BEAGLES. 



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the association, classes are arranged at the annual show for 

 beagles not over sixteen inches which are entered in or are 

 eligible for admission into the stud-book, and during the 

 year 1893 there was a very strong entry of these hounds. 



Leavirg the association, I will endeavour to describe the 

 best kind of beagle for hunting the hare, and I may remark 

 that the little beagle of about twelve or thirteen inches, very 



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pretty, and useful for rabbit hunting, is absolutely of no use 

 whatever. 



The writer of the preceding section observes that no hound 

 is of any use for hare hunting under fourteen inches ; they 

 cannot stand work or weather, however flat the country may be, 

 and in hilly or bank and ditch districts the toy beagle is 

 worthless. 



