CHAPTER XII 



FIELD TRIAL BEAGLE TYPE 



ALONG in 1898 we find Mr. Hiram Card, of 

 Elora, Ontario, Canada, coming into the 

 limelight, regarding the Rowett hounds; 

 Bannerman, and the effect of the latter on the breed 

 as a sire. He starts with a letter written to Mr. 

 J. M. Pulley, which is taken up by Mr. James 

 MacAleer and several others, the latter being the 

 originator of the celebrated Tippecanoe strain of 

 to-day, which was started from the "Dan" Sum- 

 mers hounds which Mr. MacAleer bought. "In 

 regard to Blue Jacket's coarse head and long body, 

 they might have come from his sire Bannerman, 

 who was very hberally provided in these respects. 

 Jack B. probably inherited them from his dam, 

 Kate, who was an inbred Victor. I never saw old 

 Victor, but his stock, as far as I know them, are 

 of the long coarse type. The Blue Caps are also 

 fixed, a little fixed, a little the same way, but to a 

 less degree. Both strains are hunters, first, last, 

 and all the time. The Victor has the most dash and 



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