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Dog Show Dates, 1913. 
Jan. 18.—Bulldog Breeders’ Association,^ at INIurray Hill 
Lyceum, Thirty-fourth street, New York city. A. U. 
Gillette, Sec’y. 
Jan. 22-25.—Cleveland Fanciers’ Club Company, at Cleve¬ 
land. J. T. Conkey, Sec’y. 
Feb. 4-7.—Fanciers’ Association of Indiana, at Indian¬ 
apolis. C. R. Milhouse, Sec’y. 
Feb. 8.—Newark Kennel Club of New Jersey (licensed), 
at Newark. John L. Whelan, Sec’y. 
Feb. 15.—American Foxhound Club Specialty Show, at 
Baltimore, Md. Lester Jones, Sec’y. 
Feb. 19-22.—Westminster Kennel Club, at New York 
citv. William Rauch, Chairman Committee. 
Feb. 2^28.—Eastern Dog Club, at Boston. T. Dickson 
Smith, Sec’y. 
March 5-8.—Duquesne Kennel Club, of Western Penn¬ 
sylvania, at Pittsburgh. R. W. Kenny, Sec’y. 
IMarch 6-S.—St. Paul Boston Terrier Club, at St. Paul, 
Minn. Show for all breeds. P. 11. Efferts, 247 Rich¬ 
mond street, St Paul. 
June 3-4.—Ladies’ Kennel Association of America, at 
Mineola, L. I. Tames Mortimer, Supt. 
April 18-19.—French Bulldog Club of America, at Hotel 
Astor, New York. O. F. N'edder, Sec’y. 
Starting the Beagle Puppies. 
BY AMOS EURHANS. 
Like the Frenchman who vended flea powder 
and advised in applying it that first the flea be 
caught, I advise first getting a beagle that is 
worth the time and effort expended in training 
it. The first beagle I trained to follow rabbits 
was a large female of a size and conformation 
I afterward found to be nearly that of a fox¬ 
hound. Not knowing the difference, and the 
hound doing better work at getting the rabbits 
out of the brush than the curs I had been using, 
I was tickled with the way she went at her busi¬ 
ness. 
First, be sure you have a real beagle, one 
bred from working parentage, from eight months 
of age up, or if you are fortunate enough to 
possess a beagle matron that can and will hunt 
and she has presented you with a nice litter 
of puppies early in the year, they will be ready 
to start before this age, if hunted with their 
mints which they come across. When they know 
what they are hunting for, take them into a 
thicket or field where rabbits are abundant and 
slowly work along with the puppies until they 
get interested in a warm scent. When they start 
off on it, snuffling and puttering about, making 
the most out of what they smell, stand still and 
wait for them to flush the rabbit. Do not walk 
on and lose the puppies. If they get lost a few 
times, it won’t be long before they will want to 
keep in sight of you, and will refuse to hunt 
independently. Nothing is more e.xasperating 
than to own a dog that will not get out and 
hunt away from one. 
A dog puppy I knew of was taken afield at 
four months of age after he had been dragging 
dead rabbits about his yard for a month. Flis 
dam was taken along twice, the first trips the 
puppy ever made. He started a rabbit, and his 
mother harked in with him on the trail. He 
gave tongue for the first time, and when they 
turned the rabbit toward me, it hopped along 
in the grass where I shot it with a small rifle. 
Then the pair came up to it, and the pup seized 
the game. This was repeated three or four 
times the same afternoon. The following day 
the puppy was taken afield, and he went to work 
like an old dog when the thicket was reached. 
The sister of this pup broke her chain and made 
off in a field of high cane, started a rabbit, and 
late that night I had to saddle a horse and go 
after her, so persistently did she stay on the 
trail. 
That every line printed in this magazine is 
carefully read is attested by the voluminous 
correspondence reaching the editor’s desk. 
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FOR SALE. 
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(English name. Fountain Ranger), both winners and 
world beaters. Address DR. L. C. TONEY, 204 Currier 
Block, Los Angeles, Cal. 
DOGS rOR SALE. 
Do you want to buy a dog or pup of any kind? If s*. 
send for list and prices of all varieties. Always on kand. 
OXFORD KENNELS, 
35 North Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
I'OR SALE—Northern bred black and tan Foxhound, 
three years old, broken alone on foxes. Good starter and 
trailer. Sold for no fault. Will please any foxhunter. 
Sent on trial. Price, $50. References given. 
B. .A. EASTMAN, Barre, Vt. 
Mentally figure out the needs of the thou¬ 
sands upon thousands of homes presided over 
by sportsmen reached by Forest and Stream 
and you'll better understand why you can afford 
to make your advertising appeal to them. 
dam. You will have little trouble in getting a 
beagle started if you are located in a rabbit 
section. Bred right, they take to the work 
quickly. I start them as young as they will 
follow afield, teaching them that a light load 
of powder is just the thing they should be glad 
to hear. If a puppy is kept in the kennel or 
on chain, and strangers or other dogs are seldom 
about, and the pup is never taken out, you can 
expect it to grow up shy of the gun or any 
strange sounds that it may hear. Shoot about 
the kennels as much as possible with a small 
rifle. Especially do this if you are not located 
where you can take them afield a few times per 
week. Let them learn that when they see the 
gun, there is going to be some pleasant excite¬ 
ment for their particular benefit. From what I 
have learned from other breeders, there is a 
greater percentage of gun shy beagles than bird 
dogs. And once a Chesapeake breeder told me 
that it was a natural fault of all Chesapeakes. 
How true this is I do not know. 
As soon as beagle puppies want to run afield 
with you or with another dog, thej^ will begin to 
get their noses to earth. A few rabbits thrown 
into the yard where they can mull them over 
and drag them about will hasten their appetite 
for scent. They will sooner know what they 
are after if this is practiced and refuse to pay 
attention to woodchucks, gophers and other var¬ 
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