162 Forty Years Beagling 



to 23 pound cockers as parlor dogs' is buried for 

 all time and only the owners of the 'wrong 'uns' 

 will regret its timely disappearance. With a view 

 to having for publication the opinions of beagle 

 fanciers on this question of weight we sent out a 

 number of letters, and the answers received, which 

 we give this week, certainly do not bear out the 

 opinions of the advocates of the heavy sort. We 

 ask especial attention to the opinion of Mr. Ed- 

 mund Orgill, probably the oldest and most experi- 

 enced breeder in the country, and a gentleman 

 whose opinion on either pointers or beagles is 

 eagerly sought after. Mr. Orgill has always owned 

 one of the most level packs, and his dogs have for 

 many years been celebrated for their splendid work- 

 ing qualities." 



Mr. Orgill's letter follows : "The smallest beagle 

 I ever owned was about 10 inches; he was the runt 

 of a litter, and being out of a favorite bitch I kept 

 him. He worked well and kept up with the pack, 

 and their size was about 13 inches, and weight from 

 14 to 16 pounds. Tliis was my favorite size. My 

 idea of a nice pack is uniformity. I hunted from 

 five to seven couples, never carried a gun, but usu- 

 ally killed from two to seven every day I hunted, 

 and that was within two to four and a half hours. 

 The beagle men in the North have told me that they 



