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fronts are perfect. The English dogs score again 

 in the matter of feet, and still again in hindquar- 

 ters. The coats on the two American dogs are bet- 

 ter, and also they have far better brushes. But this 

 latter fault is made up by the short, well-set-on 

 sterns of the English hounds. Then we come to 

 the heads, and now the English hounds stand out 

 far beyond the American ones. All four dogs have 

 good ear age, but the two English ones have far the 

 better muzzles, and far less prominent eyes than the 

 two others. Finally the American dogs look soft 

 and sloppy, in marked contrast to the workmanlike 

 look of the English dogs. Dan D. I call weak in 

 the muzzle. One well-known American breeder, a 

 man who bred beagles before I was able to walk, 

 says that Dan D. is perfect — 'a typical American 

 hound.' Many people think with him, but many 

 against him. 



"My final argument in favor of the English 

 hounds is the results of the bench shows. Compare 

 the stud record of Ch. Frank Forrest and Ch. 

 Harker with that of two English hounds. Florist 

 and Furrier. The former hounds may have pro- 

 duced the field trial winners ; I know they have, but 

 who can show such a record in the stud as these two 

 hounds have made? Among Florist's get are Fore- 

 man, Willing, Fury, etc., and among Furrier's are 



