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tenor from the Forest stock, probably for long 

 notes of a very mellow cadence we can find some 

 of old Ringwood's near descendants, while perhaps 

 the Lee and Wolf Tone blood will furnish us with 

 deeper tones. The more I think over this subject, 

 the better I think of it. I am pleased to see that 

 'Colombia' favors the idea even if he thinks the 

 meets should be three times a week; probably I 

 agree with him and it is not unlikely that I shall 

 go more than once a week, but if the once-a-week 

 works well, it will be little trouble to broach the 

 subject of more frequent meets. 



"Acting on your suggestion, I have no objection 

 to act as 'whipper-in,' in fact, I shall be glad to hear 

 from any local or other beagle men on the subject. 

 A postal addressed to 'Comedy,' Maiden, Massa- 

 chusetts, will reach me all right and be duly an- 

 swered. I may say, that so far as two or three of us 

 are concerned, the meets are an established fact, and 

 I have received considerable encouragement from 

 others. I hope those who wish to associate for the 

 purpose of running their hounds will be of the kind 

 that care for the sport more than for the rabbits. 



"Had it not been for the drought, I should proba- 

 bly be writing this letter from camp, as my neighbor 

 and self had so arranged, taking the hounds and 

 staying over Labor Day, but I think it would be 



