The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
DOGS FOR THE KLoNDIKE.
SEVENTY BRoU9HT FROM BBLGIUM
TO DRAW SLEDGEG.

a Pack OF Vigorous Memberships Thnt
Are Expected to Prove Moro serviocab'e
Than RsLimo DoEs-They Arrived Here
Yesterday AFTER y Teupestuous veyaEe'
The steamship British King, which arrived
yesterday. found tempcstuous weather on her
route from Antwerp. The wild orchestra OF the
elements was punctuated by the yelping and
bowling of seventy dogs in little stalls tween
decks. Their bark was on the sea almostf from
the moment they left the English Channel and
got into the turbulent open until they passed In
at the Hook. Tho dogs arc Of mixed breed.
Some have q strain Of the sheep dog in them;
others are q mixture OF bloodhound, mastiff.
collie, and greyhound, and others are just plain
dog. They are q hardy lot. They did not lko
the rolling and pitching of the ship, but thoy
were not soasick, and every ono was in as good
condition when It was put aboard q special
freight car for Montreal last night as II 1t had
Just left It's native heath.
G.. II. Davies, a tall Englishman Of cosmo-
politan habits, owns the dogs. He has been
everywhere except the Klondike, where he is
going to take the pack. He was a soldier In the
Chinese service against tho rebellious Black
Flags, and Just missed filling a grave In China.
Two Of his English comrades were killed. Mr..
Davies is Of a speculator. He OBJ
served, while in Belgium, that much of tho
drawing Of light vehicles. was done by dogs Of
the mixed breeds that he has brought to
America. Mr.. Davies says that most Of the
dogs can easily draw a cart which. with its
contents, weighs ebou ut half a ton. Farmers in
Belgium, especially in the neighborhood Of
Antwerp. raise, the dogs just as a breeder Of
drought, horses 40 Sc in Mo \ SyG raises horses. Tho
portation, they VIII be worth about $50 each
when they, reach the neighborhood OF the
chained in its little stall very. much ike q pony.
Dogs of mixed breed. and OF no breed at all. do
not agree when they are permitted to run
he had let these seventy dogs loose on tho snip
there would have been only q few Of them alive.
They are not q bit savage toward man. but they
The keepers OF the pack are julius Berhclst, q
Belgian. and Henry Love, a cowboy of tho
to orders in the American language, and that is
tho reason the Belgian was brought over with
them: They understand Flemish. or the kind Of
Flemish that the farmers around Antwerp speak.
and Berhelst, who know US a little English. hopes
: to have them respond to orders in his version of
Three Of the widest Of the pack slipped their
collars on a stormy day in midocean and began
prancine about the ship. The sailors and the
the dogs. They would not be caught. Then
Love. the cowboy. got after them with his lariat.
Tho rome WINGED through the !Sh air IAN and fell over
felt a lasso before and did not like it. There was
a struggle which ended in less than two minutes
Mr.. Davies will take the dogs from Montreal
to Ottawa, where he will meet Warburton Pike,
the author OF Lone Lands Of the North" Tho
Ottawa" Mr.. Davies said. will depend on The
and Indians of tho Canadian Northwest as
guides. We intend to carry provisions to the
Klondike on large sie cd Each Each sled Cd. VII Kill. b.
that the dogs will be better for the service thar
the Eskimo dogs"