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at the above conclusion from a careful analysis of 

 that. As to what is the lowest weight in a dog capa- 

 ble of doing good work and lots of it, will say 12 

 pounds in weight, 11 inches in height. I had one 

 that weighed 9^ pounds and stood 10^2 inches, 

 but did not consider him good for over half a day of 

 hard driving in rough cover, although he would run 

 all day by himself at a fair gate. The 11 inch, 12 

 pound dog could and can follow any 13 inch dog I 

 ever saw in any cover and will get over a wall by 

 climbing sooner than a 15 inch one. Mr. George 

 Reed had, or has, a little bitch in Spotty, or Spot 

 R., that is as good a worker and as hard a worker 

 as any 15 inch dog I ever saw, and there are others." 



Mr. W. S. Clark of Linden, Massachusetts, 

 stated that the best beagles he had ever seen run 

 and keep it up all day, weighed from 17 to 20 

 pounds. He had seen a very few little ones that 

 weighed from 10 to 12 pounds that were good all 

 day workers, but they were very scarce. He said 

 that the best little one that he ever saw was Spot R., 

 and that Royal Kreuger was as pretty a worker 

 as he ever saw, for a short time, as he could not 

 stay. 



These letters naturally brought out some critic- 

 ism and Mr. C. S. Wixom was the first to take any 

 exception, claiming that Mr. Clark in his letter was 



