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ears set low and lying close to cheek. Neck long and clean without 

 throatiness. Shoulders long, well muscled, sloping, and the true 

 arm long and muscular. 



Girth of chest 30 inches in a 24-inch tall dog. Back ribs very 

 deep. Back and loins very muscular ; couplings very wide even to 

 raggedness, with slight arch of loins. Hindquarters very strong, 

 elbows set straight, neither in nor out. Legs perfectly straight and 

 strong, large size of bone at ankle all-important ; feet round, catlike, 

 and strong. Color black-white-tan, black-and-white, and various 

 pies of white and the color of the hare and badger. Coat dense, 

 short, hard, and glossy. Stern gradually arched, carried gayly over 

 back, fringed with hair and tapering to a point. 



Scale of Points. — Head, 15; neck, 5; shoulders, 10; chest and 

 back ribs, 10; back and loins, 10; hindquarters, 10; elbows, 5 ; legs 

 and feet, 20 ; color and coat, 5 ; stern, 5 ; symmetry, 5. 



American foxhounds are judged according to the idea of more 

 lightness and activity all through. In American hounds the black- 

 and-tan, with little or no white, and the tan or red, with a small area 

 of white, find as breed colors more indulgence than in the English. 



BEAGLE 



(American Beagle Club) 



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. 



In head he differs in an appreciable degree from the foxhound. 



Head. — Skull moderately domed at occiput; cranium broad and 

 full ; ears set on low, long and fine in texture, front edge closely 

 framing and inturned to cheek, rather broad, rounded at tips, and 

 with an almost entire absence of erectile power at their origin. 



Eyes full, prominent, rather wide apart, soft and lustrous, brown 

 or hazel in color ; orbital processes (eyebrows) well developed ; 

 expression gentle, subdued, and pleading. 



The muzzle of medium length, squarely cut, and stop well defined. 



Jaws level ; indentation between eyes ; lips with only moderate 

 flews. 



Nostrils large, moist, and open. 



In other parts he should resemble the foxhound, and be as strongly, 



