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tion being Lady Novice, a good field bitch of more 
than average quality. Chimer was very successful 
as a cross with the Rowetts, one of the outstanding 
products of the union being Spinaway, which Joe 
Lewis, then a very ardent beagle fancier located in 
Connecticut, made the most of. Spinaway was the 
dam of Fashion and Robino II. The latter was said 
to he a very good field dog, hut it is as a bench 
winner that he became particularly noted. I remem¬ 
ber this dog very well after seeing him on the bench 
a number of times at eastern shows. He was a very 
richly marked beagle, somewhat long in couplings, 
but possessing a world of quality in head. Through 
Robinol II comes the dash of the imported bitch 
Lonely, which came from England with three of 
her sons by Ring-wood. Lonely was herself a 
hitch of great quality, though it seems that the 
long cast type came through her, as nearly all of 
her progeny of her own and later generations bore 
this stamp. 
Reverting again to the two early dogs, Frank 
Forest and Bannerman. The former proved to be 
more popular with eastern breeders and his record 
as it actually appears on paper is perhaps superior 
to that of Bannerman, hut the latter dog was in 
reality a great influence, for he crossed well with 
all the various lines in existence. The bench show 
breeders would not take to him because he was not 
marked according to regulation conceptions of color, 
hut he unquestionably imparted qualities that are 
still to he seen in our present day beagles. Banner- 
man’s sire was Champion Marchboy, considered a 
