THE GRAFTON 



Club, April 1 7th, 1 894, be construed by the Club to call for that type of 

 hound which shall show ' class ; ' which word signifies the highest percent- 

 age of the necessary qualities needed in foxhounds for field use in America. 



" Voted, that the Judges, duly authorized by the Brunswick Foxhound 

 Club, be advised of this ruling and the same be enrolled in the records of 

 the Club, and when the American Foxhound standard is next printed, same 

 be added in a paragraph before the Summary." 



In a letter to the Rider and driver, setting forth the advantages of this 

 motion, Mr. Smith stated, — " If this rule is going to hurt anyone it will hurt 

 me, and I am perfectly willing it should. 1 can speak very plainly on the 

 matter, as last year I won a number of ribbons, — more, I believe, than any 

 other exhibitor, — at the Brunswick Fur Club Foxhound Show, The rac- 

 ing type is, in my opinion, more typical of the American hound than the 

 half or three-quarter bred English hound, such as McGregor's 'Jack.' I 

 am running these hounds continually in the field, and I am perfectly frank in 

 saying that the hghter type, such as my 'Sinner,' Walker's 'Alsie,' and 

 Hitchcock's ' Judy ' seem to me to be preferable for work. 



" At the Trials last year (1 903), which were so hotly contested, the heavy 

 type of hound was not placed. At the first Hound Show, E. H. Walker 

 entered ' Alsie ' and she was turned out without a ribbon. At the same 

 show Mr. Hitchcock entered ' Crocker,' who was similarly disposed of. 



" Here are two breeders who own foxhounds, not to look at, but to kill 

 foxes, which is the crovrang point of all. Shall we hold to the heavy 

 English type, or shall we go to the racing type, the type which is the 

 successful hound to kill a fox, and acknowledged so by all and proven so 

 by our own trials ? I shall also put before the Club the following motion, 

 in case the members decide that it is inadvisable to construe the standard as 

 I have asked above ; 



" ' Voted, that a Committee composed of Dr. A. C. Heffenger, Thomas 

 Hitchcock, Jr.. R. D. Perry, J. K. Maddux, R. F. Perkins and Harry W. 

 Smith, members of the Brunswick Foxhound Club, E. H. Walker of Ken- 

 tucky and C. Floyd Huff of Hot Springs, Arkansas, be appointed to formu- 

 late a standard for foxhounds, and the standard so formulated by them is to 



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