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bone in proportion, and I will guarantee you he 

 will be the most active and speediest, and always 

 ready for a chase. 



"A beagle with so much lumber in heavy bone, 

 is only a burden unto itself, and can't go at all. 

 I hope some day to see such men as Zimmer and 

 Wixom handing out the ribbons; they are men of 

 good sound beagle sense. I would advise brother 

 breeders to keep their bitches thin in flesh and not 

 breed small bitches to big dogs, or you will pay the 

 penalty for it." 



Now, what brought about all this discussion on 

 *'bone" was the original article by Mr. Zimmer, who 

 stated that "there are many of our dogs of this 

 breed which need more bone, no breeder will deny. 

 That there are others, and plenty of them, too, 

 which have all the bone they need and all that is 

 necessary to stand an all-day chase, and six days 

 of a week, and all that is required to cause them 

 to look well furnished and symmetrical, none, 

 with 'common sense,' will deny. However, for a 

 year or more, the cry has been started by a few 

 — a few who, for reasons, are interested in bone 

 — that all our American-bred beagles lack bone. 

 They have never failed to call attention to this 

 point, of whoever was interested in this breed and 

 I half believe they have made one half the number 



