The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-26
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The popular belief that bioo3hoanGs
are fercc Gus IS on- of the meet un-
warranted errors says the Pest Dis
patch. Su / is far from being the
case. Dioo inounds stca as those
which viii be employed to trace the
Outlaw G1d such IS are to-day used in
the convict camps an pri ons in many
parts Of the Country have none OF the
ferocity generally ascribai to them.
Tsosr re s,lta ion for Savagenes5 is de-
rived fi5m what IS known as tae Ca
baa biooihaund siave hunting noto-
rety. but whicl is in reality no biool-
hodad at al. lie Cu5.R 5ioo II oaad
was prodleci by cross be woea u
mastif aal a pJiHter. and was intro
duced in;o Spanish America hy the
early sett eFs.
Their eto,l oyrnent i1 hunting In
diaGs ani slareS Increased taeir natur-
ally be,iigerelt temper. aatil il time
iher became the most dangerous of
tho canine k nj These animals have
Only tae name in common with the
British bloodhound, which Is far
fine. animal. l. has the chara cteris-
tics Of the sa .acious and swift-ioote1
dogs. while The Cuban ANNA, pos
sesses those OF the swift-foobed aud
pugnacious. When placed on the
trail OF man the bloc hound will
stick TO it unler circum stance, OF "a
most inerejible difficulty, bit when
the euarrJ is run down Wiz not at
tempt to attack, b 1t will give tongue
until tho hunters arrive. The fact
that these ocgs We're put on the trail
of the Whiteohanel :nu:icrer in the
most thickiy populated section OF the
east end Of Lon lon ani that they at
taczed no one, shoald prove 10 all that
they are not the ferocious brutes that
they are commonly supposed TO be.
The following desar ption applies to
the true bloodhound. and it will be
seen that there are few points of ike
ness to his Cubjn nams5dke: The
head is the chiei characteristic OF the
breed tac skull is YER; long. ofton as
much es eleven inches in length, mar
row, aad very much peaaed- The
muzzle is deep ana square, the ears
loag, very thin. pendulous and set
very lo7-. hanging close to the face
and curled upon themselves. The
eyes are hazel in color deep set and
with triangular lids. The neck is
long with a 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. bus
some animals are fecked with white
on the back giving them the appear
sace OF having been out in a snow
storm.
The bloodhound is exceedingly pow
erful. hut as gentle as lapuog aad al
most as intelligent as n collie. Its
wonderful scent far surpssses that of
any other member OF the canine
family. No foxhound caa compete
with it in this respect To track men
or animals through a country not
thhckly populated is an easy task to
tho bloodhound. Cnce put on trail
it will stick 10 that particular one al
tiiongh hundreds may cross it. The
tests ma 10 in London during the ex-
c;tomout incident to the Whitechapel
murders were simply marvellous. The
dogs would hunt the clean boot for
miles through the most frequented
tho-oEghfares and scarcely ever hesi-
tated as TO the trail.