Standard Versus Judge 121 



criterion, if I have occasion to put the tape measure 

 over any dog that takes my eye. I find that the 

 head of a dog about 15 inches high averages about 

 7y2 inches long, and girth of head double that or 

 very nearly. Some of the Enghsh dogs do not grow 

 much over 13 inches, girth of head, but the cheeky, 

 throaty hounds, whose voices are usually deeper 

 have more head girth; girth of muzzle from 7 to 

 7% inches ; a good pair of ears set on, low measured, 

 naturally on, and a head will go from 17 to 17% 

 inches, such a dog will have deep flews and consid- 

 erable dewlap ; the eyes I prefer large as described 

 by the standard, also I prefer them wide apart, so 

 that the front edges of the ears are very little 

 farther apart than the outside corners of the eyes, 

 this latter marks the beagle characteristic strongly. 

 "For neck, I prefer a fair length, but not enough 

 to make the body long, as I consider it almost im- 

 possible to get a long neck without more length of 

 body than I care for, as I find that from the tip 

 of the nose to set-on of tail in the dogs I look upon 

 as beagles in body, measure about 28 inches to a 

 15-inch dog and some less. I know of one 13-inch 

 bitch that measures but 24 inches, and to bear out 

 the staying qualities statement, she has run a fox 

 track over 24 hours right away. I think most of 

 the measmxments quoted here for a 15-inch dog 



