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as being an original Rowett importation was in 
reality brought over by Mr. Turner, but he was of 
the same type and he was used by the General. 
From the union between Turner’s Warrior and 
Rowett's Rosey came many good ones. Dodge’s 
Rattler being one of the descendants, and he proved 
to be of paramount influence in bringing the Rowett 
blood down through succeeding generations. It was 
in the eighties that the controversies over beagles 
began to get interesting, and at this period a desire 
for a real beagle standard was expressed. The result 
was the formation of the Beagle club. The com¬ 
mittee appointed to draft the standard, consisted of 
General Rowett, N. Elmore and L. H. Twadell. 
In a letter, which appeared in one of the out door 
magazines in 1892, from the pen of Mr. Twadell, he 
tells how it came about that the maximum height 
of the beagle was fixed at fifteen inches. Fhe letter 
was called forth by the discussions that were 
taking place through the sportsmen’s press at that 
period, which was several years after the club had 
been formed and the standard adopted. Eugene 
Lentilhon, in his excellent book, “Forty Years’ 
Beagling,” quotes the letter in full, but I shall con¬ 
tent myself in referring only to that part which 
relates to the height question. Mr. Twadell says : 
the following: 
“And now the reason for fixing the limit at fifteen 
inches. In the old days anything a little smaller 
than a foxhound was by courtesy called a beagle; 
if a pure-bred beagle dog was accessible he was 
crossed on small foxhound bitches, and if at all pre¬ 
potent, the produce showed enough beagle character, 
