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because some of the packs owned by eastern fanciers 
have gone out of existence, the breed is going to 
suffer. On the other hand, it is not this class that 
has done the real breeding, but the smaller men who, 
while not possessing the means that were at the 
command of the large kennels, are in reality doing 
the kind of breeding that brings results. 
Indiana also has a number of good clubs, with 
a membership of real breeders, and the same may 
be said of the Western organization, which is as 
important in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and ad¬ 
joining states, as the National is in the East. As a 
matter of fact, it is from the breeders who are 
members of the Western club that some of the 
greatest activities for the improvement of the breed 
have emanated. Most of these clubs hold bench 
shows at the time of their trials which is a most 
salutary feature, for they give the novice attending 
trials for the first time, not only an idea of a dog’s 
work in the field, but a fair knowledge of the type 
that is demanded to win on the bench and like with 
the bird dogs; the time has evidently come when 
there may be a merging of the two types, thus the 
millenium for the beagle seems to be at hand, for 
practical beagle fanciers, like the bird dog fanciers, 
have come to realize that a working beagle can also 
be a good looking one. 
