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bone and substance, long in body, head and tail, 

 who adorn (?) the shows of the past few years. 

 I am not a prophet, neither the son of one, but I 

 will hazard my reputation in predicting that be- 

 fore many years have rolled, a type, approximat- 

 ing that authorized by the Boston Terrier Club 

 in 1900 will prevail, and the friends of the dog 

 will undoubtedly believe it to be good enough 

 to last for all time. 



It will readily be recalled that Lord Byron 

 said of the eminent actor, Sheridan, "that nature 

 broke the die in moulding one such man," and 

 the same may be affirmed with equal truth of the 

 Boston terrier, and he will ever remain a type 

 superior to and differ from all other breeds in 

 his particular sphere. 



It may not be generally known by those who 

 are insisting on a much more terrier conforma- 

 tion than the standard calls for, that an equally 

 extreme desire for an exaggerated bull type pre- 

 vailed a number of years ago amongst some of the 

 dogs' warmest supporters, whose ideal was that 

 practically of a miniature bulldog, without the 

 pronounced contour of the same. I remember 

 when I joined the Club in the early days that 

 some of the members then were afraid that the 

 dogs were approximating too much to the terrier 

 side of the house. What their views today would 

 be I leave the reader to imagine. The plain 



