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 reputation, the English bulldog and the bull terrier, had to be joined to make a third which we believe to be the peer of either, and the superior of both. The dog thus evolved possesses a type and individuality strictly his own, inherited from both sides of the house, and is a happy medium between these two grand breeds, possessing the best qualities of each. To some the name "terrier" would suggest the formation of the dog on approximate terrier lines, but this is as completely erroneous as to imagine that the dog should approach in like proportion to