The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-09
INSTINCT or A DOG.
A Noble Bloodhound Discovers the
Body Of Murdered Babe.

A Noble Bloodhound Discovers the
Body Of a Murdered Babe.
From the PIttsburs Dispatch.
/ Apropos of tine bloodhound -foxhound
/ trial to be hc held ia Massachusetts this
] fall many foXhond men claim that the
| wonderful keouncss of nose heretofore as-
cribcd to the bloodhound is matter of
/ fancy, imagination and tradition OF
true English bloodhounds there is bat
one variety aud this dog has not the
/ slightest connection with the 'slayc
/ trackers' so graphically described by
/ Mrs. Stowe i'm her famous Uncle Tom
| Cabin The dogs now figuring on the
stage as 'bloodthirsty mantrackers" are
| frequently great Danes or German mas
titis which by their size and general APP
| learance give color TO the scenes they are
supposed to represent.
. The "bloOdhouuds' of the south. SO
| prominent in slavery days, was nothing
more or less than a foXhomd ora mongrel
containing some foXhouud blood some
times called "nigger dogs The course
| pursued on the escape of a slave or other
fugitive consisted in allowing the dog or
dogs to smell of some article of apparel
/ worn by the object of the chase, when
they would soon pick up the trail and
follow it in an unerring manner through
| SWamps and over waste land for hours.
HOW DOGS FOLLOWED SLAVES.
The fugitive would frequently resort to
various tricks to battle the hounds, which
he well knew would sooner or later be
placed on his trail, but the knowing
hounds were usually equal to the task.
Contrary to public opinion, the dogs did
not mutilate or even attack the slaves,
but on the contrary, were pleased TO know
that the hunt was over, and manifested
their Joy in true doggy fashion. As the
| pursuers were not far behind, il was an
easy matter to capture the runaway, for
he could not get rid of the dogs, and they
of course betrayed his presence.
Thoroughbred bloodhOundS have been
| in America but a few years, and their
! education in this country has been sadly
neglected In England, training the
hound has not obtained to the extent
| warranted by his marvellous sCenting
powers, yet the breed has been kept in
purity, and a few individual breeders
have been able to educate their hounds
and by breeding to dogs of known eX-
cellence of nose perpetuate variety of
hounds which is sure, sooner or later, to
jump into popularity and become a gen
eral favorite with all who admire grace,
beauty, intelligence and ability to follow
the devious way of the chase without hu-
man aid and solely dependent on a keen
scent, the result of natural character
istics and subsequent education.
A WONDERFUL ENGLISH BLOODHOUND.
At present the foxhound men seem to
be having the best of it in public opinion
for there are numerous instances to be
ha1 of the existence in America to-day Of
foXhOunds which can and do follow the
trail successfully, but of bloodhOunds
there are but few in this country and
these are not known to be regularly work.
ed. But within few days a bloodhound
has not only been found which could fol-
low trail over the ground but over
stony pavements and bare floors even
though the object of her search had been
carried through the air. The details Of
this wonderful exhibition of a dogs scent
ing powers will deeply interest the con-
testants in the coming trial as well as the
police and the general public. Here is
the story:
A quiet town in England was the
scene of a terrible tragedy resulting in
the killing of a newborn child and the
suicide of the mother and daughter The
mystery which surrounded the sad affair
was deepened by the maccountable dis
appearance of the infant, which was
known to exist on the day Of the tragedy.
Every available clew was unraveled in an
attempt to discover the whereabouts of
the little one. Detectives and experts
were busy night and day, the premises
thoroughly searched and every nook and
Granny in the neighborhood carefully eX-
amined. Suspects were placed under
surveillance, but the baby was still
missing.
A DOG FINDS THE MURDERED BABE.
"Bafled" was the word used to describe
the situation until dog, a bloodhound, Of
noble canine lineage came to the rescue
and accomplished the discovery of the
-, 1. l. H. 4
hound Immediately set about to discover
the cause which demanded her presence,
knowing intuitively that something out of
the ordinary had happened. The garden,
however, gave forth nothing of interest
but on approaching the buildings the dog
manifested interest in something and i'm
mediately led the way to the kitchen Of
the house in whichsthe tragedy occurred,
followed by eager and excited officers
breathlessly awaiting sensational devel-
opments.
AS the hound hung in the vicinity Of
the stove, the impression went forth that
the little one had been cremated and
this would have been the finding of the
police had not the hound with unerring
instinct given evidence Of the necessity
for further investigation. Suddenly, and
as if inspired, the noble hound sped to
the coal cellar and began TO diligently dig
in the Goals. 1t is needless to say that
she received assistance and all worked
with a will until the stone tagging was
reached. Here, the police thought, was
| a facer for the dog, but not so; she con-
tiuued to search and tried to get beneath
the stones. Assistance was again forth
coming and bare earth revealed.
Nothing daunted, the hound, quivering
with excitement, threw out large quanti-
ties of earth while the police, now fully
as eager as the dog, procured spade and
with commendable perseverance pinned
their faith on the hound and made an ex-
cavation to the depth of two feet when
the object of their search was exhumed,
silent in death and rescued from an un-
known grave by mans best friend, a
| faithful dog.
The bloodhound who performed this eX-
cellent piece Of detective work is named
! Dainty" she is a daughter Of Champion
! Barnaby and Helen IL
/ - = -,