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mind of the writer as though the scene was occurring at the 

 present instant, so fascinating was it. 



It was indeed a beautiful sight, and one long to be re- 

 membered. As handsome a pack of Beagles as ever graced 

 a show ring; all of working size and all looking as though 

 thorough-bred workers and fielders; all showing as beauti- 

 ful Hound character as any pack of Foxhounds could; in 

 fact, they looked and carried themselves like a pack of min- 

 iature Foxhounds. Such is the style of the Beagle one 

 meets nowadays at our shows and in kennels of admirers 

 of the breed, in contrast to the Beagles of all sizes and types 

 found a few years since in our shows and kennels. 



Several of our prominent sportsmen here in the East 

 have packs of various sizes, while a large number have one 

 or more Hounds. To show how wonderfully the Beagle 

 has increased in popular favor with us during the last few 

 years, it is only necessary to say that the writer has, dur- 

 ing the past four years, collected a list of some nine hun- 

 dred names of individuals owning Beagles. 



Among our sportsmen who own packs, as above men- 

 tioned, may be named: Pottinger Dorsey, New Market, 

 Md. ; Somerset Kennels, F. C. Phoebus, manager, Bernards- 

 ville, N. J.; Belmont Purdy, Hempstead, N. Y.; Dr. J. 

 W. Downey, New Market, Md. ; N. Elmore, Gfranby, Conn.; 

 W. H. Child, Philadelphia, Penn. ; George Laick, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.; Louis Smith, East Saginaw, Mich.; Col. 

 F. G. Skinner, Lexington, Ya. ; Dr. C. E. Nichols, Troy, 

 N. Y. ; John Davidson, Monroe, Mich.; F. D. Hallett, 

 Winsted, Conn.; Maj. J. M. Taylor, R. F. Mayhew, New 

 York, N. Y.; H. C. Wolfe, Lewisburg, Penn.; George 

 H. Hill, Madeira, Ohio; C. E. Verges, Lowell, Ohio; 

 James Gibson, Apollo, Penn.; J. M. Fronefield, Jr., 

 Wayne, Penn.; F. J. Darcy, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; A. 

 McArthur, Waukegan, 111.; Dr. W. F. Mead, Boston, 

 Mass.; H. L. Krueder, Nanuet, N. Y. ; J. W. Appleton, 

 New York, N. Y.; Cyrus Field Judson, Dobbs Ferry, N. 

 Y.; Charles Thoman, St. Louis, Mo.; W. L. Crittenden, 

 Pine View, Va.; A. H. Wakefield, Providence, R. I.; A. 



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