The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10

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I his son, then six years old. was In the sit
I ting-rOOm alone with a bloodhound that
1 was lying on a rug IN front OF an open
I IRE The boy playing with the dog sat
down on it and then took IL into his head
I that the hounds ears needed trimming.
A pair OF scissors were conveniently
near. He seized them and began a sur
{ gleal operation on the dogs ear. The
Z uos appeared 10 realize that II he shook
the boy OF the child might be thrown
! into The fire, 50 he remained quiet and set
+ up a piteous howl Of pain, which soon
brought one OF the family 70 his rescue.
Z Here was something very like hnman In
tellgence and human faithfulness, and as
diuerent from sayageness as possible.
Under different circumstances. however.
the bloodhound viii resent injuries, and
there Is nothing that Onends him more
than any assault upon his dignity. Some
time ago man was painting a fence. A
dog IN curious mood went up TO the fence
ana put his nose through the piczets. The
workman jabbed the paint brush on the
hound nose. covering fl with the sticky
paint. The dog resented this with anger
and would have attacked the man If he
could have got over the fence. The work
man laughed at The futile efforts OF the
hound 70 get through or over the fence,
and at last the dog retired to clean him
self. Now, this dog was a most gentle
and afIectionate animal but he could never
TO his dignity. and the succeeding ridicule
Of the man who had insulted him. When
ever this man appeared the bristles rose
on the dogs back and he began to grOWl.
Though months passed and the man tried
In numerous ways TO apologize the dog
seemed implacabie. At last II was deemed
wiser and safer that the man should hnd
other employment. 1t is a tolerably Well
known fact that all dogs of spirit resent
ridicule Caress dag and he is your
friend, laugh at him when he is uncom-
Portable and Il will be long before he
viii again have confidence in you.
Mr.. Winchell frequently entertains visi-
tors with man hunts. This he does to
show the sagacity and wonderful trailing
capacities Of the dogs, and also to expose
the fallacy OF the idea that these dogs
are savage and fe'rocious when they come
up with their quarry. One Of these visi-
tors furnishes this description of what he
saw on such a hunt together with some
other observations. He says;
with US we had three dogs, Rosemary,
Belhus-both imported from England-and
Victor, a fifteen months old puppy, born
at Mr. Winchelrs place. Rosemary is both
blind and deaf but she is a noted trailer.
When the perpetrator OF the Whitechapel
murders 50 successfully bafned the London
police. Mr. Edward Brough, the breeder
Of Rosemary. at the invitation of the
chief OF the London police. Sir Charles
mel companions to. London to experiment
in following the trail OF men. This ex-
pertinent was made in Hyde Park, and so
long as the trail was in the Park the dogs
followed II without dif1culty; but on the
hard pavement of the streets, where null
titudes were continuously passing, they
We're soon at fault OF these dogs Rose
mary, with all her senses alive, and In
her early youth did better than any Of her
companions.
Now we were to see her on the rough
Vermont hills, without eyes and with
out ears, and with only her nose to
guide her In following a trail over rough
places. through water, over fences and
walls. through forest and swamp and
thicket. 1t seemed incredible that she
could do it. When the men had well-nigh
completed the course the blind bitch was
turned loose These men whom she was
expected to follow had come from the
kennels. and of course, from the place
where Rosemary was unleashed there was
a trail each way. I was curious to see If
she would not take the back track But
only for a moment did she hesitate, and
then carefully she went off on the trail of
the men, her nose close to the ground. AT
the first fence she hesitated a second and
then climbed over and 70 the very end
was not at fault for moment. This was
inquest onably a. very hard test of the
seeming power, for there were many diff
hculties In the TRAIL and she was Obliged
to overcome all impediments by the use
of her nose alone. When she vas almost
at tho finish Behus was let loose. He was
at fault for a few minutes at the first
fence, on each side of which there was
water; after that at a terrific pace ne fol-
lowed the trail without a blunder. When
Belhus had disappeared in the woods, Vic
tor the American born puppy, was let
loose. He was even faster than Belhus,
but the fence and water bothered him.
He lost the trail and circled around to
find it, and then came galloping toward
us in the back trail. This was disap-
pointing, but Victor is very young yet,
and had only been out a few times. For
him, then, an easier trail was made, and
he followed this with much accuracy and
considerable distance.
Il was curious to see exactly what the
dogs would do when the game was found.
There was certainly nothing savage in
their demeanor There was only a frisky
manifestation of satisfaction that the
chase had been successful. Even Rose
mary, who in losing her sight and hear
ing also parted with some of her amiabil-
/ ity showed no desire to bite or take hold
of the men, She merely stayed by them
and waited for Mr.. Winchell to come up
Two misconceived notions will have to
be abandoned: The blood hound is not
/ savage or treacherous, and he will not
/ harm his game when he catches it, It
+ would be as strange for him to do so as il
would be for a pointer, after finding a
( bird, to Jump upon it,"