210 Forty Years Beagling 



"I am speaking of field dogs, and the field dog 

 should be a show dog, every and all the time. No 

 breeder should attempt one or the other, but both, 

 field properties first, then correct conformation to 

 perform their duties. A very lean shouldered dog 

 will be very apt to run over the turns when the 

 rabbit is at top speed, and unless the nose and trail- 

 ing abilities are good, the chances of getting another 

 good run from that same rabbit, at that time, will 

 be rather slim. 



"I do think, where beagles are used in packs of 

 six to ten, or even more, that a leader may be a 

 little lighter put up, but to go and breed a lot of 

 clean-shouldered, setter type dogs, and call them 

 beagles is an injustice to the famous old breed. 

 And our American standard, was it not made to 

 fit the Rowett type of dog? and did any one ever 

 see a beagle of strong Rowett type that was formed 

 like a setter? most of them are what our setter men 

 call thick in shoulders, but they have the disposition 

 to hunt, and hunt all day, and stay till the night 

 is far advanced or perhaps into the next day, and 

 whilst they can, and are being improved in earage 

 and head substance, I doubt if the disposition to 

 hunt when once entered to game will ever be beaten 

 by any strain or type. 



"Of course, individual specimens are better or 



