 

 many fanciers and admirers of the variety, I have much 

 pleasure in giving the actual words of my correspond- 

 ent in the following description and standard of show 

 points of the Boston Terrier. 



" Concerning the earlier dogs of the breed. — How 

 did the breed originate? It resulted from a cross be- 

 tween the English Bull dog and the English Terrier, 

 and these two have been considerably inbred. Acci- 

 dental peculiarities of the first dogs used as sires are 

 partly responsible for the present type. About 30 

 years ago Mr. Robert C. Hooper, of Boston, Mass., U. 

 S. A., came into possession of a dog named Judge who 

 was imported from England. This dog known as 

 Hooper's Judge was destined to be the ancestor of the 

 true modern JBoston Terrier. He was a cross between 

 an English Bull dog and an English Terrier, leaning 

 in type rather more toward the Bull dog. Judge was 

 bred to Gyp, or Kate, a white bitch, owned by Ed. 

 Burnett, of Southboro, Mass. She weighed twenty 

 pounds, had a fine three-quarter tail low stationed, 

 stocky-build, showing strength in her make-up, good 

 head, being short and blocky. From Judge and Gyp 

 descended Well's Eph. Eph was mated to Tobin's 

 Kate, weighing twenty pounds, short head, golden 

 brindle in colour, and straight three-quarter tail. From 

 Well's Eph and Tobin's Kate came Barnard's Tom, 

 the first dog with a screw tail. This dog Tom was a 

 great improvement over his sire and grandsire, beside 



