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wanted the true beagle would hark back to the 

 pure source to get him. 



"I will not go into an extended argument. The 

 subject has been ably and thoroughly handled by 

 Messrs. Chapman, Ashbui-ner and 'Bradley' and 

 others, and little is left to say. The claims of the 

 advocates of the larger dog — ^that he is more endur- 

 ing — should, however, be answered. 



"I grant that if a mixed pack, i.e., one say of 

 16-inch and 12- or 13-inch dogs are run together, 

 the small dogs will be at a disadvantage, for the 

 reason that the larger dogs, from their greater 

 speed and stride keep the little ones on the keen 

 jump to stay with them. This being above their 

 rating gait, of course exhausts and tires them in a 

 protracted hunt. The remedy is simply to assort 

 the pack to as nearly one size as possible and weed 

 out the overgrown dogs. Thus selected the small 

 dogs will be found to afford the best sport and 

 prove the most kilhng pack, giving many more 

 chances to the gun, as the rabbit stays longer above 

 ground than if rushed at foxhound speed by beagles 

 of nearly foxhound size. 



"In conclusion I must thank the Forest and 

 Stream in the name of the beagle fraternity; it has 

 fostered our interests as no other sportsman's paper 

 in the country had, giving us a medium to ventilate 



