Beagles ^S3 



beagle must know how to hunt as well as how to 

 strike and drive, must recognize the likely places, 

 and search for the cold trail left by the cottontail 

 in its ramblings the night before. 



It is generically a difference like that between 

 American hunting of the fox and English riding 

 to hounds. 



Field trial men are developing a cleaner and 

 more active type of beagle here, though, curiously, 

 the separation of type began long ago in England, 

 and by regular beagle men has been only of re- 

 cent years recognized in America. From Rowett's 

 time until lately beagle men accepted the type 

 of stocky, cobby hounds, as it appeared on the 

 benches. But the more active fellows are ap- 

 pearing in all public field competitions, and the 

 change will probably be seen more distinctly than 

 heretofore on the bench. 



Keeping a regular pack, with an eye to both 

 pack appearance and pack running, should be an 

 attractive fancy for American ladies who take to 

 outdoor recreation. It is both science and amuse- 

 ment to maintain such a pack, with all the inter- 

 est of a foxhound pack at one-tenth the expense. 



Maintenance of regular packs of either beagles 

 or foxhounds goes against the grain of one basic 

 law of American sport, a law which explains to 

 some extent the departures from English methods 

 in all sporting dogs. It is that the American 



