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quality. Let the dog shows have their duties as 

 well as the field trials theirs. 



"To enhance the advancement of the breed, let a 

 specialty club offer a trophy, to be competed for at 

 every show% for the best beagle with a field trial 

 record, considering both in judging; the one that 

 wins it the most times during the year to retain the 

 trophy with the attending honors. The discriminat- 

 ing of shows generally results in the richer ones 

 having still more added to their premium lists, and 

 the poorer ones are ignored. 



"To mix two such widely separate qualifications 

 as standard form and field excellence would only 

 complicate the matter more, and I can hardly see 

 the benefits to be derived. The more plainly each 

 qualification is set forth the better results w^ill 

 necessarily follow\" 



And along comes "Comedy" with his ideas. He 

 says Mr. Kreuder's letter is very much to the point 

 "otherwise we could use any kind of a cur for just 

 simply rabbit hunting. If wx are going to hunt 

 rabbits with beagles let us breed as near the stand- 

 ard as we can, using our most typical dogs to breed 

 from, but, at the same time bearing in mind that 

 the beagle is a hunting dog, and not alone breed 

 for hunting traits, but give the little fellows a 

 chance to learn how to do their work. Of course, 



