The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04

team of forty dogs, We're sent to fetch
him. The runners were iced. and the
men armed with knives to cut adift
any dog that might lose his footing.
for there was no stopping when once
started. They did the ten miles in
twenty-five and ore-half minutes.
Valuable as Hunters.
Of course. the wolfdog strain has it's
drawbacks. Great trouble is often en-
pericnced i'll keeping the animals in
harness. Peary relates his difficulties
as follows:
One of our dogs. Black Panikpa.
loosened his muzzlc. chewed off his
arnes and got at our muskox meat.
a timely alarm from the other dogs
brought me upon him before he had
eaten half a pound. and he was sound
" thrashed before being tied up again.
And this dog. Panikpa, l had called
the good little boy from the bright,
expcctant. good little boy and Just
had our face washed expression with
which he used to sit mp and wait for
MS lump of pemlnican."
Borup. in his adventures OF "A Ten
derfoot with Peary." tells amusingly
OF how one Of their crafty dogs had a
great knack for thieving provisions,
particularly pemmican. Two kind. of
pemmlcan were taken on their trim, in
blue and red cans, the blue being pre-
pared especially for human consump-
tlon. and the rcd. uncooked. for the
dogs. The curious fact was the dog
never tore upon a blue can. Some.
how he knew that red was his color,
rms show of intelligence may he at
tr1pufed to the fact that the dog was
naturally accustomed to little else OK
cept raw meat as food, and the red
ness OF the can attracted him, even
as Commander Pcay himself was once
attacked by an animal less knowing,
SIMPLY because he wore bright rcd
mittcns. W.
h Eskimo dogs are ever Bile
as hunters. They know no fear of any
polar animal. This again is the wolf
strain. Peary relates that his leader.
NaIega ksoal. king of the team. was
q long limbed brute, quick as a fash
of llght with jaws like the grip of
tate. a born fighter. 1t was his favor
ne sport to sink his cleaning white
teeth into the flank or throat of a
polar bear.
Coates Sport to Worry a Seal.
The sport they most dearly love is
70 worry a seal. The instinct of hunt
ing is paramount: the most listlcss,
weary. bored looking dog or team of
dogs has only to catch sight Of the
nlack dots altar off over the snow
which signify the presence of seals
10 become electrified into a state of
Wlld excitement. II a person has a
single animal on leash the chances
aIe tnat ne ls caught unprepared and
the next finds himself with
OUT a dog or being violently dragged
aiong or his stomach. If he is with
a team harnessed to a heavy sledge
a load which n moment before an.
Peareo to be taking all the heart GU,
OF the animals becomes the meres,
oagatelle, n he is lucky If he has
time to add his own weight and sc
hind. ~ ' 'e
Dog Cannibalisnl.
IN MS Dash to the south pole. Scott
dog cannibalism." which is eycry
nee in a while brought about by
canine jealousy. He says: ''The dogs
a been particularly quiet of late:
each mad his own kennel and his own
pountiful supply of food: they had
neen gwen plenty of exercise and
were allowed to run about at their
own sweet VIII: there seemed to be
a"so,u,eiS nothing that they could
been lullcd into false security by their
Hppearing quite contented and to be
nvlng on the most amicable terms
but. alas! for dog morals! Az W.
wei understood when we knew then
DETER they were only bidding theil
time. some Of their number had beer
away siedging. Why should they have
neen chosen? What treats and net.
Hnes mad they been receiving from
the hands of man that by right he.
longed to the whole community
They were objects of suspicion
Nothing they could do was quite right
II vas no use wagging their tails and
pretending to be friendly when the,
naa played a low-down game Ikt
n 1t was all mere impairment de.
! ceptlon! One can only suppose tina,