10 Forty Years Beagling 



in far more progress with good results, to such as 

 review carefully the jDast, long days and even ages 

 past, so with Bellamy I say to all young men, study 

 past events. Look backward. It is impossible to 

 see ahead, except a very short distance. And how 

 many of the modern day beaglers follow such good 

 advice?" 



Then again we learn of the origin and organiza- 

 tion of the New England Beagle Club in the press- 

 room of Mechanics Building (evidently in Boston) 

 and the arrangements for their first set of field 

 trials. 



Then we come to type, for in Forest and Stream 

 of June 5th, 1890, "Hibernia" breaks into print 

 with the statement that the American bred beagle 

 is the nearest approach to a miniature foxhound 

 that has yet been reached. The English Cham- 

 pion, Ringwood, judging from the illustrations is 

 simply a caricature of a bloodhound or a bad 

 representation of one of your old-style Southern 

 foxhounds. 



And as to color Mr. S. Reicnaf, in Forest and 

 Stream of September, 1888, says the true color of 

 the beagle is black, white and tan, and that the 

 blue ticking comes from the old blue spotted harrier 

 or a native small-eared foxhound. Therefore, he 

 suggests that all who are trying to breed winning 



