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good can you get out of these great bone dogs for 

 a six week's steady hunting? There are a few 

 bitches, and very few, that will profit by being bred 

 to that class of dog. I want a beagle built in pro- 

 portion all around, a good practical all-day dog, 

 one that can be hunted hard the season through, and 

 then, with a little let-up, be able to go on the bench, 

 and make a fair showing with a good body, coat 

 and brush, good legs and feet, and all in proportion 

 to his size. 



"Most of the boys have heard my ideas of breed- 

 ing; I have followed one line, and only one in 

 breeding, no grasshopper blood in me. For in- 

 stance, remember old Skip, Mr. Editor, dam of 

 Frank Forest; next oldest of hers I own is Haida, 

 a better bitch than Skip, barring head; Nell R., 

 out of Haida is next in age, and then comes Mag 

 out of Nell, and thought by many at Boston better 

 than her dam ; the youngest ever shown is Kate out 

 of Haida, winner in puppy class. Please don't call 

 this free advertising, but here are a lot of practical 

 beagles, good in the field as the record shows, and 

 bench winners, too, and they are not all bone either. 



"As I look back over the field trials, I don't see 

 any of these bone beagles staying in the second 

 series. For instance, recall Jean Val Jean, Buck- 

 shot, Wanderer, Triumph, Spot, Nell, Baronet, 



