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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Dorsetshire
used
to
be
the
great
county
for
Beagles.
The
downs
there
were
exactly
fitted
for
them,
and
years
ago,
when
roe-deer
were
preserved
on
the
large
estates,
Beagles
were
used
to
hunt
this
small
breed
of
deer.
Mr.
Cranes'
Beagles
were
noted
at
the
time,
and
also
those
of
a
Colonel
Harding.
It
is
on
record
that
King
George
IV.
had
a
strong
partiality
for
Beagles,
and
was
wont
to
see
them
work
on
the
downs
round
about
Brighton.
The
uses
of
the
Beagle
in
the
early
days
of
the
last
century,
however,
were
a
good
deal
diversified.
They
were
hunted
in
big
woodlands
to
drive
game
to
the
gun,
and
perhaps
the
ordinary
Beagle
of
from
12
inches
to
14
inches
was
not
big
enough
for
the
requirements
of
the
times.
It
is
quite
possible,
therefore,
that
the
Beagle
was
crossed
with
the
Welsh,
Southern
or
Otterhound,
to
get
more
size
and
power,
as
there
certainly
was
a
Welsh
rough-coated
Beagle
of
good
18
inches,
and
an
almost
identical
contemporary
that
was
called
the
Essex
Beagle.
Sixty
years
ago
such
hounds
were
common
enough,
but
possibly
through
the
adoption
of
the
more
prevalent
plan
of
beating
coverts,
and
Spaniels
being
in
more
general
use,
the
vocation
of
the
Beagle
in
this
particular
direction
died
out,
and
a
big
rough-coated
Beagle
is
now
very
rarely
seen.
That
a
great
many
of
the
true
order
were
bred
became
very
manifest
as
soon
as
the
Harrier
and
Beagle
Association
was
formed,
and
more
particularly
when
a
section
of
the
Peterborough
Hound
Show
was
reserved
for
them.
Then
they
seemed
to
spring
from
every
part
of
the
country.
In
1896
one
became
well
acquainted
with
many
packs
that
had
apparently
held
aloof
from
the
dog
shows.
There
was
the
Cheshire,
the
Christ
Church
(Oxford),
Mr.
T.
Johnson's,
the
Royal
Rock,
the
Thorpe
Satchville,
the
Worcestershire,
etc.,
and
of
late
there
have
been
many
more
that
are
as
well
known
as
packs
of
Foxhounds.
One
hears
now
of
the
Chauston,
the
Halstead
Place--very
noted
indeed--the
Hulton,
the
Leigh
Park,
the
Stoke
Place,
the
Edinburgh,
the
Surbiton,
the
Trinity
Foot,
the
Wooddale,
Mrs.
G.
W.
Hilliard's,
Mrs.
Price's,
and
Mrs.
Turner's.
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