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fine tapering and without fringe or coarse hair ; 

 not carried above the level of the back. 



15. Coat. Fine in texture, short, bright and 

 not hard. 



1 6. Colour. Any colour of brindle, evenly 

 marked with white on muzzle, blaze on face, 

 collar, chest and feet strongly preferred ; black 

 and mouse colour not desired. 



17. Height at Shoulder. From 14 inches to 20 

 inches. 



18. Weight. Lightweight from 15 Ib. to 23 Ib. ; 

 heavy weight, from 23 Ib. to 30 Ib. 



The various strains of Boston Terrier of 

 course have their particular advocates, but 

 in the history of the breed there are four 

 dogs which stand out in prominence as 

 founders of the best kennels. These are 

 Cracksman, Tony Boy, Sullivan's Punch, 

 and Buster. The last named was, perhaps, 

 pre-eminent. He belonged to Mr. A. L. 

 Goodge, of Boston, and was the sire of 

 Champion Monte, probably the greatest 

 of his breed, and himself the sire of many 

 champions. The offspring of Cracksman 

 are golden brindle, and they are notable for 

 their softness and size of eye, and general 

 good expression. Sullivan's Punch was a 

 white dog with brindle head markings. 

 Tony Boy's progeny have been admired for 

 their good distribution of colour, their small 

 size, and their tail properties. And here it 

 may be noted that the screw tail, once a 

 recognised feature of the Boston Terrier, 

 has fallen into disrepute as a deformity. 

 A short, straight tail, thick at the set-on, 

 and quickly tapering to a point, is the ap- 

 proved type. 



Mr. Walter E. Stone's Champion Whisper, 

 who is a daughter of Sullivan's Punch, may 

 be taken as a thoroughly representative 

 specimen of the Boston Terrier. She is 

 notable for the regularity of her markings, 

 her level back, her straight, clean legs, and 

 compact feet ; for the set of her eye, the 

 carriage of her ears, and for her all-round 

 good quality. Needless to say, Whisper is 

 the winner of many championships and 

 special prizes. 



Not less typical and almost as perfect is 

 Mr. Harry W. Cassedy's Bramello Skeeter, 

 who is also bred in the purple, being a great- 

 grandson of Sullivan's Punch and a son of 

 Oakmount Punch by Miss Content. Skeeter 

 is a seal brindle with the regulation white 

 markings. He has a double screw tail, and 

 his weight is 17^ Ib. 



The importance of the cropped ear as a 

 characteristic feature in the Boston Terrier 

 probably counts against the possibility of 

 an introduction of the breed into England, 

 and it is very seldom that specimens are 

 brought to this side of the Atlantic. Miss 

 Constance Collier's Our Bully is the only 

 one that has been recently exhibited, at 

 all events at shows held in the neighbourhood 

 of London. 



There is a superficial similarity between 

 the Boston Terrier and the Bouledogue 

 Frangais ; so much so that at the 1907 dog 

 show in Paris, a Boston Terrier (uncropped) 

 was exhibited, even with the name of Bobie 

 de Boston, in the class for heavy weight 

 French Bulldogs. 



R. L. 



