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huntsman, kindly consenting to allow the club the use of 

 his kennels there. 



About this time, too, Basset Hounds came into royal 

 favor, as Mr. Krehl presented a brace of puppies by 

 Jupiter to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales for his use in 

 Scotland for rabbit-shooting, which gift His Royal High- 

 ness was graciously pleased to accept, sending Mr. Krehl, 

 as a mark of his appreciation, a scarf-pin in the design of 

 the Prince's Plumes, and the initials "A. E." set in brill- 

 iants. In 1883, Mr. Chamberlain purchased -Nemours from 

 Mr. Krehl, and brought him out to America for the Maize- 

 land Kennels. To Nemours belongs the honor of being the 

 first Basset Hound brought to America, except, perhaps, 

 the brace by Jupiter that the late Lord Aylesford brought 

 out about the same time to use for rabbit-shooting on his 

 ranch near Big Springs, Texas. 



In the following spring, 1884, the Westminster Kennel 

 Club kindly made a class for Basset Hounds at the New 

 York Show, and Nemours made his bow to the American 

 public. " 



The first to follow Lord Aylesford' s and Mr. Chamber- 

 lain' s lead and import Basset Hounds to America, was Mr. 

 C. B. Gilbert, of New Haven, who. in 1885, brought out Ber- 

 trand, by Bourbon, and Canace, by Jupiter. He has since 

 bred a brace of good puppies out of them Jose and Juan. 

 The only others that have been imported and exhibited here, 

 as yet, are Babette, by Merlin, who made her debut at 

 New York in 1889, being shown by Mr. Charles Porter, of 

 Philadelphia, and Mr. Cornelius Stevenson's Chasseur, by 

 Farmer, who appeared at New York this year. I trust that 

 soon these beautiful little Hounds will receive the attention 

 they deserve from American fanciers and sportsmen. 



Basset Hounds are by all odds superior to Beagles for 

 rabbit-shooting, beating them in nose, tongue, and staying 

 powers. Their powers of scent are marvelous; and so well 

 do they indicate their excitement by their waving sterns, 

 that as the scent becomes warmer and warmer one can tell 

 almost exactly the moment when they are about to open 



