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has had a great deal more experience than ever Mr. 

 Phoebus has, notwithstanding his eighteen years' 

 experience. Dr. L. H. Twadell, a gentleman 

 loiown to all beagle owners, the chairman of the 

 committee appointed to draft a standard, with his 

 forty years' experience, is with the other two mem- 

 bers, X. Elmore and the late General Rowett, fully 

 competent to give us a proper standard and height 

 than an individual. In all due respect to Mr. 

 Phoebus's ideas, I am opposed to any change he 

 proposes as to a scale of points or height. If we 

 commence to alter the standard there is no telling 

 when or where it will end. As a member of the 

 club and one who is interested in beagles, I am 

 against changes to the standard." 



Mr. A. C. Kreuger, of Wrightsville, Pennsyl- 

 vania, joins the critics regarding the changes of the 

 standard and says: "In the discussion of the pro- 

 posed change of the standard height of the English 

 beagle, you may add my name to the list of those 

 who emphatically oppose such a measure. 



"The National Beagle Club can feel proud of 

 its record so far, but should it tamper with the 

 standard that has done the breed so much good 

 since its adoption, I predict that the harmony which 

 now evidently prevails in its ranks will be marred. 



"There is no necessity for enumerating reasons 



