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following to say in answer to letters that appeared 
in print that same year ( 1895 ). Comedy writes: 
“So long as matters rested with the terrier men, 
so long was I satisfied to let it rest, but now that 
it has touched on ‘ye by the hound’ I feel that I 
should like to say a word or two. Our Gloversville 
friend (Mr. Zimmer) is right when he remarks 
that ‘Some men who have judged this breed 
(beagle) in times past could do some thinking to 
advantage.’ For we scarcely ever see prizes 
awarded to dogs of the same type. At some shows 
we see first go to a long-bodied dog which favors 
the Basset or Dachshund shape, and second to a 
dog that is perhaps good in body, but whose head 
is anything but that of a beagle and with ears and 
eyes like a terrier ; truly, ‘how long since the beagle 
must have a terrier eye?' 
“I, too, am in favor of a cobby body, and I think 
all men that are looking for staying qualities are 
of the same taste. Of course, I can't overlook the 
fact that we get more dog if we get a longer body, 
and I am inclined to think that such a type is less 
likely to throw oversized hounds, but is it not more 
creditable to breed one or two good typical beagles 
than a lot of long, low hounds that put their growth 
in length ? 
“The question of head is rather hard to put on 
paper, but with all due respect to the breeders of 
the different dogs mentioned and to the ones un- 
mentioned, some perhaps I cannot refer to because 
I have never seen them, but the type that I consider 
right and are most sought for are such as are to 
be seen on dogs as imported Lonely, bitch, and 
