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paper judges and more practical men in the ring 

 who would hew to the line, the beagle type would 

 soon be settled." 



A letter from a Virginian, and evidently a stu- 

 dent of hunting and field trials then appears in re- 

 gard to different kinds of hunting country, being 

 perhaps responsible for the different types of 

 beagles. This writer signs himself, "Norfolk" and 

 says: *'The recent articles in regard to beagle type 

 are both important and interesting to the lovers of 

 this valuable breed. It seems that in these discus- 

 sions which have been agitated before now, some im- 

 portant facts are overlooked and these facts are 

 responsible both for the wide difference in type and 

 frequently in the conflicting opinion of judges. The 

 matters referred to are the kind of country to be 

 hunted and the kind of hunting desired. 



"From my experience and the reports of the field 

 trials it would seem the short-eared, clean-throated, 

 racy built dog, somewhat on the order of a heavily 

 built fox-terrier, is faster than the long-eared, 

 throaty animal. In an open country where the 

 game is to be run down and caught, or where drag 

 hunting is followed, this racy fox-terrier type will 

 be used and a judge selected from such a section 

 and accustomed to that style of hunting, will be in- 

 clined to favor the racy dog which has proven the 



