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American Stock Keeper, "In all my experience 

 with beagles of 12 inches and under, I have found 

 them to be superior in the field, as a rule, than the 

 14 and 15 inch dogs. I have owned several 11 inch 

 bitches that would work with, and do their part in 

 a pack with 14 and 15 inch beagles, and start more 

 rabbits than the larger ones. They can go under 

 brush and briars where bunny hides, and where the 

 larger dogs cannot work, and they will endure as 

 much, and drive as long as the larger ones. 



"Take a pack of under 12 inch beagles, and they 

 will drive slower and the quarry will stay on top of 

 the ground longer, and not rush for a hole or stone 

 wall as they will do with a pack of 14 and 15 inch 

 beagles. Many people think that beagles 12 inches 

 and under are of no use in the field. This is not so, 

 as many can testify. I think we are breeding 

 beagles too large. Some have proposed raising the 

 standard to 16 inches; better put it down to 14 

 inches instead. I should like to see a class in the 

 field trials as well as on the bench for 11 inches and 

 under. Until there is such a class no notice will be 

 taken of them in the show ring. A 13 inch beagle, 

 bred right, is large enough to hunt anything that a 

 beagle is supposed to hunt." 



Then follows a story of a hunt hy that veteran 

 and patriarch of the game, Frank A. Bond of Jes- 



