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type as Mrs. Giles brought over and several she 

 has sent to me — what I call beagles, not foxhounds. 



"I took a tape this morning and measured sev- 

 eral of my dogs bred by different breeders, and will 

 give some particulars of them. Little Jack, '95, 

 bred by F. D. Lord of England, 11 inches at 

 shoulder, body 19 inches, from tip of nose to root 

 of tail, chest 18% inches, weight 13 pounds. 

 Brownie, bred by W. Deane, U. S. A., 12^4 inches 

 high at shoulder, length of body 20 inches, chest 24 

 inches, weight 16 pounds. Little Dick, 12 inches 

 at shoulder, body 20 inches, chest 22l/^ inches, 

 weight 16 pounds. I could write about several 

 others in my kennels and of others, but, as all 

 beagle men know, I want all my beagles small and 

 do not keep any higher than 13 inches. The small 

 dogs are what I want, those that are bred from 

 small stock, not small dogs bred from large ones. 

 The latter are, as my friend Gibbs said, when at 

 my house, 'wasters,' and as you know, Mr. Editor, 

 the first dog I ever sent to a dog show you judged 

 him at the Rhode Island State Fair and he won, 

 and he was a beagle of the best blood — the old 

 Rowett strain. I call my measurements about 

 right for the small dog." 



Mr. Haven then comes back and says that the 

 measurements of his Luke, which he criticized as 



