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Again the same can be said of the cutter in, or 

 hound that, when he loses the scent, waits for the 

 true hound to pick it up or find it, and then rushes 

 off into the lead again. 



It has been said that due to the character of the 

 ground covered, often in woods, briars or thick 

 hilly going, the judge or judges could not closely 

 follow the brace that w^as down. All that can be 

 said is that some men do follow, while others can 

 and do not follow, closely. Again there are judges 

 who make or break a beagle at a field trial, who are 

 either too lazy or too tired to follow closely when 

 judging on foot, and often leave or coincide with 

 the decision of their fellow judge who is an incom- 

 petent person. There have been hounds that made 

 theii' final championship points at one set of trials, 

 to go down the following week under old-time 

 judges, who would not even take them into the 

 second series. It may be argued that that particu- 

 lar beagle w^as off nose or sick, or failed for some 

 other reason, but the results were there and seen 

 by many. 



It would seem that while I have never seen field 

 trial grounds, where the greater part of the work of 

 the rabbit, beagle and trainer could not be seen to 

 greater advantage if the judge or judges were 

 mounted on horseback, yet there are some beaglers 



