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last year.' Or, when the class is called there is a 

 blue or red ribbon on the dog's collar. Is this 

 right? is this fair to the exhibitor who, through 

 some engagement, is unable to be present to handle, 

 perhaps, his one or two dogs he has carefully bred, 

 and for whom the rich breeder has no more respect 

 than I have for some 'trundle tail' type? Is it for 

 the good of any breed that judges will allow them- 

 selves to be so biased or that exhibitors will so dis- 

 honor themselves?" 



And *'Chicasaw" at about the same time has this 

 to say in the same magazine on "Standard or Indi- 

 vidual Opinions": "I think I will elect to write my 

 little say on this subject under the above caption 

 as I think it more definitely defines the chasm which 

 seems to divide the ideas that some of our judges 

 appear to have and the standard which they should 

 uphold. I would like to know how many judges 

 study the standard intelligently, which means care- 

 fully, and then seek to fit the dogs to them? Do 

 they not gather their conceptions of what a good 

 dog should be from the winners they find on the 

 benches? 



"There are few men who can define the standard 

 properly. Your Gloversville friend refers to cob- 

 biness in a beagle. I am not a beagle man, further 

 than I like to see the little hounds and hear their 



