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ter dogs have a strong tinge of the English blood in 

 them. Many there are who deny the fact that the 

 English blood is good, claiming that the ears are 

 too short, the eye not pleading enough, etc. It is 

 true of some of the ears but not of most. Who can 

 deny the length of ear in Ch. Bangle, Ch. Matron, 

 Ch. Fiddler, Ch. Truman, or Florist? Who can 

 say of any of these five dogs that their eye is not 

 pleading? It is not a 'pop-eye,' certainly; but it has 

 all the depth and sweetness that a hound's eye 

 should have. 



"And what dog is there that is American bred 

 that can boast the clean look of its English cousins? 

 Look at the bone of the English dogs, their strong, 

 short-coupled backs, great quarters and sterns, and 

 then compare them with the long-bodied get of 

 some of the American hounds. Again, where can 

 we find such muzzles as in the two best beagles in 

 America — Ch. Bangle and Ch. Matron? 'How 

 about Dan D?' I hear some one say: 'Didn't he 

 win over Bangle at New York?' True, he did, and 

 many people, including the writer, thought the 

 judge made a mistake. It is hard to find a fault in 

 Bangle, or in Matron in her best days. Let us com- 

 pare them with two typical American-bred dogs, 

 Ch. Lucy L. and Dan D. The American hounds 

 have fairly good fronts. The English hounds' 



