CHAPTER XXI 



COST OF BEAGLES 



WHILE on the subject of stud fees it 

 might be of interest to those who do not 

 know of the cost of purchasing, what 

 field and bench-show types bring. Imported dogs 

 have been known to have cost one hundred guineas, 

 and upon arrival wxre found to be over 15 inches, 

 with no redress for the purchaser. Again imported 

 hounds, which became American bench champions 

 and were fine stud hounds, were picked up in Eng- 

 land for ^ve pounds. 



Puppies at two months of age can be bought 

 from $5.00 to $50.00, while derby dogs without a 

 record run from $35.00 to $125.00. Champion 

 Frank Forest is reputed to have been sold in 1892 

 for $900.00 to W. S. Gates of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 

 later to be owned by Mr. Kreuder. Bench Cham- 

 pion Stoke Place Sapper was reputed to have been 

 sold by the Wheatley Kennels for $250.00 and re- 

 sold for $125.00, while Wheatley Truant, who later 

 made his bench championship is reputed to have 



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