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Then along comes a modest chap, who signs his 

 name "Brush," and in the December 18th issue of 

 Forest arid Stream touches on beagle training. He 

 says after reading the account of the National trials, 

 that he knows how often good dogs have been 

 spoiled by ignorant men who did not know how to 

 handle them. For, as he says, after ruining a hound 

 by improper usage, they raise a great hue and cry 

 against the breed and condemn the dog for faults 

 for which the man is responsible. Then he asks the 

 members of the National Beagle Club to tell or 

 j^ublish their ideas on training dogs, for, he says, 

 there is another fellow of a paler hue, who, when a 

 rabbit appears, rushes after him, shouting and yell- 

 ing like a broker in the stock exchange. 



Here is what Mr. Brown says about some beagle 

 shows and the judging thereat as it appears to him 

 in the Spring of 1891: "One learns much, one 

 learns little. This thought comes to me tonight on 

 perusing the awards at New York, Baltimore and 

 Pittsburgh by three different judges. [Does not 

 the same apply to field trials?] Can one tolerably 

 conversant with the beagle adopt a standard from 

 the ideas expressed in the awards that would be of 

 any practical service to a breeder? It strikes me 

 forcibly that in order to show to win, we must first 

 ascertain who is to officiate, and make entries ac- 



