The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

in remote antiquity. his identity with the
earliest Asiatic races has been soaIwell
established as to prove the existtene co o.
this species OF dor for two thousand l''tl
years before the bS,th Of Christ.
From bas-renefs oY hunting scenes, dis
covered among the ruins Of ancient
cities Of Persia, the type OF hound used
BY primitive man to hunt down Wild
animals three thousand years ago is N not
entirely different in form and size from.
the stag hound OF England today; thus
linking the skin-clad Nmrod OF the
worlds darkest age with The red-coat.
civilization Of the present century.
BY cuneiform inscriptions are preserved
the traditions Of the chase--the earliest
record OF r1lan--wllose prowess In tho
hunting field vies with his valor in battle
wherever the crude hand Of the engraver
has chseled history upon a stone. Sa5 Run,
ming wild In tho jungasl OF India Is Q
strange species Of dog, which tho natives
call dholes.
The Oldest Hunting Dog.
THAT this untamed hound is a remnant
of the ancient Aslatlc breed, the oldest
hunting dog on earth. there Is little rea-.
son to doubt. when the natural history OF
Asia Is studied In connection with tho
migration and diffusion Of raves which
occurred between tho period OIL Assyrian
monarchy and the conquest OF Persia bv
the N1ohammnednns. 3tjl 54 81
LAS neither Walsh, Youatt or Stonehedse,
or, indeed, any eminent authority. has
considered the dhole In this connection
It may interest the sportsman to briefly
describe this wild denIzen OF India, whose,
ferocity and courage has won the re-
spect of man and beast wherever his
presence has been encountered.
Though somewhat similar in appear
ance to the Parial, which infest the cities
OF India, there are certain marks which
distinguish the Dhole from those dlngy,
sulky scavengers of the East, whose
courage Is confined to ignoble contests
over fifth or combined attack upon some
unfortunate intruder in their we'll de-
fined quarters
The Pariah is an Unconditional brute.
of reddish yellow color, and wolhsh ap-
pcarance. familiar to every traveller In
india
The Dhole displays BLACK nozzle. am
Der head and body, with q dark cooring
on feet and tad Ills sharp vlsage, erect
carriage and bold department contrasts
decidedly with the form and features Of
the ignohle Parlah that stoops inces-
sanity to carrion. Disdalning the refuse,
of cities, the Dholes make their homes
In the dense jungles OF India. and hunt
down the antelope, deer and larger game
for food 2
English sportsmen who have witnessed
packs Of these jungle hounds pursuing
game. describe their mode Of hunting as
similar to tho performance OF q pack Of
fox hounds after Reynard. as
The Dhoes hunt In organized packs.
and display but little regard for other
animals in the Jungle. not hesitating to
attack the wild boar, leopard or tiger.
Many stories are told by tho natives
Of India Of fierce battles ragged In the
Dholes and the Royal Bengal tiger,
Whatever modification has taken place
In the form and color OF this Asintic
hound during the countless years Of his
existence, by natural selection, fixed
type has evolved which at once dis
tinguishes the Dhole from any other
Wild or domesticated canine
The Moro Hound.
In turning from this wild dog OF India
that fears no MASTER and heeds no
voice but the tongue OF his savage mate,
to the Moro bound OF the sulu Archipelago,
We find lIneal descendent Of the Aslatc
species domesticated by the Moham-
medans and hunted after Wild boar and
deer,
The Moro hound is Identified with
Oriental history from the Mohamnledan
conquest of Persia to the present day,
and upon the plains Of Asia no accom-
panied tho nomadic tribes OF WARRIOR
huntsmen through all the yiolslutdes
OF peace and war and when the crusades
drove an exodus of Musselmen to Borneo,
tho Moro hound found refuge upon that
tropical island from whence his de-
scendents lave spread throughout the
entire sulu archipelago,
BY the Mohammmedan law the dog IS
forbidden to- be touched as an unclean
beast, but so highly esteemed Is ths
hound that an exception Is made IN his
favor.
The color Of this breed Is Of a dark,
ashen grey, identical to the color Of the
Persian greyhound, his coat Of hair Is
short and straight and there ts q nottcer
able absence Of feather upon the leg ana
tall. s -
In appearance the Moro hound might
be mistaken for q GROSS fetween the
rr.a.,hnr,d ord tho Great nlNe though