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Term Applied to Dog Under Suspicion
Of Having Chased Deer.

Term Applied to Dog Under Suspicion
Of Having Chased Deer.
The fine distinctions between a con.
glomerate dog and pure bred Scotch
collie required the undivided atten-
tion of the municipal court the greater
part of Wednesday afternoon and
there is possibility that the supreme
court will be called upon 10 decide
the question. The case was hat of
the state against Charles w. wilkins
of West Dummerston for keeping a
dog that chased and killed a deer.
The state called the animal all kinds
of things, plain dog, 'yaller dog,
"mongrel hound" dom know what
you would call him" short haired
rangy animal" "conglomerate pup,
etc, while the defence showed beyond
a possibility of doubt in their own
minds that the animal was a pure
bred Scotch collie whose lineage could
be traced back severa. generations.
The only fault which they found With
the dog was that he had the misfDr-
tune TO have short hair while botn
his patents, according to their testi-
mony, we're long silky haired collies
The owner explained this decrepancy
In inheritance by saying that same
limos collies were short haired and
suggesting that this one had been
moulting.
The case was reported in the Phoe-
nix of last week and little new Nes
brought out at the hearing beyond he
expert opinion on dogs in general and
Mr.. Wilkins dog in particular Mr..
wilkins was arrested hast week and
released on his rec9guizance for his
appearance at the hearing and a good
number of neighbors and dog men
from Guilford and Newfane were SUM
molsd as witnesses. It appeared
from the testimony of all who figured
In the affair thai ON the afternoon IT
February i9, VIII pellerin, while triy-
ing down the road near S,ickney
brook above John Taft's mill, came
upon three dogs tearing wounded
buck to pieces. Two of these dogs
were black Shepherds and the third
was yellow animal similar in appear
ance to Mr. Wilkins dog. On his
shouting at the dogs they ran away.
The buck was not dead but was in a
dying condition and Mr.. Pellerin mer-
cifully ended its sufferings. He went
TO Mr. Taft's and telephoned TO Solo
mon S. Washer, who is deputy game
warden for the town of Dummerston
Mr. Washer enlisted the services Of
Sam Clark and went to get the body
of the deer. When they came near
they saw yellow dog, also resem-
bling Mr.. wilkins dog, smelling about
the carcass but the animal ran away
in the direction of Mr.. wilkins house
a half mile away. They went to the
house and found the yellow dos in.
side with blood stains upon him. On
the strength of this evidence the case
was brought to County Game Commits
sioner X. l.. Frost, who placed the
complaint In the hands of States At
torney c. ii. Williams of Bellows
Falls. None of the witnesses were
prepared to swear that il was the
same dog but all the states witnesses
declared that IL was the only yellow
dog of that size in the village.
The respondent introduced a new
phase into the matter by testifying
that on the day in question he and
his hired man, Adm Fits, went to
West Dummerston village and on their
return saw Mr.. Taft's dog, a large
black shepherd. playing with another
OF similar appearance In Mr.. Taft's
yard. About 20 rods below they saw
a buck deer run across the pasture
Both were positive that the yellow
dog was at home that day. This seem.
ed 10 throw a shadow of suspicion on
Mr.. Taft's dog which the owners
claim that he was blind did not who'll
ly dispel. Mr.. Frost and G. w. Pierce
both testified that Mr. wilkins had
offered to sell the dog to them as a
good hunting dog.
After fixing the facts OF the case
firmly in the mind of the court the
testimony drifted to dogs in general
and the questions at issue was wheth-
er the dog in question was of a knd
which followed deer. Mr., Frost quail
flied as an expert on dogs and had
long drawn out session with H. G.
Barber, attorney for Mr. Wilkins,
which was highly amusing to the spec
tators. He started in II enumerate
20 instances of dogs of all kinds chas-
ing deer and finally got around TO q
question of the attJ:noy If he com
pretended what a congiomerated dog
was" Mr.. Frost also announced to
the attorney that he mad seen cleph-
ants and apes and all kinds of other
fierce and interesting beasts.
Besides the men who have been
mentioned the witnesses were Warner
Miller of Dummerstcn, John Moore
of Newfane and Horace Newton of
Guilford. 1t developed in the course
of testimony that there We're at least
two other yellow dogs IN West Dunn
merston. After a brief statement by
the attorneys and by the court the
hearing was closed, Judge Gibson an
nouncing that he would render his de-
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