530 The Dog Book 



with a resume of show doings to a communication from Mr. H. Tatnall 

 Brown regarding the breeding lines which have exercised an influence in 

 developing the Boston terrier to its present high standard. 



" When after many applications the breed had been acknowledged 

 as established by the American Kennel Club the opinion of many of the 

 leaders differed, and these individual tastes and ideals naturally resulted 

 in the production of dogs dissimilar in characteristics, but the differences 

 were never carried to the length of anj^hing approaching families or strains. 

 That calls for years of breeding with certain objects as of paramount im- 

 portance till they were established. But in all breeding, even where the 

 foundation does not seem secure for any dog, there will always be found one 

 or more gifted by a prepotency which lifts his progeny above the average, 

 and in scanning the history of the Boston terrier we find that four dogs stand 

 out pre-eminently in this respect. These are Buster, Tony Boy, Sullivan's 

 Punch and Cracksman. If compelled to make a selection of one we should 

 feel inclined to say that the greatest of all was Buster, that grand old dog which 

 will ever be associated with the name of Mr. Alexander L. Goode of Boston. 

 " Buster, from a show standpoint, had many faults, being by no means a 

 typical Boston terrier, but the list of winners produced by him and his 

 progeny is phenomenal. Champion Monte, winner of seventy first and 

 special prizes and perhaps the greatest show dog of this breed that ever 

 lived, was a son of Buster, and he in turn demonstrated his ability to pass 

 on the blue blood of his sire by producing a long list of good ones, including 

 Champion Butte and Champion Colonel Monte, the former a sire of wonder- 

 ful prepotency and the latter one of, if not the greatest of present-day win- 

 ners. Among the many other splendid dogs sired by Buster we may mention 

 Champion Stephens' Rex, Spotswood Banker, Maxine's Boy, Broker, 

 Squantum Criterion, Dazzler, Pat G. and Rattler II. The last named two 

 are both sires of champions, Pat G. having produced Champion Patson, 

 while Rattler II. was the father of Champion Boylston Reina, considered 

 by many sound judges to be the best Boston terrier bitch of to-day. Follow- 

 ing in this line we might go further and show that a remarkable number 

 of typical dogs have Buster's name in their family tree. Cracksman, the 

 present-day sire of champions, is himself a grandson of Champion Monte, 

 hence a descendant of old Buster. 



"Almost contemporaneous with Buster was Tony Boy, owned by Mr. 

 Franklin G. Bixby of Boston. This dog stands at the head of what perhaps 



