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Mr. Phoebus, but I can see nothing inconsistent in 

 keeping the standai'd where it is and at the same 

 time giving the small class an additional inch. In 

 making this change, not one beagle has been made 

 eligible to competition which was ineligible before ; 

 the smaller dog has merely been taken from the 

 large class, where he could not win, and put in a 

 class where he has a fair chance with those of his 

 own size. We must have an arbitrary limit of 

 height, and in my opinion the framers of the pres- 

 ent standard did well to place it where it is. Let 

 us keep it there. Increasing the size of our favorite 

 will not increase his desire or his ability to kill his 

 game or make him more typical. Let him remain 

 *the merrie little beagle.' " 



Next comes Mr. W. H. Ashburner, of Yeadon, 

 Delaware, who says: "In regard to a letter from 

 Mr. F. C. Phoebus under date of April 7th, 1892, 

 to the National Beagle Club, asking them to change 

 the height of beagles from 15 to 16 inches, I would 

 say from the tone of his letter he desires the change 

 asked for by him to allow some beagles he owns or 

 is interested in, at present over height, to come un- 

 der the standard. I, as a member of the Beagle 

 Club, am opposed to any such change in height to 

 accommodate any one owner or class of beagles. 

 "The standard was framed by a gentleman who 



