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own dog, Pepper, is by Lee out of Wake, and has 

 won so many ribbons that he is by now a cham- 

 pion himself no doubt. He was carrying every- 

 thing before him in both bench and field trials 

 when last heard from, and is now the property 

 of the Rookwood Kennels of Lexington, Ky. 



The popular and ubiquitous beagle, rich man's 

 and poor man's dog alike, is very plentiful in our 

 country. We have three kinds, the standard 15- 

 inch, the pocket variety about nine inches at the 

 shoulder, and the large beagle which takes after 

 the harrier and stands over twenty inches, mak- 

 ing a good dog for fast snowshoe hare, and good 

 also on plain Molly Cotton-tail. Our first stand- 

 ard beagles were General Rowett's pack, imported 

 from England, though of just what strain there 

 is no record. The dogs of this pack that have had 

 much influence on beagle breeding in America 

 were Warrior, Rosey, Sam and Dolly, who enter 

 into the blood of many of the best beagle strains 

 in America. Rattler was of the mating Warrior- 

 Rosey, and was extensively bred to. Ch. Frank 

 Forrest was the most famous of the New England 

 beagles, and achieved the double championship of 

 both bench and field. Ch. Lee and his son, Bow- 

 man, were also noted beagles of the early nine- 

 ties. Imp. Bellman, mated to another Rowett 



