Early History 
this size question for a long time, but the standard 
was fixed and thus it has remained up to the present 
day with no likelihood of its ever being changed, 
at least not in the direction of advocating hounds 
taller than fifteen inches. 
Reverting again to those early strains; after the 
death of General Rowett, or in fact, long before, 
many beaglers began seeking this line of blood and 
while the dogs bred by the Carlinville fancier were 
not distributed promiscuously, a few of the more 
ardent, and at the same time, thoughtful breeders 
acquired some of these individuals, and the fame of 
the Rowetts was assured, though it was done, not 
by boastful statements through the press as many 
a much less worth while breed had been exploited, 
but through sheer merit of the dogs. 
Perhaps two breeders who should be given 
greatest credit for maintaining the Rowett blood are 
Pottinger Dorsey and C. Staley Doub, both of 
Maryland. There were others, as T have said, who 
had the strain, but these two are greatly responsible 
for preaching the merits of it. Naturally, at this 
day and date it is impossible to mention the names 
of all of those early descendents of the original 
Rowetts, but among them were such dogs as 
Rambler, Rally, Lee, Rosey, Venus, Countess and 
others; all of which became famous progenitors of 
later day performers. 
It was some time in the eighties that other good 
dogs were imported and among those who were 
responsible for bringing them over is N. Elmore, 
of Granby, Connecticut, who was one of the organ¬ 
izers of the National P>eagle Club and a member of 
