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what a typical beagle really is are engaged to judge 

 the breed, and who have as much 'nerve' as the dogs 

 they are judging and dare hand the blue ribbon to 

 the man with the best dog, regardless of the fact 

 that the dog is American-bred, and a new one to 

 showgoers, and that some of his competitors are 

 millionaires, with imported dogs at the other end 

 of the chain that have won over on the other side. 



"I honestly think that we have as good beagles 

 here as are bred in England, and also think we have 

 American judges who do know what true type is 

 and dare place the ribbons accordingly." 



Then along comes a timely article in the Amer- 

 ican Field on voice which says : "There is one point 

 which beagle breeders overlook and to which they 

 might well pay more attention. They breed for 

 bench qualities and endurance, nose, speed and 

 hunting sense, as they should, but how many of 

 them take voice into consideration? Yet much 

 enjoyment of the hunt depends on the cry of the 

 hounds. Tradition says that the beagle has the 

 sweetest tongue of any of the hound family, but a 

 spectator at any of our field trials is almost ready 

 to believe that tradition has made more or less a 

 mistake. To be sure, a musical voice is often heard, 

 but there are altogether too many squealers and 

 screamers. If Shakespeare had attended a trial 



