GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 33-40cm (l3”-I6”).
Colour: Tricolour or lemon and white are most common.
Coat: Short, dense and weatherproof. Gait: Free long reaching stride with good hind propulsion.
These compact scent hounds give a definite impression of clean cut quality. The rather broad ears are set to the side of a moderately wide skull and a muzzle which has a good flew. The strong chest reaches to the elbows and the fore and hindlegs must be well boned. There should not be much tuck up behind the ribcage and the gaily carried tail must end in a white tip - the purpose of this being that the hunters are better able to sight their Beagles in the field.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE
While preferring country life, these scent hounds readily adapt to city life. 
Care should be taken that they do not roam freely, as once on a scent, the Beagle will religiously follow it heedless to all else. Inquisitiveness is part of their nature and when young, they do like to test things orally. As this breed rarely sheds hair, Beagles only need occasional grooming to keep a good tone to their skin.
HISTORY 
Believed to have evolved from the old Talbot or Southern Hound in France, these hounds made their way across the Channel to Britain. Originally, there were two kinds of scent hounds in England, large ones who hunted
deer and small ones known as ‘begles’ were used for rabbit hunting. Thus just as Harriers are a smaller version of the English Foxhound, the Beagle is a smaller verson of the Harrier.