The Boston Terrier 523 



Was that although the application had been made in the name of the 

 American Bull Terrier Club, Mr. Power, who had come on from Boston 

 to state personally what he could in favour of the application when it came 

 before the American Kennel Club, said, in conformity with our suggestions, 

 that on behalf of his club he desired to avoid all conflict with the Bull 

 Terrier Club or any other club and his fellow members were desirious of 

 changing the name to Boston Terrier Club, and in that name he made 

 application for admission. The club, however, did not admit the Boston 

 applicants until 1893. There is nothing of any great moment in this in- 

 formation, but as we have seen it stated that another person made the 

 suggestion of the name Boston, the facts might as well go on record. 



Mr. Dwight Baldwin in his early history of the breed published in 

 the Boston Terrier Club book mentions some other importations which 

 assisted in forming the breed. Among them was the Reed dog already 

 mentioned, a dog of about twelve pounds, reddish brindle and white, rather 

 rough in coat. Another was the Perry dog, which was blue and white 

 and came from Scotland. This was possibly one of the Blue Paul terriers 

 bred down the Clyde, which were great fighting dogs. This one, however, 

 was said to have been but six pounds weight, so that rather knocks the Blue 

 Paul theory. Another dog from England was Brick, known as Kellem's 

 Brick, a black spotted dog of eighteen pounds and a most determined 

 fighter. Another of the same sort was O'Brien's Ben, a short-backed white 

 dog with brindle markings. These later importations were smaller than 

 the Hooper's Judge style of dog and tended to lower the size, so that in the 

 1890 Boston classification there was a division by weight of under and over 

 twenty pounds for dogs and eighteen pounds for bitches. 



As can be readily understood, there was no great regularity in the 

 type of these early dogs. Some favoured the bulldog, while others were more 

 on the terrier order. It was this lack of uniformity which led us to oppose 

 the admission of the club in 1893, and thereby recognise the breed. The 

 ofllicial report of our position is thus recorded in the American Kennel 

 Gazette when reporting the fact that the three members of the Stud Book 

 Committee each held a different view: "For my own part I cannot bring 

 myself to favour admitting the dog. I would like to admit the club, but it 

 appears we have to take the dog too. The question for this club is, is it 

 a proper breed to admit to the stud book, and I cannot say I am in favour 

 of admitting it." 



