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Beagles and Beagling 
Bowman, dog, and in small dogs I very much admire 
the head of Laick’s ‘Rov.’ I only mention these 
hounds to describe what I consider a proper head 
for a beagle; besides which they are good in bone, 
coat and body. Royal Krueger, I have heard much 
of, but somehow have always missed seeing him and 
I am only acquainted with the owner of one of the 
dogs mentioned, so that I have no interest in writing 
of them. 
“While writing I have before me some measure¬ 
ments which I have taken which I find useful as a 
criterion, if I have occasion to put the tape measure 
over any dog that takes my eye. I find that the 
head of a dog about fifteen inches high averages 
about y l / 2 inches long, the girth of the head double 
that, or very nearly. Some of the English dogs do 
not grow much over 13 inches, girth of head, but 
the cheeky, throaty hounds, whose voices are usually 
deeper have more head girth; girth of muzzle from 
7 to 7^4 inches; a good pair of ears set on, low 
measured, naturally on, and a head will go from 
17 to 1754 inches, such a dog will have deep flews 
and considerable dewlap; the eyes I prefer large as 
described by the standard, also I prefer them wide 
apart, so that the front edges of the ears are very 
little farther apart than the outside corners of the 
eyes, this latter marks the beagle characteristics 
strongly. 
“For neck I prefer a fair length, but not enough 
to make the body long, as I consider it almost im¬ 
possible to get a long neck without more length 
of body than I care for, as I find that from tip of 
the nose to set-011 of tail in the dogs I look upon 
