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was sent East as an object lesson for the benefit of 

 the Eastern beagle men, I think he was a failure. 

 If Mr. Buckstaff had sent such a dog as Dime, 

 Buck, Nell, or Lucy we should have something that 

 was able to win, with nose and speed combined.' 



"In regard to the judges' decision, any one who 

 has ever attended a trial where Messrs. Lewis and 

 Turpin have been judges will see how close they 

 try to keep up and how careful they are to place 

 the dogs right, will never kick if his dogs do not 

 get in the money. 



"About a year ago Mr. Buckstaff had an article 

 on speed against nose and wished to hear from the 

 beagle men. I will answer him now. I want a 

 beagle that is fast, and the faster the better, with 

 nose equal to his speed, and that on a loss will swing 

 and swing at the top of his speed until he strikes 

 the trail again; built to stand as many day's hard 

 work as I wish to hunt, a good barker, good starter 

 and a stayer. This is the kind of beagle I have 

 been trying to breed for the last fifteen years. I 

 have not been going down the beagle ladder, but 

 climbing up and trying to make the dogs that beat 

 mine climb, and when those dogs get through a 

 trial against my dogs they will not leave that field 

 saying that they have beaten them ^easily.' If Mr. 

 Buckstaff had not used the word 'easily,' I don't 



