Field Trial Beagle Type 189 



hunt without the gun, and the majority of them 

 view it with alarm on fii'st acquaintance, but soon 

 become accustomed to it, being totally unlike setters 

 or spaniels. The latter breeds are bred to the gun, 

 and when one of them is gunshy he has it sure, 

 and treatment that will cure any beagle would ruin 

 the bird dog. Any beginner who kills a gunshy 

 beagle is doing an injustice to the dog and lighting 

 his own pipe with good money. 



"My thanks are due to 'Comedy' for his able de- 

 fence of me, but as he admits, he has only himself 

 to blame for the trouble. He is a stranger to me, 

 one letter each way being the only correspondence 

 we ever had, and I never had the pleasure of meet- 

 ing him or selling him a dog." 



Mr. MacAleer replies, referring to his letter 

 stating that the only part of Mr. Card's letter he 

 took exception to was where he expressed his opin- 

 ion that field trials were developing a light-boned, 

 lanky hound, all legs, etc. 



"Any one can make an assertion, but sometimes 

 we have to resort to facts and figures, to prove the 

 truth of it. If Mr. Card or 'Comedy' can point out 

 to me one beagle that has been placed at our recent 

 field trials, as being lanky and light boned, all legs 

 and nose, I would be pleased to know which one it 

 is. Perhaps 'Comedy' will say he never made this 



