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specimens the writer has judged. During the past 

 two years the A. F. Assn. has been working hard for 

 the Belgian hare fancy and at the present time the 

 Belgian hare is again popular. 



The Panama-Pacific Exposition Pet Stock Show of 

 December, 1915, and the Colorado Springs show of the 

 same month had some fine specimens. A great im- 

 provement has been noticed during the last few years 

 and it becomes harder each year to find the culls at 

 the shows. The Belgian hare can stand a lot of severe 

 cold weather, but it is one of the weakest constituted 

 rabbits we have when disease of any kind overtakes 

 it and it cannot stand dampness at all. It has been 

 inbred so much that it has lost a great amount of its 

 vitality. 



Nearly every winner at the Crystal Palace Shows 

 of London can be traced to a noted buck, the famous 

 African Chief. The English fanciers ship their does 

 miles to get the service of good bucks, while the Amer- 

 ican fancier is just the opposite, and it is not very en- 

 couraging to the American fancier to breed good stud 

 bucks, for the Belgian fanciers will not pay him for the 

 service of the buck. This is one of the worst mistakes 

 a fancier can make, for in building up his strain he 

 should spare neither pains nor money, and at the same 

 time encourage breeders to improve their stock. Lack 

 of good stud bucks has been a drawback to our fancy. 



It was amusing to watch visitors at the shows dur- 

 ing the years 1910-1911, looking into the hutches and 

 calling the different varieties of rabbits Belgian hares. 

 The public has become educated during the past two 



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