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remarks that "In my opinion the most desirable 

 weight for a working beagle is 24 pounds, when in 

 good working condition. I also have a little 12 

 pound beagle that will stay in the field as long as 

 the larger ones and do fairly good work, but in 

 our rough, hilly country, where game is scarce, he 

 does not cover ground fast enough." 



And Mr. George F. Reed of Barton, Vermont, 

 says: "I prefer a beagle from 14 to l^^/o inches in 

 height that will weigh from 21 to 24 pounds. This 

 I wish to be understood is in working condition. 

 As regards the light weights, the smallest beagle 

 I ever owned that was A No. 1 in the field for all 

 day and for a full season of hard work was my little 

 bitch Ch. Spot R., winning her title at National 

 Beagle Club field trials in 1895. She stood 12^4 

 inches and weighed 14 pounds." 



Here is what Mr. George Laick of Tarrytown, 

 New York, has to say on the subject: "I consider 

 the most desirable weight for a working beagle (14 

 to 15 inches in height) to be from 21 to 25 pounds 

 when in good flesh. Beagles under 13 inches are 

 good workers on bare ground and I have owned 

 some good ones. The smallest one that I ever 

 owned was a little bitch weighing about 12 pounds. 

 She was Imported Laick's Rattler and she could 

 do good work every day in the week, but such 



