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work? Two of them, and, according to my judg- 

 ment, only two of them, do, and if one of these fails 

 in the requisites of a good field dog, this failure 

 must be attributed to other points than those of 

 type or conformation. 



"Mr. Haven and others should not let consider- 

 ations of ability for field work influence his ideas 

 of beagle type. 'Good field dogs run in all shapes,' 

 but if dogs of good beagle type are bred, they will 

 be as well fitted as any for the best quality of field 

 work. If they are not, it will be because they lack 

 qualities which are outside of any consideration of 

 beagle type." 



Canada's veteran, Hiram Card, of Elora, On- 

 tario, then comes to the pack with his bark on 

 measurements, w^hich is very interesting. He says: 

 "I see that Mr. Haven wished to boil out the beagle 

 question, and as the mess is already cooking I will 

 put my stick in the pot, just to be accommodating. 

 I have just measured my best show dog and my best 

 field dog and as I have the record of some measure- 

 ments of the same dogs, taken at different times, I 

 will give you some figures, merely to show how the 

 old thing works. 



"In the first place, it is difficult to measure a dog 

 twice alike. I took the show dog first and measured 

 him five times before I got two results to agree. 



