The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-06
BLooDHoUNDs ON THE TRAIL.
The Thoroughbred Brute Never Lays ii o


The Thoroughbred Brute Never Lays Hold
of His Rundown Victim.
Some time ago l had the privilege, in
company with DR.. Sydney Turner, the
well known authority on hounds and judge
for the principal shows in England, and
Edwin Brough, the foremost breeder of
bloodhounds in the world, to witness an
exhibition of trailing in the country seat Of
the latter. 1t was an afternoon in late
September. A thick haze lay in the val
ley, and the breath of air which might have
released imprisoned nature from its spell
had not come the entire day. The ground,
which had not felt the sun for "a hours,
was in favorable condition.
A runner having been dispatched over an
intricate and circuitous route, we three
mounted hillock which commanded a
view of the whole field. We watched him
threading his way through pastures and
swamp and across a stream which demand
ed a running jump; thence over fences and
stone walls and through cover, leaving no
device untried for throwing off the trail Of
his expected pursuer. Half an hour having
been granted him, the signal was waved
from the hill and the hound released from
the kennel. 1t was Champion Bono. one OF
the dogs entered at London against Jack
Ine upper. lie CAME uOWn l0e null IN an
easy trot, conscious of the task which had
been prepared for him and with an air of
perfect Willingness to undertake it. The
attendant, having removed his collar gave
! him the word and laid him on.
The conclusion which the writer had
made from accounts of these man trailers
was that their work was slow and laborious
| Judge of his surprise, then, to see the dog
start as though shot out of catapult
| with as determined a gallop as a thorough
bred and at the pace Of a foXhound.
This was maintained over the entire
course, checked only when the scent gave
| out at the stream. One or two casts up and
| down the banks were made, and then, with
| the assurance OF a logician reasoning from
the two judgments to the immediate infer
ence of the syllogism, plunged in and found
| the trail on the opposite side. The hound
ranged with great freedom, giving himself,
while at top speed, IA latitude sometimes Of
40 yards to leeward of the trail AT fences
and walls, however, he was particular to
| cross directly at the spot taken by the run
ner, and having caught the scent on the
other side gave himself up to the careless
| curvetings of a skater.
A flock Of sheep which had crossed the
trail and entirely Obliterated it brought
| him down to hard work, aud for time he
did some very serious thinking and a deal
of most commercially interesting expert
mentation. At last, having picked up the
lost thread, he let out a long, wild cry of
triumph, which came floating to us through
the quiet valley for mile and half
Shortly after this the dog was lost to sight,
| but In due time pursued and pursuer APP
| peared together. The boy had met a friend
| on the road who had detained him and was
| overtaken while in his stride. He was not
aware of the hounds approach until he felt
his cold nose on his hand. This is as much
| satisfaction MS the St. Hubert bloodhound
| demands. He never under any crcum-
stances lays hold of his man. Having thus
| designated him, he feels that his duties are
| over, and if his services are valuable Others
must develop results from this point.-Phil-
adelphia Times.