Type 211 



worse, but as a strain they are hunters, maybe with 

 a little riotous tendency, which, if we are to believe 

 old writers, is an ancient trait of the beagle, as was 

 the harking back of the old stock. The legs, feet 

 and coat are good generally, as is the stern carriage 

 and body, whilst no one asks for better combination 

 of colors. As an improvement the Rowett's head 

 and ears can stand it, and if we must clean up the 

 shoulders do not let us go too far, we are not whip- 

 pet racing or running field trials on quail or Eng- 

 lish hares. 



*'What we want is a dog that will keep his nose, 

 not to the ground alone but right on the trail, from 

 start to finish without cutting, sheering, or running 

 over, and with a voice as clear as ever we can pro- 

 duce and as much of it as the dog can use in volume, 

 but no one that tongues on the slightest provoca- 

 tion, irrespective of whether the trail is fifteen 

 minutes or fifteen hours old. 



"Once again, I do not think the running of a 

 rabbit all of hunting with beagles, as much as I 

 abhor a potterer, neither do I think a small hound- 

 colored dog is always the best beagle, because he 

 has a clean shoulder — not that I want a wooden, 

 stiff shoulder as that is an abomination. It may 

 be that it is in this fad for clean shoulders that we 

 have obtained some of the abominably long bodies 



