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"The kind of beagle I like, is one that has lots of 

 guns in him; active and 'sandy' enough to kill a 

 woodchuck nearly as large as himself; one that is 

 able and willing to hunt all day through as deep 

 snow as I care to wade myself. These quahfica- 

 tions in a good, fairly well marked, show specimen, 

 with bone in proportion to his size, I consider much 

 more valuable than surplus bone. This is the style 

 of beagle that sportsmen like, and the men that 

 breed this style can always find a market for them 

 at good prices." 



Mr. F. L. Styne of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

 after reading the above letters agrees with the 

 writers and further states that his idea of a beagle 

 is that he wants reasonable bone, but wants it in 

 proportion to size and make, and anything more 

 than that is unsightly and wrong. He continues: 

 "While at the Philadelphia show, one of these 

 'bone' men said to me that I should breed a bitch 

 I had there to his dog and get more bone. I smiled 

 but didn't bite. No lumber or cart horse type for 

 me. I think some of our judges are losing their 

 heads; I noticed, all around the circuit this year, 

 and in nearly every instance, that type was sacri- 

 ficed for that craze, heavy bone. I know some are 

 head over heels after it; but they can have it for 

 me; give me the straight-leg, cobby beagle, with 



