Ground Work 



Then follow a series of discussions whether fox- 

 hounds, beagles or their cross, or harriers are the 

 best for hare work, while one contributor, "N. C," 

 states that all hounds are thievish. 



*'H. H.," about this time writes an article on 

 ''Beagles for Work and Show," and states that 

 there is a difference between them, and a Mr. W. S. 

 Clark in a way agrees with him. Then along comes 

 "L. H. T." (mind the date), August 4th, 1887, and 

 states that he has been breeding beagles for forty 

 years, which places the origin of the beagle in the 

 United States as far back as 1847. What type of 

 beagle this could have been is enwrapped in mys- 

 tery, as it was many, many years before General 

 Rowett imported his beagles from England. "L. 

 H. T." agrees with "H. H." on there being two 

 types of beagles, one for the bench and another for 

 the field, and states his reasons, which difference is 

 still amicably discussed by the breeders of today. 

 He also gives a quotation from Ossian, which 

 "Coricon" gives in his work on British Dogs, as 

 follows : 



There is a kind of dog of mighty fame 

 For hunting; worthy of a fairer frarae^ 

 By painted Britons brave in war they're bred, 

 Are beagles called, and to the chase are led. 

 Their bodies small, and of so mean a shape, 

 You'd think them curs that under tables gape. 



