Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-22

MAN=HUNTING BLOOD HOUNDS OF THE UTAH STATE PRISON.
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Is today a recent importation into the
United States, In the old slave DAYS
the old southern foxhounds crossed
with other breeds were also used as
'railers but a majority Of them were
worthless. Interruptions dealers ad.
Vertlsed them AZ Cuban, Siberian or
American bloodhounds; and they were
OF every color, size and disposition,
Fhere Is but one genuine variety,
ana that is the English, whose ances.
try and pedigree antedate written his.
tory Fiction and imagination have
clothed the bloodhound with erroneous
attributes, fostered by the supersti.
Vons Of ignorant slaves, but the genu-
ine bloodhound Is the arStocrat Of the
canine race, In unsettled and noun.
famous regions where wild and rugged
nature makes thousands Of hiding
places, there IL no Intelligence that can
follow a fleeing criminal save the nose
OF the hound, and the public IL begin
ming TO appreciate his usefulness In
this direction
From the beginning OF the blood.
hounds history he was a tracker OF
men, and his biographers claim that
his wrlnkled brow his sedate and
weary gaze from deep set bloodshot
eyes, bespeak years and centuries OF
meditation, As you look at him, he
presents a beautiful picture OF mates.
~ ana might unmlngled with feroclty,
OF courage undebased with guile, OF
dignity tempered with grace. and en-.
nobled by generosity, a companion and
a guardian with frlenship for man so
Intense that the victim or quarry he
tracks to earth Is tondled with caresses
and not molested. as his only duty Is to
Investigate Il trail from start to finish.
All bloodhounds are registered In Ena-
land If they leave, they are also reg
lstered and numbered here. with all
their progeny In the American Ken.
mel club stud books. The most perfect
man-trailers require but little training
for their education and II the animals
are thoroughbreds any novice can
make experts. 1t consists In two PEG.
PIE taking the dog or puppy into
the country; one OF them holds the
animal While the other runs away II
short distance and hides. The hound
as soon as liberated instinctyely takes
the trail and fnds the hidden person.
when he should be rewarded with a 1T
tel raw meat fed by hand. After a
Few lessons, once a day. change the
runner and 30 into different localities.
The hound soon becomes proficient and
Is always crazy for the chase. BY
working two or more dogs together
they make holder runs, and seem 10
try TO Guido each other. A puppy FIVE
or six months old VIII track stranger
with all the avidity Of foxhound az
ter fox.
In noting the characteristics OF true
bloodhound an authority says that the
skull should be narrow. long and DOM
ed at the top, with the bump called the
occiput frontalls very strongly dimin.
ished. The head should be supplied
with an abundance Of loose skin which
wrinkles in a remarkable manner. The
muzzle should be long, and the upper
jaw larger than the lower, and with
heavy lips, The nose is large, black
and with big nostrlls. The eyes are
small, sunken In the head, brownish In
color, with red lining OF the lower lid
displayed The ears are set on low,
very long and fine. The neck which
carried a heavy dew lap" is OF good
length and set on slanting shoulders.
The forelegs are straight, heavy In
bone and Of fair length, with round
feet which should be tight and not
spayed The body is moderately wide
at the chest and well ribbed UP. This
hind legs are powerful about the thighs.
The fur Is harsh and short but silky
on the ears and top Of the head, and
the color IL all tan, or with black
or grlzzle saddle with little or no white.
Maturity Ia reached In about two years.
Hounds are worth all the way up TO
$3.50 each,