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Barring the long ears and slight throatiness, I con- 

 sider it an excellent ideal of the American heagle. 

 "I am aware that beagles of the type of Ring- 

 wood have been winning in this country, but if the 

 portrait published resembles in head an English 

 foxhound, then I have never seen one either in the 

 flesh or in black and white. If it does not resemble 

 a foxhound, then the decisions given by the judges 

 have been wrong according to the Beagle Club's 

 standard, which is supposed to be modelled on the 

 type of the Bowett beagles." 



Referring to one of the types of Bingwood, a 

 hound called "Blue Bell 2nd," he states that Mr. 

 Mayhew and he agree on one point, and that is that 

 Blue Bell 2nd is not a miniature foxhound in head. 

 The head being the key of the type to all hound 

 breeds at least, consequently the little bitch can not 

 be a Liliputian foxhound at all. Mr. Mayhew 

 believes a beagle ought to be a miniature Southern 

 hound (bloodhound). 



The beagle standard emphatically states that a 

 beagle should be a miniature foxhound. 



''And our judges give their decisions in favor 

 of all three types (foxhound, harrier and blood- 

 hound). And is this not true today?" 



"Hibernia" then suggests that it be left to bea- 

 gledom to decide which is the correct type and that 



