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mittee as a beagle, allowed to fill and money paid 

 in. Then the word was given to go, and he was 

 judged as winner of first in 13-inch class. 



"Then the dog was too much beagle for Mr. 

 Kreuder, and he took on himself to run the club and 

 succeeded in disqualifying the dog, keeping the 

 winnings and entrance money also. Of course, 

 everyone acquainted with the circumstances, knows 

 the whole thing was illegal, as the dog was accepted, 

 run and won. I should have sued and recovered 

 by law. 



"How much Mr. K. would have enjoyed having 

 some of Fade's 'lightning' in Frank Forest last 

 fall, when he made that famous champion heat! 

 From what I can learn from parties witnessing the 

 so-called heat, Frank would not have overtaken the 

 rabbit if it had been riding on the back of a dry- 

 land terrapin. The fact is the prize should have 

 been withheld for lack of merit. 



"I thought field trials were held to ascertain 

 when merit existed. Frank Forest did not win 

 absolute in the field and his championship was made 

 a present to him. A dog to win a champion stake 

 should at least make a good driving chase, not pot- 

 ter around a little while and be ordered up and 

 pronounced a field-trial champion, which gives 

 room for a lot of rot in advertisement, which is mis- 



