February, 1916 
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THE 
AMERICAN 
DOG 
WILLIAMS 
HAYNES 
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The Boston is one of the two 
native breeds among the eighty- 
nine different ones in America 
T HE Boston terrier is the 
American dog of the 
American people. Among all 
the eighty-nine different, dis¬ 
tinct breeds of dogs recog¬ 
nized as thoroughbred by the 
American Kennel Club, all ex¬ 
cept two are aliens, or, at best, 
naturalized canine citizens. 
Only the Boston terrier and 
the Chesapeake Bay dog are 
“native sons.” Of all the 
breeds that, during the past 
fifteen years, have striven 
boldly for American popu¬ 
larity, not one of them—first 
the collie, then the Pomeran¬ 
ian, the Airedale, the Pekinese 
spaniel, and lastly, the Ger¬ 
man shepherd dog—has been 
able to force the Boston ter¬ 
rier into second place. In the race 
for popularity, the Boston, whoever 
has been second, has always been 
first. 
From Connecticut to California, 
from Oregon to Florida, the Boston 
terrier is the dog you are most apt 
to meet anywhere. Count up your 
own canine friends and neighbors— 
are there not more Bostons among 
them than any other variety ? Among 
the beaux and belles of Dogdom who 
grace the benches at the dog shows, 
Bostons are more numerous than any 
other breed. On the highways and 
byways, in any street, there, too, you 
The Boston is a sporty little chap who 
greets his friends in a chipper, demo¬ 
cratic way 
A good specimen of fifteen 
years ago, quite different from 
the modern type on the left 
will pass Bostons. Yet we 
are not so blindly pro-Ameri¬ 
can as to ensure the Boston 
terrier popularity merely be¬ 
cause he was born within 
sight of Plymouth Rock. Else 
why should the Chesapeake 
Bay dog, whose birthplace was 
in Lord Baltimore’s colony 
under the very altar of re¬ 
ligious freedom, be so sadly 
neglected? No, the Boston—- 
to use good 
the Popu¬ 
larity Stakes 
the Boston 
terrier, what¬ 
ever breed may 
be second, al¬ 
ways manages 
to finish first 
Miss Sass, a modern 
show specimen of 
quality, illustrates 
many of the breed’s 
desirable points 
American 
slang —- has 
no “pull” be¬ 
cause of his 
nationalit y. 
He is popular 
because he 
has almost all 
the physical points and many of the 
mental characteristics that we like to 
have in our dog. To an exceptional 
degree he is the American dog. 
The Points of the Typical 
Boston 
Little things have helped the Bos¬ 
ton terrier. When a cloggy expert 
is judging most varieties color and 
marking count for little or nothing 
in his awards; but to almost every¬ 
one else these are points of prime 
importance. Now, in Bostons color 
and markings do count, and all 
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A cobby little dog, “built on the 
square,” but decidedly of the alert, 
terrier type 
