The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-19
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He IL Not a EsrOcious Animal. But VIII
Not Let HIs NJ n Go.

He IL Not a Esrocious Animal. But VIII
Not Let HIs NJ n Go.
The popular belief that blooahounds
are ferocious IS one OF the most un-
warranted errors. says the Post Dis
patch. Su h is far from being the
case. BloodhOunds such as those
which viii be employed to trace the
outlaw and such Us are to-day used in
the convict camps AMI prisons in many
rarts OF the country have none OF the
ferociiy generally ascribed to them.
Their reputation for savagcncSs is de-
rived from what is known rs the Gu
ban bloodhound OF slave hunting noto-
r,ety, but which is in realty no blood
hound u: all. The Cuban bloc lhound
was prolIce1 by cross bewoen u
IA iti,f and i pointer, ald was intro
ducei into Spanish America Ey the
early ss.t.e-s.
Their emp oynent in hunting In
dians and slaves Increased their natur-
ally oe,iigerent temper, until in time
they beca,ns the most dangerous of
the canine k.ad. These animals have
Only the name in common with the
British bloodhound. winch Is a far
finer animal II has the characteris-
tics CT the sagacicus and swiit-footed
dogs. while tae Cuban animal pos
sesses those Of the swift-iooted and
purnacioas. Whom placed on the
trail Of man the bloc hound will
stick to it IN Ter circlm jtances OF al
uost incredible difficulty. but when
the quarry is run down will not at
tempt 10 attack. bit will give tongue
until the hunters arrive The fact
that these aogs were put on the trail
OF the Whitechapel murderer in the
most thickly populated section OF the
east end o; London. aa1 that they at
tackled no one should prove to all that
they are not the ferocious brutes that
they are coinmonl: supposed to be.
The following description applies to
the true bloodhound. and it will be
seen that there are few points of like
ness to his Cuban namasake: The
head is tho chief characteristic of the
breed the skull is very long. often as
much as cic-cn inches in length, mar
row. and very much peaked The
muzzle is deep and square the ears
long. very thin. pendulous and set
very low. hanging close to the face
and curlsd upou themselves The
eyes are hazel in color, deep set and
with trian yular lids. The neck is
long with great quantity of loose
skin forming the dewlap The dogs
are from twenty-five to twenty-seven
inches in height at the shoulder. The
color is usually black and tan. but
some animals are hecked with white
on the back. giving them the appear
ance OF having been out in snow
storm.
The bloodhound is exceedingly pow
erful. but as gentle as lapoog and al
most as intelligent as collie. Is
wonderful scent far surpasses that Of
any other member of the canine
family. No foXhound can compete
with il IN this respect To track men
or snimals through a country not
th;ckiy populated is an easy task to
the bloodhound. Once put on trail
it will stick to that particular one, al
though hundreds Is may cross it the
tests maze in London during the ex-
citement incident to the Whilechapel
murders were simply marvellous. The
dogs would hunt the clean boot for
miles through the most frequented
thoroughfares and scarcely ever hesi-
tated as 10 the trail.