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other words, never issue a command to your dog 

 you are not prepared to enforce. 



"Much more might be said on this subject of 

 beagle training, as probably no two men use just 

 the same method to gain their end, but as I have 

 no wish to monopohze, I will withdi-aw and listen 

 to what others may have to say." 



In July of the same year, Mr. George F. Reed, 

 of Barton, Vermont, than whom in his day there 

 was probably no greater, better or more enthusi- 

 astic an authority on the subject of the beagle, has 

 his say as to whether a beagle should be under con- 

 trol or not, and in reply to "Quester's" inquiry as 

 to whether a beagle should be under control or not, 

 says : 



"He certainly should be. He should know his 

 master's voice and come to him when spoken to, 

 if he has not a rabbit started. When reaching the 

 hunting grounds a beagle should be left to his own 

 free will to hunt for his trail and follow it until 

 his game is started or lost entirely. If not able 

 to find a track in that piece of timber, he should 

 swing in to you. Such a beagle will generally give 

 you six days hunting in a week and not be jumping 

 around your heels one half of the time waiting for 

 orders. If the man is going to do the starting and 

 the beagle the trailing only, at the field trials, why 



