Forty Years Beagling 



wanted the word American omitted, others wanted 

 the word English omitted, and the reasons given 

 for the omission of the word American was that 

 at that time the American beagle was a bench 

 legged hound, which, it was claimed, should be 

 severely let alone. Evidently a compromise was 

 effected in the formation of the club, as both words 

 were used, the word Enghsh being subsequently 

 dropped. 



Later on the National Beagle Club was organ- 

 ized and became the parent organization in the 

 United States, which position it holds to this day. 

 The first annual meeting of this club was held at 

 the Quincy House, Boston, Massachusetts, on Eri- 

 day, January 2nd, 1891, and the then president, 

 Mr. O. W. Brooking, addressed the members as 

 follows : 



"Gentlemen of the National Beagle Club, it 

 should be at this, our first meeting, the occasion 

 for a speech from the president of your club, but, 

 gentlemen, the history of your club speaks for 

 itself. On Fast Day, last April, seven gentlemen 

 met at the press room of the New England Kennel 

 Club Bench Show and started the nucleus of this 

 club. We met again at the Quincy House on May 

 3rd and organized the club. I think I can safely 

 say that this club has advanced farther in a given 



