FOOT HARRIERS 



IT is a somewhat difficult task, nowadays, 

 to draw a distinction between beagles and 

 foot harriers, for the former may measure 

 up to 15 or r 6 inches, whilst the latter vary 

 from 1 6 up to 21 or 22 inches. Formerly 

 the harrier was, to all intents and purposes, 

 a dwarf fox-hound or a cross between a 

 beagle and fox-hound. Of late years, how- 

 ever say within the last twenty-five great 

 care has been exercised in the selection and 

 breeding of harriers, so that now there is 

 not such a great difficulty in procuring a 

 change of blood ; whereas in the old days 

 fresh blood could only be obtained through 



the beagle and fox-hound cross. As regards 



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