218 Forty Years Beagling 



am, as my information came pretty straight. At 

 any rate I recall very few who were ever heard of 

 in England. I see that Mr. Peters has imported 

 some champions and it strikes me that if we are to 

 breed for the English type, these dogs as showing 

 what is winning on the other side will do a vast 

 amount of good. 



"I hardly expect to see them look like some of 

 the last Boston Show winners. I refer particularly 

 to the one who was winner of three or four firsts. 

 His front legs were so bowed that it would hardly 

 be exaggerating to call him deformed. How a dog 

 of this kind can win, and good, well-formed dogs 

 be passed (as they often have been) simply because 

 they were 'fat,' surpasses the understanding of at 

 least this 'beginner.' 



"Another thing that has often struck me as being 

 odd is that judges allow so much 'handling' in the 

 ring. It is really often ludicrous to see a beagle 

 lifted up by the chin, then the tail, ears, ditto, etc., 

 etc., too numerous to mention. I see that in a 

 recent issue, one of your correspondents noted an 

 absence of this sort of thing at Enghsh shows. If 

 we are following their tj^pe of dog, let us follow 

 their methods of showing him. If this dog won't 

 'show,' leave him at home. To my mind the judge 

 is the one to 'handle,' and I hope to some day see 



