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and for that reason one must enter his fastest dogs, 

 which can lead or appear to lead most of the time 

 without regard to how they do it. The steady, 

 careful worker, who often helps his more flashy 

 opponent over the hard places, cuts no figure. For 

 my own part, I could never see why a very fast dog 

 was an advantage, particularly if in his haste, as is 

 often the case, he ran over the track 30 to 50 feet 

 before finding out that he was wrong. However, 

 if a combination of speed and endurance is wanted, 

 so be it. Let the immature foxhound part of the 

 standard remain and 'cut out' the heavy solid for 

 his inches part." 



Next comes Mr. C. O. Smith, a real veteran in 

 the game, who had been a breeder since 1865, and 

 backs up Mr. Haven's deductions with some re- 

 marks and measurements of his hounds, as follows ; 

 *'I think Mr. Haven knows what he is talking about 

 on the subject when he says there are no two judges 

 who have the same opinion as to field and bench 

 dogs, and it is time, as he says, to have a standard 

 to fit one type or the other. I have had beagles as 

 long as most of the beagle cranks, for the first one 

 was when I returned from the war in 1865. I 

 bought her at New York from a sailor who brought 

 her from England. She was a small white, black 

 and tan, and as I look back she was of the same 



