164 Forty Years Beagling 



average of 14 inches a beagle should not exceed 15 

 or 16 pounds in weight. The same dog would 

 weigh 20 pounds in ordinary show condition. I 

 have small ones between 10 and 12 inches, weight 

 from 8 to 10 pounds, and they run with a small or 

 slow pack for half a day, but such as these cannot 

 run all day or keep in with an average 14 inch pack 

 that range well, bark quick and close, and drive to 

 a strong finish. Most of these small beagles when 

 used in a pack are depended upon to make the starts 

 from close covers, but cannot keep the pace after 

 the driving has begun." 



Then Mr. C. O. Smith of Woonsocket, Rhode 

 Island, has his say in the matter when he shoots the 

 weight up from 18 to 22 pounds as being the best 

 for work in the field. He goes on to say that he 

 has some 14-inch beagles, none over 13^/^ inches 

 high and not over 22 pounds, and they can hunt on 

 the roughest of ground all day. "I killed 22 rabbits 

 with a pair of my beagles in eight hours — Drum- 

 mer Boy, weight 22 pounds, and Woonsocket Girl, 

 weight 17 pounds. I would be pleased to show any 

 of my dogs in the field at any time on gray rabbits 

 or white hares, and the latch string hangs out at my 

 house, for any one that likes the little beagle." 



And Mr. E. E. Truitt of New Bethlehem, Penn- 

 sylvania, adds another couple of pounds, when he 



