BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



the year 1900 until the National Pet Stock Association 

 was organized in 1911, and since that time the Belgian 

 hare fancy has been rapidly improving. At the Na- 

 tional Association show held at Colorado Springs, Dec, 

 1914, the writer was judge and found over two hundred 

 entries of Belgian hares. The adult doe class con- 

 tained sixty specimens and the competition was very 



BEIiCrlAN- HABE DOE — "AMEBICAIT BEAUT-X-" 

 Owner, l. J. Ctriffln, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 



keen and the stock fine. The owner of the best Bel- 

 gian in the show refused $50 for it. The National 

 Belgian Hare Club of Denver also accomplished a 

 great amount of good for the fancy during the boom. 

 The National show at Chicago in January, 1916, found 

 nearly one hundred Belgians and some of the finest 



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