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ness and go to raising mongrels, for three-fifths of 

 the people want good hunters. If the hunting in- 

 stinct in the beagle is to be kept up it cannot be 

 done by breeding to a dog simply because he has 

 been shoved around from show to show, for the 

 reason you can lose more hunting instinct by breed- 

 ing to such a dog than you can get back in a life 

 time. I am not referring to Mr. Lewis' kennel. 

 One cannot get any too good hunters by breeding 

 to the best field dog living, and by hunting the 

 bitches when in whelp. I shall be pleased to read 

 articles from Messrs. Dorsey, Wixom, Kreuder and 

 other prominent breeders telling us how to get 

 good hound voices and workers in the field for a 

 season of hard work." 



And Mr. E. C. Cook closes the argument with: 

 "Why don't all lovers of the beagle use him for 

 what he was bred— the field, to hunt? In reading 

 your issue of the 11th [American Stock-Keeper] 

 I see a breeder of beagles would like to show his 

 beagles on the bench and see what bone will do. 

 Now I would like to know what a beagle does on 

 the bench that requires bone? 



"If the writer will say that he will run his dogs 

 against all comers for one day to three or six, he 

 will find lots of men with small-boned dogs ready 

 and anxious to make him look lonely." 



