on October 7, 1914, as a result of a revision recommended by a committee
appointed by the Boston Terrier Club.

It was felt, in view of the fact that the dog had become established all
over the continent among breeders and fanciers not as familiar with the
ideal of the breed as were the original breeders and friends of the dog
around Boston, that a more explicit, definite standard, one that could be
more easily understood by the great body of the dog's admirers of today,
should be adopted.

It will be readily observed by a comparison of the old standard, which has
practically been in existence since the formation of the club in 1891,
that no vital point has been really changed.


REVISED STANDARD OLD STANDARD.

Point Values Scale of Points.

10 GENERAL APPEARANCE: The 10 GENERAL APPEARANCE AND
general appearance of STYLE: The general
the Boston terrier appearance of the Boston
should be that of a Terrier is that of a
lively, highly smooth, short-coated,
intelligent, smooth compactly-built dog of
coated, short headed, medium station. The head
compactly built, short should indicate a high
tailed, well balanced degree of intelligence and
dog of medium station, should be in proportion to
of brindle color and the dog's size; the body