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been sold for $250.00 and a few weeks later resold 

 for $500.00. 



Beagles with field-trial records that have won at 

 the National field trials and elsewhere have been 

 purchased for from $75.00 up and the author has 

 seen $350.00 refused for a brood bitch, without a 

 field-trial record, yet a second series hound, but a 

 wonderful brood matron. 



The World War, with its high cost of foods and 

 restrictions for breeding in England, augmented 

 the cost of beagles during that period of time, and 

 in consequence made the better ones so scarce that 

 prices became higher, but as yet the beagle has not 

 reached its acme of price as compared with the bird 

 dog. 



In 1882, Mr. H. F. Schellhass of Brooklyn, 

 New York, was offering the beagle Leader, A. K. 

 C. No. 9811, a white, black and tan, and blue mot- 

 tled hound for sale at $50.00, while Champion 

 Trailer, A. K. C. No. 6610 was for sale at that time 

 for $150.00. Leader was one of the famous Flute 

 Queens and scored 95 points out of a possible 100 

 under Mr. N. Elmore as judge. 



