The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-01
BEAGLES.
Oxford Trials
Begin Today.
ARE LARGE.
Judges Throw Out Several
Dogs for Over-Height.

as far as the actual work.
ing of the dogs was concerned.
but the members of the club completed
the preiminaries of the week in COM
Portable shape, and the sport will be-
gin in good earnest today. In some re-
spects 1t was pity that it was not pos
sible to use yesterday for the running of
trials, for, barring a slight rawness of
the atmosphere, the conditions We're
perfect for the sport, and the dogs We're
| as impatient as their owners for the
| beginning of the contest
! The reasons for the delay in starting
1 the trials We're various. Many of the
owners and trainers did not arrive I'M
! til nearly noon, and there is always
4 considerable work in the line of draw
ing and classifying the dogs. and mea-
( surfing them, which takes time after
| the contestants are on the field, so that
| the start in any event would not have
been made till late in the afternoon.
| The principal reason, however, for
! putting off the start until this morning
was the fact that the dogs of George
| f. Reed of Barton Vermont, and of
William SaXby or Ilion, New York,
We're not in condition to compete when
/ they arrived in Oxford in the morn
they arrived at Oxford in the morning
| They had been travelling all night, hav-
| ing come from other similar trials, and
| 1t was not deemed fair to them by the
| judges to make them show their PAGES
| until they We're in better condition to
| do so to good advantage
! The field Of entries is large this
| year. there being % dogs whose own
| ers have paid the preliminary fee for
| entrance, and of these Is arrived yes
\ terday and six more are expected to
| come today. The quality of the entries
this year is said by President II. S.
| Joslin of the club to be the best in the
recent years of the clubs contests, and
/ he feels very confident OF some of the
best results that have ever been wit
messed in beagles' trials in this sec
| ton
The entries are divided into four
classes, but the drawings for the pairs
! in which the dogs Will be run will not
| be made until this morning, when the
remainder of the entries are to come
come at all will no doubt be present.
| in measuring the dogs that did ar
rive yesterday, the Judges We're conn
PEELED to throw out several of those en-
tered for being above the height speci-
fled for the class in which they are
these was "Buckellew," owned by
Howard Amy of Providence, r. l.
| This dog is a famous one, and is one of
the handsomest in the field of entries.
1t was decided that the dog was TOO
tall, although it was a close decision
and caused much discussion before the
verdict was decided upon.
Another dog that gave promise OF
being a good hunter but was barred
out was Hunter" owned by J.. 7, Ak
/ ers of Melrose Hunter" is evidently
a tiptopper on the work for which he
is cut out. and has deep mellow note
that is among the most melodious
heard amidst the babel Of sound that
| filled the kennels all day He was far
too tall, however, TO enter any OF the
classes, he being nearly l6 inches in
height. He is a new dog to the mem
hers of the club, Mr. Akers having
never before made any entries in its
contests.
The case of Rusty, one of the
Hampstead Beagle entries, was not de-
cided by the judges, they being unable
10 determine whether or not the dog
was eligible on account of her height,
which is very close to the limit of Is
Inches II was determined to await
the coming of her owner, J. L. ker-
nocham, of New York, who is one OF
the wealthiest and most enthusiastic
dog fanciers of that state, before max
ing the final decision, in order TO allow
him to be present when the measure
ment takes place. Rusty has been
entered at very many trials and bench
shows in the past, and has never as yet
been ruled out. She has taken a large
number of prizes. For this reason, the
Judges did not feel JUSTIFIED in making
an adverse decision without further de-
liberation,
The scene in the kennels yesterday
afternoon while the dogs were being
measured by the judges was very in
teresting. The knowing little rascals
would come out of their pens to be
measured, looking as If they realized
the importance of the function that was
on. and they showed their good breed
ing and canine aristocracy by the
proud bearing with which they marched
up TO the judges and stood like ami
mated statues while the officials applied
! the standard bars to their shoulder
4 blades and noted the result Indeed
some of them seemed to be cute enough
TO realize that the object of the whole
thing from the standpoint of their own
ers, was for them to be as low in stat
4 ure as possible, and they would slyly
bend their forelegs a little, thus TAX
i ing perhaps a quarter Of an inch from
/ their height. OF course it is not pos
sible to say that the little fellows did
this on purpose and with malice afore-
Thought, but it is certain that the
i judges had to make them stretch out
/ their legs from time to time while the
measuring was going on, and they did
not exhibit any weakness of the knee
at any other stage of the proceed
ings
/ When it was decided that there would
be no trial during the day, the trainers
took their pets out for little exercise
run, and then there was a scamper and
q chorus of shrill yelps as the valua-
bic mites Of dog flesh started away for
a Joyous tear through the underbrush
on the trail of some frightened rabbit
that had imprudently ventured too near
the kennels. This run gave the know
1 ing ones a good chance to size up the
| respective merits of the contestants of
today, and they undoubtedly have the
winners picked already, and will know
all about it-until the judges give their
decision.
i The judges this year are AIessrs. Geo
i B. Appleby of Oxford and H. b. Tall
4 man of Centredale, r.. l., both gentle
men of wide experience in the sport
Theirs is a difficult task, and while 1t
is too early to be laudatory, it would
seem from the manner in which they
performed their initial duties yesterday
that they will prove two officials of rare
ability and discretion.
The condition for the trials are as
favorable Vas they have ever been far
more so than last year. Provided there
is no rainy weather, the week Should
be almost an ideal one for the ground
is just damp enough for the scent to lie
well, and the rabbits are more plentiful
than they have been in many years
past.
The entries as received are given as
follows The mark denotes that the
dog to whose name it is attached was
passed by the Judges and will contest
In the class in which it is entered.
Those unmarked were either not pres
ent yesterday, were rejected by the