268 Forty Years Beagling 



glers agree, that there is to-day a difference in type 

 between the so-called bench and field-trial beagles. 



The records show that since beagles were intro- 

 duced into the United States there have been over 

 two bench-show champions to one field-trial cham- 

 pion. Of the former many, indeed, have never put 

 foot down in a field trial and there have been only 

 two double champions, bench and field trial com- 

 bined, namely Frank Forest and Charmion Ben, 

 the latter winning five of his first points toward a 

 field champion as a thirteen-inch hound, and all 

 subsequent wins being as a fifteen-inch hound. In 

 using the word type, as differentiating a field- 

 trial winner from a bench winner the word type 

 perhaps is a misnomer; yet what better word can be 

 found? It would seem as if there were a difference 

 between the hound that wins on the bench and the 

 one that wdns in the field, just as much as there is 

 difference between the thoroughbred and a grade 

 cow, the thoroughbred and the grade hog and the 

 horse that is not clean bred; yet many are so blind 

 that they can not see this difference. And why? 



What field-trial man showing a beagle at a bench 

 show held in connection with a set of field trials 

 would think of preparing his beagle solely for the 

 bench, singeing the hairs off his belly for better ap- 

 pearance, puUing the hairs of his tail to get a better 



