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All Hound and a Foot High 
(Continued from page 78) 
royal deer placed a premium on 
hounds small enough to avoid sus¬ 
picion of poaching, yet large enough 
to be used for hares. Chaucer and 
Shakespeare both mention beagles, 
and Queen Elizabeth owned a pack, 
each hound in which was small 
enough, so we are told, to rest com¬ 
fortably in Her Majesty’s gauntlet. 
William III was another royal beag- 
ler, and George II, George III and 
Edward VII all maintained and 
hunted good packs. 
The first of these hounds that came 
to America were brought over in 
Colonial days. The sport-loving 
cavaliers of Lord Baltimore’s Mary¬ 
land colony soon discovered that the 
American cottontail was the ideal 
beagle quarry, and the country be¬ 
tween Philadelphia and Richmond 
was from earliest times the breed's 
headquarters. The early stock ran 
to seed through in-breeding and ne¬ 
glect, but about 1870 General Rowett, 
of Carlinsville, Illinois, gave it a 
fresh start by importing some of the 
best English blood. Dudley Riggs, 
Staley Doub and Pottinger Dorsey in 
Maryland; Captain Asheton in Vir¬ 
ginia; William Rockefeller, James L. 
Kernochan, George Hooley, George 
Flammer, B. F. Zimmer and Willis 
Sharpe Kilmer in New York, and A. 
Henry Higginson, Chetwood Smith, 
J. W. Appleton and George Post of 
Massachusetts, carried on the revival 
in the East. These men helped trans¬ 
form the snippy-nosed, short-eared, 
crooked-legged American beagle of 
twenty-five years ago into the dog we 
have today. 
Just now the good sport of beag¬ 
ling, especially with packs, is more 
popular than it has ever been before. 
New York is the center of interest, 
and the following well known packs 
are all in the metropolitan district: 
Mr. Post’s Somersets, Harry T. 
Peters’ Windholmes, and the Belray 
and Wheatley packs, neighbors down 
on Long Island. Loudoun County, 
Virginia, is fast becoming a great 
beagling country. Two famous packs, 
the Piedmont, of which D. C. Sands, 
Jr., is the master, and the Loudoun, 
followed by a group of Bostonians 
among whom are Messrs. Appleton, 
Phipps, Post and Turnbull, are hunt¬ 
ed there regularly. 
The standard of the National 
Beagle Club, that official description 
by which the hounds are judged at 
the bench shows, sums up the beagle 
as “a miniature foxhound, solid and 
big for his inches, with the wear-and- 
tear look of the dog that can last in 
the chase and follow his quarry to 
the death.” Such a dog must have 
the best of legs and feet; in front, 
clean, sloping shoulders, straight, 
well boned legs, and compact, small 
feet; behind, muscular thighs and 
straight, strong hocks. So that lie 
will have plenty of lung room, his 
ribs are well sprung and his chest 
deep and broad. His hack must be 
fairly short and his loins broad and 
lightly arched. All these characteris¬ 
tics make for speed and especially for 
endurance. 
The skull should he broad and wide, 
with ears set moderately low and 
quite a distinct stop, or dent, between 
the eyes, breaking up the deep, strong- 
muzzle. The ears, rounded at the end 
and carried close to the head, are long 
enough to meet at the tip of the nose. 
Cool Color Schemes for the Porch 
(Continued from page 51) 
You rarely have a vase suitable to hold 
goldenrod and Michaelmas daisies. These 
suit the purpose exactly. The colors are 
yellow and purple, $1.50 
rather thick weave come in an assort¬ 
ment of colors to match up with any 
porch color scheme. 
Using a rush rug as a center, paint 
the border where there is not much 
wear, in diamonds or small squares 
of contrasting colors. 
Mixing Willow, Reed 
and Wood 
Those of us who have 
tired of wicker find a wel¬ 
come change in the Swiss 
reed furniture. The chairs 
are of a wonderfully com¬ 
fortable shape and will 
wear forever. Painted in 
one flat tone, they show to 
best advantage when com¬ 
bined with modern painted 
furniture, or else the 
French iron furniture 
mentioned above. With a 
table and bench of deco¬ 
rated wood, and settees of 
Swiss reed, the piazza has 
at once a comfortable and 
unusual appearance. Use 
with these a wrought iron 
lamp and a painted tin 
shed. Old fashioned bent 
wire flowers stands of our 
grandmother’s day have 
The lantern is 
indi spensable 
in the country. 
This one, deco¬ 
rated in varied 
colors, sells for 
$2.25 
come again into style. Filled with 
pots of ivy and with a gay porcelain 
bird here and there in the foliage, 
what could be more attractive? Or 
again, the pots may be painted in 
colors that fit in with the general 
scheme. After applying 
the color and design, give 
the pot a coat of spar 
varnish, and it will last. 
Examples of painted pots 
are shown here. 
A new adjunct to the 
porch, one which every 
woman will appreciate, is 
the porch mirror. They 
come witli tiled panels for 
decoration. The frames 
are oak or walnut, stained 
or painted as one wishes. 
A finnicky gilt mirror 
should never be used on 
the porch. 
Lanterns of lacquered 
chintz — black and white 
stripes with medallions of 
brilliant fruit — make a 
striking central fixture. 
Tin candle sconces painted 
to match will complete the 
set. 
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Established 1849 
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DUTCH BULBS 
For Fall Planting 
Every year I import 
from Holland a quan¬ 
tity of choice Im¬ 
perial Quality Bulbs, 
that represent the 
very cream of all the 
Bulbs produced by 
the greatest Dutch 
hull) specialists. 
Bulbs that are seldom 
available at my sur¬ 
prisingly reasonable 
prices. 
The early Crocus, the | 
sweet Hyacinth, the artistic 
N arcissus, the colorful 
Tulip, the glorious Peony 
and the Poetic Iris--all do 
their share in making your 
Spring and early summer a 
season of joyous beauty. Then 
too, the. Hyacinth, Narcissus i 
and Tulip will bloom readily 
indoors and brighten the Winter months from 
Christmas to the coming of April’s sunshiny 
days. 
if you would know the delights of these bloom- 
filled bulbs of quality. Delivery will be made 
in plenty of time for your early Fall planting. 
BASKETS 
are fitted 
complete 
with tools. 
All baskets 
are stained 
or painted. 
Prices range 
from 
$5.75 
$10.00 
Complete 
are lined with 
odd colored, 
water- proof 
awning strip 
material. 
