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our pet theories and hobbies relative to the breed, 

 and a chance to interchange ideas, which must 

 prove educators even to the 'man who knows it 

 all.' " 



At this time Mr. Wm. H. Childs in taking up 

 the question of the change in the standard in the 

 Fanciers Journal, says that aside from the little 

 prospect of changing from 15 to 16 inches, in which 

 he is pleased, that the judges and breeders have 

 lost sight of the fact that the length of back and 

 loin is not adhered to as called for in the standard. 

 Then comes Mr. Zimmer under the nom de 

 plume of D. E. B. O'Nair in the Fancier s Jour- 

 nal, and advocates two different standards, one 

 for the bench show beagle and one for the field 

 trial beagle. There is no date attached to this chp- 

 ping, but its importance from such an authority 

 warrants saying that the next article is dated 

 March 16th, 1893. 



Mr. Bradford S. Turpin in the same sporting 

 paper among other things says: "The statement 

 in Mr. Phoebus's letter which particularly inter- 

 ested me was the rapid increase in size from 

 Damper 10 inches, to Ralph W. And referring 

 to the eight-months' old puppy who went to 16% 

 inches at this age, and which was growing fast at 

 the time he was killed, asks what could be a better 



