Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-11

spotted logs special mixtures are used
There is in fact. no kind of dog in which
the required changes cannot be made
with little u
Dog Stealers, however, are not salts.
fled with changing the colors of the sto.
len dogs. Some dogs they know, are 81
loyal that they will at once recognize
their former masters wherever they may
see them, and in u a case, in spite of
the change of color, the masters, at
tracted by the dogs caresses, are very
lfkel to suspect that something is
wrong, and the end may be a trial before
a police magistrate.
THE knaves know we'll what the result
of such a trial would be. The magis-
trate, seeing the dogs caress their former
masters, would naturally decide the
question of ownership in their favor.
Nay, his suspicious once aroused, he
might even so further, and order that
THE dogs be thoroughly washed, and this
would surely result in the knaves' dis
comforture and arrest since ample evil
dence of the fraudulent colors would be
forthcoming.
Necessity, however, is the mother of
invention. A modern dog stealer adopts
the following tactics: He sees a thorough
bred dog and decides to steal him. But
first he must find out the animals name,
and under no circumstances will he steal
him until he has found it out. Having
secured the animal, he ties him in a room
and calls him by his name several times
a day.
The dog, hearing his name, raises his
head and wag his tail, but instead of
the expected caress he receives a shower
of blows from his brutal new owner. At
ter has been treated J9;is way several
times he naturally = -iceiveS an inSur-
mountahle repulsion for his own name,
and as soon as he hears it, he is sure to
sneak off with his tail between his legs.
There was much talk some time ago
about a case of fraud in which AN adul-
terated, Or dyed dog, played a promi-
mem part.
Some young sp~ortsmen, members of an
amateur club, had arranged to hold "a
coursing match at Levollois Perret.
Among the g~reyhounds entered was one
which at once attracted the attention Of
a. veteran sportsman. He fancied that
he had seen the dog before and a few
moments examination convinced him
that the animal was a celebrated grey
hound that had won several matches.
And yet he was puzzled for the color
was not the same.
Suddenly a happy idea struck him. He
insisted that the dog should be washed
before the race was run. With equal in
sistenece the owner of the dog refused
to do so. "There is no rule of our so
GETTY" he said, (which Calls for a pro-
ceeding of this kind"
The other members of the club then
became suspicious and the result was
that the dog was washed and actually
proved 70 be the crack greyhound,
whose name and fame We're known
throughout Europe and whose entrance
as a competitor in an amateur match
was manifestly a fraudulent breach of
the club rules. BY the use of a stain or
dye he had been deftly transformed into
apparently new dog, and had not the
veteran sportsman recognized him., he
would have assuredly nave won all the
prizes.
A similar case of fraud occurred ait
Vineennes during a horse race. In this
case. too. a we'll known horse vas en-
tered under another name and another
color. The trick was rot discovered when
the horses started. but was made very
evident before they arrived at the win
ming post.
During the race a great shower OF rain
fell, which completely washed the coat of
dye off the horse and showed him in his
true color. He was at once recognized,
and a shout of anger greeted the unfor-
tunate animal as he was led into the
paddock. His owner Jared worse. He
was expelled from the turf.