CHAPTER VII 



STANDARD VERSUS JUDGE 



NEXT an argument on "Standard or 

 Judge" is started by "Comedy," brought 

 about by letters of Dr. Mills and Mr. 

 Zimmer ("Debonair") which appeared in the 

 American Stock-Keeper at this time (October, 

 1895), in which this authority backs up the two 

 former gentlemen and argues that their letters are 

 well taken and very much to the point and goes on 

 to say: "So long as the matters rested with the 

 terrier men, so long was I satisfied to let it rest, but 

 now that it is touched on ye by the hound' I feel 

 that I should hke to say a word or two. Our 

 Gloversville friend is right when he remarks that 

 *Some men who have judged this breed [beagle], 

 in times past could do some thinking to advantage.' 

 For we scarcely ever see the prizes awarded to dogs 

 of the same type. At some shows we see the first 

 go to a long-bodied dog which favors the Basset or 

 Dachshund shape, and the second to a dog that is 

 perhaps good in body but whose head is anything 

 but that of a beagle and with ears and eyes like a 

 terrier ; truly, 'how long since the beagle must have 

 a terrier eye?' 



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