CHAPTER XVI 



BEAGLE MEASUREMENTS 



IN May, 1901, there appeared in the American 

 Stock-Keeper a comment on the results at the 

 Boston show, which evolved into a series of 

 communications on not only measurements but 

 again on type. Mr. C. F. Haven opens the discus- 

 sion, referring to the comment on one of his hounds 

 which was criticized as "clean enough but a bit long 

 over all." He wrote the editor and asked him for 

 the proper measui-ements and as they were not 

 forthcoming continues with: "As you have not 

 given them I assume that my question is one on 

 which there is no authority. At any rate I have 

 failed to find any, but I hoped that you, with your 

 wide experience in matters doggy, would be able to 

 furnish me with the information desired. I have 

 kept beagles for the past eight or nine years, have 

 attended quite a number of shows, tried hard to 

 find out what the proper type is, but in vain. 



"No two judges seem to have the same idea, and, 

 in fact, the same judge seems to have different ideas 

 at different times. There is a standard laid down 



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