Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-02-28

yehcuiently aud have his nosc I'etted
hut cannot eat poisoned meat from
some false friend. inadvertently chew
IN the pillars of society or nccepi
bologna from a butcher who wants L.
keep open after hours
The dogs have been In training Tor
their duties since they were brought
over from Client. Belgium. Few
months ago. These dUgs OF this' hall
collie half mastiff breed have been
used In police work for years with
good results. Third Deputy Commits
sIoper Arthur Woods determined 10
get some dogs to use In the outlying
precincts Of New York TO fight the
summer epidemics OF attacks ON chill
dren aud help out the police with the
long beats all the year around.
lie at first thought OF blocdhounds.
but these did not seem practicable. At
the suggestion OF Robert l.. Bacon.
son OF the assistant secretary Of state.
Mr.. Woods sent Lieutenant George X.
Wakefield over to Belgium to look At
the police dogs OF Brussels. Client aud
| other cities. Wakefield liked the meth
OILS of Client best. bought four Client
puppies and an English AIredale TO eN-
I pertinent with and brought them over.
: Since then three policemen have been
having the time OF their lives playing
with the doggies. Wakefield and Pa
trolmen Charles Beerman and Miles
Mcdonald are the lucky cops whose
daily Job has been 10 go 10 South
Washington park and train five frolic-
some pups how 10 be good policemen.
One OF the Belglans quickly showed
! that he would never make a cop and
was stricken from the probationary list.
The squad have been taught one
thing at a time. First came obedience
| to orders like Come to heel After
him, boy" and the like. Next came
knowing Il policeman in uniform and
always working with the uniform.
More difficult than this was learning to
/ distinguish policeman's whistle from
/ other whistles. Now the dogs will pick
out Il policeman's every time and run
In its direction.
( Another accomplishment these four
footed Dogberrys are now up on Is
that of paying no more attention Ia II
fusillade Of revolver bullets than n
tried retriever pays to yolley Of bird
shot The highwayman test Is another
one. The part of the highwaynau Is
taken by the man who has been feed
Ing the dogs and with whom ordinary
dogs would lie friendly.
Strange cop walks up, with Fido cop
trotting obediently nj heels. CAT
springs Mr.. Highwayman and falls
upon strange cop. Fido cop realizes at
once that 1t is a case Of being true 10
either duty or his dinner. llesitltef
Not he. One glance at the blue uul-
form Of his friend. and TO his assist
ance he flies. Mr.. Highwayman natu-
rally Is soon down and out. What
would happen II the quondam high
wayman failed TO perform his function
Of handing out dinner the next time
the Fido cop and he met was not re-
yealed at police headquarters.
The dogs will I've sent out with indi-
vidual policemen. the man holding his
partner In leash. When in the middle
Of his beat. which the dog has already
been made familiar with so that he
knows 1t as a beat of his own. doggie
Is released and chases himself on his
duties. He scours fields and runs
through alleys, has look at cellar
doors, and when he sees anything sus-
picious banks like good fellow. The
cop runs up. and they investigate. II
he sees any one running in suspicious
manner. the dog jumps right in, trips
up the runner and stands baying over
him until the officer comes up.
Three of the four Belgians are named
-, Nogi, Max and Bonner. The fourth,
for reasons, is named Lady. In the
gossip OF the police department is an
item to the effect that Lady Will sooI
add somewhat to the number of Bel
glan dog cops. Dogs young enough to
train for New York uses cost SO
apiece in Belgium, and 1t costs $40
more to bring them here. So Lady's
pups will he worth at least $50 apiece
TO the department and at no added
outlay to the police appropriation.
The fifth dog. the English one, Is
called Jim. In many ways he is the
iiveflest Of the lot. Ii the experiment
with the dogs succeeds and they do not
bowl over too many middle aged re-
probabilities who are running for troll.
leys or the doctor, future squads will
probably be largely composed of Eng.
lish Airedales like Jim.