Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-01-02
A Sporting 1t. m, of some Account.

1t may be of interest to some to know
what it cost the State OF Ohio to support her
dogs with first-class sport for one year-we
give it. There were killed by dogs in Ohio
during the year 1860, 80, ISL sheep, valued
at $64, 2l6 25. During the same period there
were injured 1901, valued at S22, $40 70
Cotal, 5l,782 sheep, at $s6, ,795 95l money
enough to buy NOz VonaicG sufficient to but
ION up all the dogs in the State.
But, then, there was fine sport in the
catching of nearly $4,000 sheep; yet it was
doggedly dear sport to the farmers who
owned the sheep.
This reminds US of q case of canine sa.
gacity, which we do not remember to have
seen excelled. We would remark, before
giving it, that dog Stories like snake stories,
are allowed wide latitude; hence we need
not ask the credulous to believe it. We give
it as it was given to US, adding only that we
had ii from the owners of the wonderful
"dorg," and they were reliable gentlemen,
whose veracity was never questioned-ex-
cept in connection with this dog story.
They were we'll to-do farmers, who owned
valuable watch dog who was suspected of
being sporting character-indeed he had
several times been seen, in the gray of the
morning, sneaking toward home with de-
cidedly sheepish looks, and his reputation
soon became very bad, inasmuch as he was
accused of committing sundry little depreda-
tions from which the neighborhood suffered
from time to time. AS he was valuable on
the farm, his owners did not like to spare
him, so provided him with collar, to which
was attached chain, and with this he was
fastened in an out building-a shop and tool
house, with windows.
The chain was used because he had learned
to open windows by showing them up as
other folks did. The flock still continued to
suffer, and on one morning neighbor again
caught a glimpse of the identical dog, as he
left his flock and started for home. The
neiehbor, brimming full of revenge, repaired
to the house, determined to procure the
death of the vile brute. His master at once
declared his innocence-could not be his
| dog, as ne was chained in the shop, and had
been all night and, to satisfy the neighbor,
| took him out to see for himself Sure
! enough, there was the dog, looking as inno-
| cent as could be expected resting under
such grave suspicious, and being in bonds,
also.
The neighbor tried to persuade himself
that his suspicious had been unjust, and, as
some dogs have way of looking alike, re-
| turned home trying to remember who had
dog that looked like this one.
On the following morning the same thing
occurred again. This time his teeth were
examined, and were found too woolly for in-
nocent dogs to carry, and his mouth was
also bloody.
Poor dog the evidence against him was
| too strong He had slipped the collar over
his head-it was found this could be done
| gone out of the window-epjoyed his sport,
and then voluntarily returned to his impris-
onment, had resumed his chains, and thus
| outwitted his master and all.
1t was decided that he had grown wise
and expert beyond his kind. Sentence OF
death was at once passed upon him-he was
shot in his prison-and thus passed away
probably the most wonderful "dorg' of the
age in which he lived.-SGHd1sky Register.