The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-28
FAMOUS ENGLISH
COLLIE is STOLEN
St. Paul Man Joins in the
Search for Missing Prize
Winning Dog.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Nov. 27.-The
strange and mysterious disappearance OF
the famous English coliie-Piccolo-
which was imported to this country
few weeks ago by Joseph l. Behling, OF
this city, attracted the attention of all
the kennel associations Of the country and
also the Collie Breeders Association of
America; in fact, people throughout the
United States who are interested In dogs
have taken up the hunt for the lost or
stolen Piccolo.
The officials of the Collie Breeders as
ISOLATION considered the disappearance OF
Piccolo so important that they had H.
B. Hungersford, of st. Paul, Mimi, who
is president of the association, visit Chi
cago apd Milwaukee to personally inVest1-
gate the matter and report to the eX-
ecutive body, the call having been made
by Fl. J. Cassidy, of Chicago, who is sec
rotary of the association
Mrs. Hungersford spent several days in
Milwaukee, and after thorough investi-
CATION of the case reported to the ex-
ecutive body that he would authorize an
additional reward of 500 for information
leading to the whereabouts of the collie.
This makes the reward $3.50 for the return
of the dog or even of information that
will lead to his whereabouts.
In speaking of the matter President
Hungersford said: Dog fanciers in the
PiecOlo found, not so much on account
of his ability to win prizes at dog shows,
but because Of his great quality as sire.
The breeders of the country know that
Piccolo is the greatest sire in England,
and they realize that if he is lost for good
that it will be a great loss to the entire
list of breeders; in fact, they consider
it a national loss. They were very anx-
ious to secure offsprings from Piceolo. as
they had been looking for some time to
get a cross from the famous winner in
the English shows. sPiecolo Is the largest
collie in the world, weighing eighty-fye
pounds, and combined with the. quality
was most valuable. He possessed an i'm
mense coat of the proper texture of sable
and had beautiful white markings. You
may know that the dog fanciers- consider
his loss important when they raise such a
fuss about him. Mr.. Behling, who is vice
president of the national association, took
Dig chance in paying out a large sum of
money to bring the collie over here, and
l feel that he should be assisted in every
way possible to recover the dog. Piccolo
was the sire of most of the reigning
champions in Europe"
Pinkerton detectives have been working
on the case and have traced one clue to a
colored man in Chicago, but as yet they
have not been able to locate the dog.
Letters have been received from all parts
Of the United States from persons who
believed they had a trace of the animal
but SO far the right dog has not been
found. 4<z,5-5s e.
Piccolo disappeared from the home OF
Mr.. Behling in this city on the night of
Oct. Is and started to run south. That
was the last seen of him. School children
throughout the state have taken up the
chase for the dog, but without avail
There are records where colIies have
Travelled thousands of miles, and some of
the fanciers here think that he may have
taken the scent and started for the city
where he landed when he came to this
country.