Field Trial Beagle Type 191 



judged by practical beagle men; men who have the 

 advancement of the beagle at heart, and to have 

 such an eminent breeder as Mr. Card make the 

 statement in regard to their judgment, is, to say 

 the least, a little hard on them. I am not trying to 

 advocate or deprecate any particular strain of 

 beagles, for my own pack is composed of several 

 different strains, and while they are neither lanky 

 nor light-boned, they have speed and endurance 

 enough to run a rabbit stiff. 



"Perhaps 'Comedy' would like to see a brace of 

 Pennsylvania beagles run a rabbit stiff ! In regard 

 to the Elora beagle engaging a fighting bull terrier 

 in a deadly combat for half an hour, I have only this 

 to say: if I owned a fighting bull terrier that 

 couldn't kill a beagle in half an hour, I would kill 

 the bull terrier and keep the beagle." 



A contributor who signs himself "Beagle" says 

 that these controversies are a good thing for the 

 breed and that more of the old breeders ought to 

 be heard, then we would soon learn which is the 

 right type of beagle. Referring to Mr. MacAleer's 

 letters he suggests that "if Mr. MacAleer had asked 

 Mr. Card and 'Comedy' how many beagles they 

 had seen winning in field trials, with nice head and 

 square muzzles it would have been more to the 

 point. I have been to a good many field trials but 



