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full two years of age. A few beagles make good 

 hunters when one year old, but the majority do 

 not become first-class hunters mitil they have 

 reached two or more years. I am glad to see by 

 Forest and Stream that the dear little beagle is 

 coming more into notice. Men wishing dogs to be 

 under control when hunting hares and rabbits had 

 better use spaniels." 



Then one of the stewards at the first set of field 

 trials of the National Beagle Club, under the nom 

 de plume of "Namquoit," says that while he never 

 bred or trained a beagle but had been a hunter and 

 had hunted over a few, he had had a good oppor- 

 tunity to see what was wanted and what was not. 

 "A beagle to win must certainly be under better 

 control than were the ma j ority of those at the trials, 

 and even the winners, I will wager, will be under 

 better control at this year's trials. Suppose you 

 go hunting in some new country and your train 

 leaves at a certain hour. Ten minutes before the 

 departure of the train you find your dog; he is 

 hunting, but not on trail. You whistle, yoLU- dog 

 looks up at you, gives his tail an extra swish and 

 disappears into the bushes. Tableau — dog missed, 

 train missed and a walk hom.e. Had he been prop- 

 erly trained he would have come to heel and your 

 wife would not have cried her eyes out thinking 



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