The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-11

Batch o. Stories. Illustrating tse
Rare Intelligence and FaEthfnlness
OF the Aniv.ss;s. Told ~ an old
Time CsIornds Sheep ssRn.
s.The most celebrated breed of shep-
herd dog ever known in the vest said
Jud Bristol. the old time sheep man Of
Fort Collins, Cole, s'were those bred
from a pair of New Zealand dogs
brought to Colorado in 1878. / had
several ef their pups on lay ranges and
could fiji volume with instances Of
their rare intelligence aud faithfalnsss
81 remember one pup IN particular.
He was only six mouths Old when he
was sent cut one day to work on the
range. st night, when the herd IVES
Brought up TO the corrals. We saw at
once that part of the herd was miss
ing. There were 1, coo head II the
bunch when they went out IN tae
morning. but when we put them through
the shoot we found that gee were miss
ing. The pup was also missing.
"Well, all hands turned out for the
seerch. We hunted all the night and 81
Of the next day. and did not find the
lost sheep until along toward night
Bat there they were. al herded in a
little draw, about FIVE miles from home.
and there was the faithful dog standing
guard. The wolves were very plentiful
in those days, and the dog had actually
hidden the sheep from the animals il
the draw. The poor fellow was nearly
famished, rs ne he'd been for 36 hours
without food or water. From that day
he became a hero. but was so badly af-
fected by hunger, exposure and thirst
andsuhsequent overlooking and petting
that he died not long afterwa1d
This sane pups mother was on es-
pecially fine animal One night the
herder brought in his focks ana hurried
70 his cabin to cook himself some sup
per, Fer he vas moro than usually hun
cry. But he missed tine dog, which usu-
ally followed him to the cabin IF an
evening TO have her supper. The herder
thought rather strange Of it. tCt made
70 search for the dog that night But
when he went down to the co-rals the
next morning he found the gate open
and tie faithful dog standing guard
over the hocIzs. The herder, IN his haste
the night before. had forgotten to close
Che gate. ard the dog. more faithful
than her master, had remained at her
past en night, though suffering from
hunger and THIRST:
"On another occasion this same dog
vas left TO watch flock Of sheep near
the herder's cabin while the herGer got
MS supper. After the herder had eaten
his~sapper he went ont to where the
sheep were and told the dog TO put the
sheep in the corral This she refused TO
90. and although she had had no sapper
she started OF over the prairie as fast
as she could SO. The herGec put tbs
s!ies5 in the corral and went to red-
Abou: midnight he vss awakened By
the loud barking Of dog Gown by the
ccTrals. lie got up, dressed himself ana
went down to the coIrals. and there
found the dog with band CT about 81
sheep. which had gtrayeo of daring the
preyio1s day without the herder'
knowledge; but the poor deg knew it,
and also knew that they ought to be
corralled, and che did It.
Another good story Of this Same
dog: One Gay she was sent out with
new herder 70 On outlying ranch some
70 miles distant. That night she came
home. and by der sections told rs that
there was something wrong ct the
ranch We'll. we mornted our bronchos
and went over to the ranch. ard very
soon fcuud ont what the matter was.
The new herder EGs simply tramp.
who "a soon IS he had get q coed feed
had lit cat and left the sheep Uncared
for save b his mere faithful compan-
ion, the dog.
zone time we had a tsnGcrfoot come
to work fer us, ard the boys had filed
Elm so full Of hair raising stories that
he never went out ca the range without
expecting 10 he either eaten b bears or
scalped By Indians. One day be came
running to the house. all out Of breath.
declaring that he had seen q bear. We
laughed at him ana sent him back TO
the range.
"a few days aftervard be came in
sgain, more scared than ever. and seid
It was a bsar that time sure. Well we
took our guns and fo1hoGnd and vert
out, and, sure enough. ever On a hill
we sew large black animal II wasn't
a bear. bat we couldn't make out ez-
actly what it was We sent tie hcEnd
and the shepherd dog that was teuding
the herd cut on It's trail. while ye fol
lowed on foot. The dogs chased the ami
NAL over he hill out OF sight. Soon tie
shepherd dog came trotting leisurely
back AMI took her place wit; the herd
again Over IN a quick we found the
hound standing over a dead animal.
which upon examination we found to
be big black Mexican. sheep Now,
that shepherd dog. as soon as she fcurd
It was nothing but q sheep. had giVer
up the chase and returned TO her flock.
She knew it was not game and of no
account, while the hound had followed
the trail and killed the sheep. Den
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