The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-25

/ dog trainers, they will be worthless
for the purpose for which they arc
intended However, Chief Barlow In
tends to give them n thorough tryout
before deciding that they Will not be
an aid to the department
In Salt Lake there have been at
least four real bloodhounds which
have been able to trail Two OF these
belonged to the state prison at the
time Warden Dow was In charge
They were called Zoo" and TEDDY"
and were both good trailers. They
were trained by a. Fl. White. a for.
mer policeman,
They were both full bIooded Eng
lish bloodhounds. which breed Is de
clared to be the most careful and
dependable trailers. They wore q tan
color all over. had large feet and
bones and heads, ears so long they
could almost be tied behind their
heads, and long noses.
How They Wore Trained.
II required two years time to train
them to track perfectly. Mr.. White
did his training In the meadow lands
southwest of the city. sending boys
out for long tramps across the lands
and then setting the dogs on their
trail by letting them smell pieces Of
the boys clothing or their footprints.
With Wild baying the dogs would
start out, one following the other.
Yc;pLng In wild excitement, they fol
lowed the scent until the boys were
freed They would then stand
about and bark until Mr. White
1fr
Though most people think real
trailing bloodhounds are vicious. Mr..
White saws they are the biggest cow
ards in doedom
They have no more nerve than a
jaclcrabbit' he says, "a common
poodle can whip them. and they are
afraid of their own shadows"
The dogs used at the state prison
for a number of years figured IN
many escapades. IN which they did
good work.
"Spot' Had Good Record,
Probably the best trailer ever in
the state was a spotted bloodhound
called spot This dog had the
unusual accomplishment OF being
able to trail in the uptown streets.
He was used in police work about
twelve years ago and made some I'm
portant catches He was probably the
wlsest hound ever trnined in the
state He was able to take up q
trail on a crowded throughfare and
follow IL to a saloon or business
house and pick the person being
trailed out of a crowd Of several hun.
dred
After finding lie man. Spot
would never give up until Mr.. White
called him off.
Spot did some good work at the
state prison and for the sberlff's force
parts OF the state. Finally he be.
came careless and general nuisance
and several persons threatened tc
Kill him.
Mr.. White sold him to the Canyon
City penltentiary In Colorado. where
for several years he did great work
One Of his main feats was the run
ming down OF an Italian murderer
who had several days start of the
dog. He was caught In tunnel and
later paid the penalty for the crime
on the gallows.
In Salt Lake City Spot caught
many petty thieves. trailing them
from the scenes of their thefts to
their homes or to roomlng houses
many times through the center of the
city,
Up to two years ago Mr. White ha6
another full blood English blood
hound from the same litter as the
two formerly owned by tho penlten
tiary. This dog was named Dan,
and was just catching on to the
linack OF trailing after two years
hard work by Mr. White when some
one poisoned him.
Require Export Management.
The training of the dogs, according
TO Mr.. White, is a very technica
work. requiring unbounded patience
and an extended knowledge Of dos
sense and dog habits. The first prog
gress after series of preliminarieE
is the dragging about OF a sack oi
some foul-emelling matter and get
ting the dog to follow 1t, This is mol
an unusual feat, as n man could al
most trail it by the scent. but II
shows the dog what is wanted of him
Gradually the process works up by
the use Of fresh and cooked meats
being dragged on the ground unit
the dog is ready for the shoe leather
business. The soles of the feet arc
creased or pieces OF meat arc tied tC
an assistants feet. and the dog fol
lows the scent OF that. The process
finally thlns down to shoe leather ano
the dog learns to follow 1t.
Every person putting down foot
leaves different odor on the ground
from every one else. and this can be
detected by keen-nosed dog often
times for days afterward. After Tho
dogs have learned to follow the sole
leather, the greatest part of the train
Ing SIN remains undone.-Salt Lake
Telegram.