THE BEAGLE 



ENTHUSIASTIC beaglers are numbered by their thousands, 

 packs of Beagles being in evidence all over the kingdom, 

 and large entries are on view at some of the leading shows 

 at which a sporting judge is officiating. The ancient Britons 

 are said to have used them, or at any rate a hound to which 

 they are closely akin, and they are likely to be popular so 

 long as there are hares to be hunted and men and women to 

 follow them. They have a keen sense of smell, and music 

 that cheers the heart of the sportsman. The Beagle should 

 not exceed sixteen inches in height, and preference is usually 

 given to a pack of twelve inches. 



HIS WORK 



His work is, of course, hunting the hare, the field follow- 

 ing on foot. If you are getting a pack together it is 

 necessary to have them level in size, and the man who sets 

 about breeding them has much to learn. Pocket Beagles 

 is a term applied to those under ten inches, and they are 

 employed in rabbit hunting or shooting, or hunting a drag. 



HIS POINTS 



Skull domed but free from coarseness ; head fairly long, 

 and muzzle free from snipiness ; lips well flewed ; ears 

 long and thin ; eyes brown or hazel, not deep set or full ; 

 throat showing some dewlap ; body short and compact ; 

 powerful loins ; ribs fairly well sprung ; legs and feet 

 as good as we want to see on any hound. Any hound 

 colour is admissible, but the blue mottled are much liked. 



