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fawn, etc. This arrangement is of course arbitrary, the 

 question being one governed entirely by fancy. The colors 

 first named form the most lively contrast and blend better 

 in the pack, the solid colors being somber and monotonous 

 to the eye. It is not intended to give a point value to color 

 in the scale for judging, as before said, all true Hound colors 

 being correct. The foregoing remarks on the subject are 

 therefore simply suggestive. 



General appearance. A miniature Foxhound, solid and 

 big for his inches, with the wear-and-tear look of the dog 

 that can last in the chase and follow his quarry to the 

 death. 



NOTE. Dogs possessing such serious faults as are enu- 

 merated under the heading of "Disqualifications" are 

 under the grave suspicion of being of impure blood. 



Under the heading of ' ' Defects ' ' objectionable features 

 are indicated, such departures from the standard not, how- 

 ever, impugning the purity of the breeding. 



In this standard it will be observed that the head is 

 scored thirty-five points, which is the same number allowed 

 for the body. In the standards for the various breeds of 

 bird dogs it has been deemed proper by all the breeders to 

 allow a much less number of points for the head than for 

 the body, as certainly a good body is of much greater im- 

 portance in assisting a dog to be a good or successful hunter 

 than a correspondingly typical head is. 



In a Hound, the difference of importance between the 

 head and body should be more marked, as not only from 

 the nature of his work does a Hound rely on his natural 

 instinct to pursue and kill his game, and not require the 

 mental faculties necessary in a bird dog, but it is of more 

 importance that his running and staying powers should be 

 superior, as his work admits of no rest or let-up until the 

 game is captured. 



I do not mean to convey the impression that I do not 

 consider a typical head of importance, as in no breed more 

 than in a Beagle does the head give character to the dog; 



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