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Then D. E. B. O'Nair harks in with a compli- 

 ment to the editor of this paper for his note of 

 timely warning and advice regarding type in bea- 

 gles, and continues with: "I have 'said my say' in 

 different papers for the past three or four years, 

 but will say here again, I really have been scared 

 or worried many times, to see and hear of breeders 

 sending their bitches to dogs that managed in some 

 way to win prizes on the bench, that were not 

 perfectly straight in front, by any means, and who 

 for their height at shoulder, were long enough to 

 make one and one-half dogs of the correct type, 

 and whose head and expression (the latter one of 

 the sweetest qualities as far as outward appearances 

 go that a well-bred, typical beagle has) were almost 

 like what I imagine a dog would possess, were he 

 a cross between a foxhound and a bloodhound. 

 Again, dogs that are somewhat 'up on legs' with 

 more length to body than our American Beagle 

 Standard really calls for, as a rule, have more speed 

 than one of the correct sort, and if at the trials, 

 on the gray or ground rabbit (cottontail), such an 

 one is at the end of the race ( the hole or wall ) first, 

 and he generally is, he of course is given credit for 

 it, and perhaps wins over one of the correct type, 

 who was just as true a trailer, just as brainy a 

 worker, and if put down on white hare (Lepus 



