CHAPTER XX 



JUDGES AND JUDGING 



WHILE the judging of bench-show speci- 

 mens has been alluded to in previous 

 chapters, the field-trial end has not been 

 touched upon, and while different judges in the past 

 have interpreted the standard of the beagle differ- 

 ently, as they saw it, those qualifications which go to 

 make the ideal field-trial and hunting beagle did not 

 have to enter into their consideration. 



Experience under some twenty-odd different 

 judges, in various states of the Union, has led me 

 to believe that there are and have been awards to 

 champion field-trial beagles made, who were not 

 entitled to the honor at the time the awards were 

 made. It is not the intention to detract from any 

 particular hound's ability, or to say that subse- 

 quently he or she might or might not have become 

 a field-trial champion, but I have seen undeserving 

 awards made. Why? There are some men who 

 will never be able to see the difference between a 

 truthful hound, one that carries the trail honestly, 

 and one that is commonly known as a liar or noisy 

 one, who gives tongue whether on the trail or not. 



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