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Beagles and Beagling 
the same category. There were so-called beagles 
of all kinds in America, previous to authentic 
records; large straight-legged beagles, low bench¬ 
legged varieties, black and tans, white, black and 
tans, tan and whites, etc. Bloodhound types, harrier 
types and terrier types. 
The real history of the beagle here in America, 
however, begins about the same time as it does 
with the pointer and the setter. This dawn of a 
new era took place in the seventies and the man 
who is given credit for bringing the first true-bred 
beagles to this country is General Rowett, of Carlin- 
ville, Illinois. He was a horseman, but a lover of 
the little hound. His pack, or packs were selected 
in England and no doubt emanated from various 
estates where the “merrie little hound” was bred. 
His selections were evidently made with care and 
an idea for future breeding, for it was soon dis¬ 
covered that he had the best blood and a uniformity 
of type, hitherto unsuspected to exist, by fanciers 
in this country. In color they were evenly marked, 
white, black and tan, and it soon became bruited 
about among hunters that these beagles of General 
Rowett were the last word in beagle breeding, for 
they represented quality, as far as bench show form 
was concerned, and they proved to be of great 
excellence afield. 
The General did not scatter this blood about 
promiscuously, but some of his friends and acquain¬ 
tances secured specimens of the strain and before 
long the Rowett type of beagle became the recog¬ 
nized one. Among the early dogs of Rowett were 
Rosey, Sam and Dolly. Warrior, sometimes credited 
