I am in favor of a dog weighing from sixteen to twenty pounds, or even somewhat heavier, there is absolutely no reason why one should not have any sized dog one desires, but please observe, do not breed small dogs at the expense of the type.  Let the ten or twelve pound dog conform to the standard as much as if it weighed twenty.  I think an object lesson will be of inestimable value here.  Every one who has visited the poultry shows of the past few years must have been delighted and impressed to see the beautiful varieties of bantams.  Take the games, for example, with their magnificent plumage and sprightly bearing.  On even a casual examination it will be discovered that these little fowls are an exact reproduction of the game fowl in miniature.  The same identical proportions, symmetry and shape.  Take the lordly Brahma and the bantam bearing the same name, and the same exact proportions prevail.  And so it should be with the small Boston terrier.  They should possess the same proportions and symmetry as the larger.  Remember always that when the dog is bred too much away from the bulldog type, a great loss in the loving disposition of the dog is bound to ensue.  Personally, if the type had to be changed, I would rather lean to the bull type than the terrier.  The following testimony of a Boston banker and director of the Union Pacific Railroad, to whom I sold two large dogs that were decidedly on the bull type, may be of interest at this point.  Speaking of the first dog he said:  “I have had all kinds of dogs, but I get more genuine pleasure out of my Boston terrier than all my other dogs combined.  When I reach home in the afternoon I am met at the gate by Prince, and when I sit down to read my paper or a book the dog is at my feet on the rug, staying there perfectly still as long as I do.  When dinner is announced he goes with me to the dining room, takes his place by my side, and every little while licks my hands, and when I go out for my usual walk before retiring the dog is waiting for me at the door while I put my hat and coat on.  He follows me, never running away or barking, and he sleeps on a mat outside my door at night, and I never worry about burglars.”  All this is very simple and commonplace, but it shows why this type of a dog is liked.  In regard to the differences of opinion that different judges exhibit when passing upon a dog in the show room, one preferring one type of a dog and the other another, this, of course, is morally wrong.  The standard requirements should govern, and not individual preferences.  We hear a good deal said nowadays about the cleaning up of the head, and the so-called terrier finish.  That seems to be the thing to do, but does not the standard call for a compactly built dog, finished in every part of his make-up, and possessing style and a graceful carriage?  This being the case, a dog should not possess wrinkled, loose skin on head or neck, and the shoulders should be neat and trim.  In a word, in comporting to the standard a dog is