The Boston Terrier and All About It

The Boston Terrier and All
About It, by

Edward A. Axtell
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Title: The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and
Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog
Author: Edward A. Axtell

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THE BOSTON TERRIER AND ALL ABOUT IT.
A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the
American Dog
by
EDWARD AXTELL
Proprietor St. Botolph Kennels, Cliftondale, Mass., U.S.A.
Associate Member American Kennel Club
Member of The Boston Terrier Club For Twelve Years
The Boston Terrier Club of New York

[Illustration: Edward Axtell]

Published by Dogdom Battle Creek Mich. Copyright, 1910, by
Dogdom Publishing Co. Battle Creek, Michigan Fourth Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
The Boston Terrier

CHAPTER II.
The Boston Terrier Club; Its History; The Order of Business;
Constitution, By-Laws and Official Standard
The Revised Boston Terrier Standard
CHAPTER III.
Kenneling
CHAPTER IV.
General Hints On Breeding
CHAPTER V.
Rearing Of Puppies
CHAPTER VI.
Breeding For Size
CHAPTER VII.
Breeding For Good Disposition
CHAPTER VIII.
Breeding For a Vigorous Constitution
CHAPTER IX.
Breeding For Color and Markings
CHAPTER X.

Sales
CHAPTER XI.
Boston Terrier Type and the Standard
CHAPTER XII.
Picture Taking
CHAPTER XIII.
Notes
CHAPTER XIV.
Conclusion
CHAPTER XV.
Technical Terms Used In Relation To the Boston Terrier, and Their
Meaning

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
Edward Axtell
Franz J. Heilborn
Heilborn's Raffles
Edward Burnett, a Prominent Early Breeder
Barnard's Tom
Hall's Max

Champion Halloo Prince
Bixby's Tony Boy
J. P. Barnard, the Father of the Boston Terrier
Champion Sonnie Punch
Rockydale Junior
Edward Axtell, Jr., and One of His Boston Terriers
E. S. Pollard, A Large and Successful Breeder
St. Botolph's Mistress King
Champion Yankee Doodle Pride
Champion Dallen's Spider
Champion Mister Jack
Champion Caddy Belle
Prince Lutana
Champion Fosco
"Pop" Benson with Bunny II
Sir Barney Blue
Champion Lady Dainty
Champion Todd Boy
Champion Willowbrook Glory
Squantum Punch

Tony Ringmaster
Goode's Buster
Champion Whisper
Champion Druid Vixen
Champion Remlik Bonnie
Champion Boylston Reina
Champion Roxie
Peter's Little Boy and Ch. Trimont Roman
Champion Lord Derby
Gordon Boy, Gretchen, Derby's Buster, Tommy Tucker, Ch. Lord
Derby
Gordon Boy
Champion Dean's Lady Luana
Mrs. William Kuback, with Ch. Lady Sensation
CHAPTER I.
THE BOSTON TERRIER.
Who and what is this little dog that has forced his way by leaps and
bounds from Boston town to the uttermost parts of this grand country,
from the broad Atlantic to the Golden Gate, and from the Canadian
border to the Gulf of Mexico? Nay, not content with this, but has
overrun the imaginary borders north and south until he is fast becoming
as great a favorite on the other side as here, and who promises in the
near future, unless all signs fail, to cross all oceans, and extend his
conquests wherever man is found that can appreciate beauty and

fidelity in man's best friend. What passports does he present that he
should be entitled to the recognition that he has everywhere accorded
him? A dog that has in 35 years or less so thoroughly established
himself in the affections of the great body of the American people, so
that his friends offer no apology whatever in calling him the American
dog, must possess peculiar qualities that endear him to all classes and
conditions of men, and I firmly believe that when all the fads for which
his native city is so well known have died a natural death, he will be in
the early bloom of youth. Yea, in the illimitable future, when the
historian McCauley's New Zealander is lamenting over the ruins of that
marvelous city of London, he will be accompanied by a Boston terrier,
who will doubtless be intelligent enough to share his grief. In reply to
the query as to who and what he is, it will be readily recalled that on
the birth of possibly the greatest poet the world has ever seen it was
stated:
"The force of nature could no further go, To make a third, she joined
the other two."
And this applies with equal force to the production of the Boston terrier.
The two old standard breeds of world-wide