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Title: The dogs of Boytown
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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a manin brown clothes and leather leggings apparently en-gaged in mending the fence at the rear of one of theruns. As they approached he straightened up andcame forward to meet them, with a little smile on hisbroad face. Well, said he, ere we are. An ovvs the littleman to-day? An ows the dog Mike? Pretty well, thank you, said Harry, in a rathermore subdued tone than he had been using towardJack and Ernest. These are my friends, Ernest andJack Whipple. They want to see your dogs. Tom Poultice regarded the newcomers quizzically. Sure you arent afraid o gettin bit? Oh, no, we arent afraid of dogs, asserted Ernest. Right-o, said Tom. Come along and Ill showyou our new Hairedale, Bingos Queen Molly. Shesa ummer, Molly is. 64 THE DOGS OF BOYTOWN He led the way through a wire gate into one ofthe runs and called the new dog to him, whereat thedogs in the neighboring runs set up a loud barking. Theyre all jealous, said Tom, ** but they wouldnttouch er. A male dog scarcely ever attacks afemale.
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White English Bull Terrier Molly proved to be a sweet, gentle creature, andallowed the boys to pat and stroke her hard little head. Shes the genooine harticle, said Tom. See thestraight legs of er an the square muzzle. Shell winsomething, or Im no judge. Shes a little smaller than some of them, isntshe? asked Harry. THE WILLOWDALE KENNELS 65 Yes, but shes just about the right size for show-ing, said Tom. Thirty-seven she weighs. Im par-tial to the bigger dogs, myself, but the judges gen-erally favor a smaller dog if hes got the points.Mollys certainly got the points. Much to the edification of the boys, Tom went onto describe the standard points of the Airedale,illustrating with several of the dogs, all ofwhom seemed to be very fond of the kennel-man. Then he took them in to see the bullterriers. Eres a different kind of dog entirely, he said.As good a fighter and watchdog as the Hairedale,but not useful in so many ways. Its an older breedthan the Hairedale. I can remember when the bu

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