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period than any other club in America; and I will 

 take this opportunity to thank you one and all for 

 your industry, patience and true sportsmanship in 

 supporting the club and your president, and I feel 

 that the club and its objects are worthy of your 

 best efforts. Several leading sporting journals 

 stated that the field trials would be a failure, but 

 we have proven them mistaken, for we held our 

 trials and held them successfully. 



"We are the live Beagle Club of the world. We 

 will encourage the breeding of thoroughbred bea- 

 gles in every legitimate way and will not stop until 

 the Field Trial and Bench Show Beagle is perfect. 



"In a recent letter I invited the old beagle club 

 to join us and sincerely hope they will do so. This 

 club was started because beagle men could not re- 

 ceive support and encom-agement. We have given 

 them both. Our next effort will be at bench shows, 

 and our prizes will consist of something more tangi- 

 ble than 75-cent dog collars. The history of the 

 club is short, because it is young, and it is unneces- 

 sary for me to go into detail, for you have read of 

 our various movements through the kennel press 

 to whom we extend our thanks for their uniform 

 courtesy and support. In conclusion I would ex- 

 tend a cordial invitation, not only to every owner 

 of a beagle hound, but every rabbit hunter and 



