Basset Hounds & Beagles: With Descriptive and Historical Sketches on Each Breed, Their Breeding, and Use as a Sporting Dog

The Basset and the Beagle are low, tireless scent hounds bred to hunt hare and rabbit in full cry. In Basset Hounds & Beagles, Carl E. Smith sets down what every owner and breeder should know of the breed.

First published in 1926, Carl E. Smith's account sets the Basset Hound and Beagle's history and origins alongside guidance on its points and standard, its character, and the everyday work of rearing, feeding and preparing a dog for the show ring.

Long scarce in its original edition, it retu...