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Beagles and Beagling 
the committee for drawing up the standard. Mr. 
Elmore imported Ringwood and Countess, both 
being by Bismarck, out of Gayless. In Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Colin Cameron and Captain William Asshe- 
ton were becoming interested in the little hounds at 
this time and their contribution consisted of Racket, 
a dog which soon became popular. He was by Rally, 
out of Louise which was by Lee, out of Rosey; 
and there was another Rally, by the Original Sam, 
out of Dolly. 
Among those bred by Pottinger Dorsey were 
Fitz-Hugh Lee, Jupiter, Lee II, Storm Cloud, 
Wanderer, Emiline, Potomac and Venus, all of 
which lived their lives and had their influence upon 
the breed in the way of establishing a fixed type 
and improving the field qualities. Both Mr. Dorsey 
and Mr. Doub valued the blood lines to such a 
degree that they seldom sold their stock, though 
they would part with a good one now and then to 
some keen sportsman or fancier. Furthermore, 
neither of these two gentlemen cared very much 
about showing, rather being concerned in perfecting 
the field qualities of their hounds. 
Some strains of dogs, whether they are beagles 
or other varieties, become well known through 
exploitation, and very frequently, certain lines of 
blood or individual kennels obtain a notoriety far 
out of proportion to the merits of the stock repre¬ 
sented. Such, however, cannot be said of the 
Rowetts bred by Staley Doub and Pottinger Dorsey. 
Because these strains were in reality working strains 
of beagles with generations of practical dogs behind 
them, some of the owners of show beagles and espe- 
