New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05

SheeD
and upland pastures and it is there that the great
Cumberland fels the Scotch hills the mountains
OF Spain and Thrace. But in the two lstter dis
from that in Scotland or Cumberland In Spain, or
an hf ydye9 beans or thevs In more CIVILIZED
countries ne is deputy shepherd and does nearly
all the hard work except that which demands the
use of hands. People have become so accustomed
useful that they often omit to md out for them
selves how astonishingly clever and useful he is
watch them work, 10 realize that these are the
most highly trained animals in the world Their
ingly keen for they can follow the signals made by
1 1a ARMS at & s Of OF one ahd vded
partly into square Enclosures made by walls, with
larger higher er up po the Hill til they end in one long
wall above which is the open moor This lnclosed
way. leads through it on to the moor; this gate;
be0g Rb Wcn every for or be9e
known the gate of the intake" Suppose flock
on the moor and the Shepherd Is in the valley and
wishes to get the whole flock COLLECTED driven
four or. five Enclosures into that in which he
or have their ieeces smeared, or in the case Of
yerg cold moors TO put on jackets for the winter
dog with one or two spoken words and wave of
his hand The dog listens carefully and looks keen
Then he gaIlops off with a yelp, scampers up
through the Enclosures, running through the gates,
ests peLond the intake, and begins collecting the
sheep sheep. This he does often at fun gaop. and with
TINS time ne Is mile up the hill but sound travels
Well and the air is clear The shepherd shouts and
gallops as directed. This he does largely on trust
for the following reason: The shepherd below. or
and rolls Of tho moor The dog being on II the oor
would either leave sheep behind have to quarter
the ground and beat Il like, setter looking for
dog TO bring in single sheep perhaps half mile
from Mhere the animal Is standing breathlessly
watching for orders.
TRAINING SHEEP DOGS.
On the great sheep ranches of North America. as
well as on the estancias OF Argentina the dog plays
every year more important part. The Argentine
method is the more complete, for by it the dog be-
comes part Of the flock. The puppies are sucked
by a eve and when grown up fed only
vegetable food and milk. for which they visit the
esanc!a and having devOured it rush back TO their
flock, pursued by the farm dogs. When they reach
the flock, they seem at once TO gain courage. and
night and day, and also assist the shepherds TO
GIVE theln or collect them on the pastures In the
States sheep-dogs have been imported from coun-
noted breed in Colorado is descended from pair
OF these dogs and their offspring have inherited
gift OF shepherdng. six-months-old puppy was
employed with others in getting sixteen hundred
sheep into corral before blizzard. When the
snow began to fail 1t noticed that two hundred
sheep We're not there. and that the puppy also
part OF the next day, when the two hundred sheep
were found, driven into little gully. with the
hours without food or water and died later from
exposure. followed by too much overlooking from
Inns in Colorado. The mother Of this puppy was
one day missed at supper She was found at the
left open the night before nav
In France there is now sheepdog club. sup
ported by the Ministry Of Agriculture and by the
agricultural press, as well working shepherds
nense plains of the Beauce district where sheep ti
bsd is b the 9Gai indpstry competiton was
sheep had 10 be driven along a serpentine track
merely marked by burrows and flags, over two
FENCES. ditch and mound and through a gap
All this had TO be done to order. and was trying
were mainly broken-haired prick-eared dogs. about
who makes his living by driving printing eress
II IS only development Of the old turnspit bust
and is the propertY Of CarroIi d naiel yIyp5S
two-year-old English mast6 weighs hundred
wooden wheel eight feet in dIsmetor TO I6e wec
Is attached a belt connecting with the presses in
his copy with one press he sets 10 work another
IA conclusion, tnose who feel pleasure in the use
ana continuance Of animal helpers and servers viii
Le pleased to note that TWO most creditable and
sctuaIly did not exist when DR. Caius wrote his
Gaetnghtfui treatise DO Cantbus Anglia for the
decoy mans dog and the blind mans dog If the
fecoy cog had peen known to Caius he would have
dogs. But. though he mentions the 'subtlcty" Of
gives an description. was used 10 retrieve
them when wounded he says nothing OF the more
artful devices Of the decoy mans dog lie notes
fetching back arrows which had been shot at water
birds and were floating. and that the dogs we're so
clever that they often picked other peoples lost
arrows and brought them well their masters
II IS clear from this that decoys were not known
al all as early az that, and that the belief that
they were late Introduction from Holland is cor
rect. The decoy dogs business Is to run in and
10 induce the ducks to follow him n1ist1la or
momentary disobedence by the dog might lose the
o so into lIip.r, and
Wen trained are these dogs that they practically
Tne blind mems dogs DO not appear in English
paintings earlier than the reign Of Anne and mr.
Caius mentions them not. In London they form
large and most intelligent part Of the very few
dogs which earn a living or help their masters
highly specialized, must have puzzled many per
% mlo seen mem Is3luteIy guiding their
crowded paVements and over the cross streets,
up them and sometimes barking their disapprovai
II a cart turns without warning too to their
charge. ! find that many Of these dogs taught
humble livelihood And this he does" Herodo-
tus says. in a way l am not at liberty to
ton. 1t would not be right to divulge his educa-
tional system But many are taught by the blind
been blind and remember the streets and tuTnnes
young dog is taken out with the old dog and soon
the man Then he is told not to 20 off the pave
ment and 10 be careful in crossing side streets The
blind mon ask FOR human help when crossing the
main street, but otherwise trust to the dog. Their
duty is to take their master out in the morning and
TO take him home again The latter they learn
One particularly clever bind mans dog, which takes
his master every day from near Fulham gas works
years old His master buys his provisions every
evening on the way home, and this dog takes him
the bakers he takes his master TO the shop and
when told to go TO the grocer's he does without
UNUSUALLY HIGH DEATH RATE