Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-07-08
POWER OF HUMAN EYE
SAVAGE DOGS PUT 70 FLIGHT 6Y
STARE.
Man Relates Incidents Showing Re-
markabIe Effect of Concentrated
Gaze on lnfurlated CANNES Bent
on Mischief.

when the Forty-fourth Massachu'
sets regiment was besieged in WASH
ington, n. c., writes Darius Coob, III
Our Dumb Animals, 81 was on one
occasion confronted by big Wolfdog
that leaped from It's kennel furlously
upon me- The situation was des-
perate one and called for instant &C.
ton.
81 subdued that animal by throwing
myself on all tours and springing to-
ward him with catlike snarls. He re-
treated into his kennel with piercing
bowls. and nothing could bring him
out I am certain that dogs can be COM
pletely cowed by the eye of man while
his body Is absolutely still. or by in
tense and mysterious action with
corresponding look OF the eye.
1.-THE following incident | relate as
an example of this silent but effective
method: Several years ago I was
sketching in an orchard which I after
ward learned had been repeatedly rob
bed by roughs from a settlement or
hard characters q half mile away. SuG-
denly large Newfoundland dog
sprnng out from a hedge that sur
mounted a series of terraces. With
threatening growls he bounded toward
me- his eyes glaring and foam running
from his mouth. I ceased sketching
and fixed my eyes on him as he de-
seconded. with all the intensity I could
command.
when the dog had reached the mid
die terrace he stopped and, though he
barked furiously and showed his shin
ing teeth, came no further. I stood
| motionless and with eyes fixed as adj
amant. All at once he turned and.
running UP the terraces, disappeared
behind the hedge. I resumed my
| sketching, but it was with sense OF
weakness resulting from intense con-
centration of my will upon the dog.
give minutes passed. when the New
foundland again appeared. He did not
stop to bark this time. but down he
sprang. Why this unhalting charge?
| All. there it is, A huge mastiff Is
close behind, making springs like n
Wild beast Both dogs were growing
fiercely and this with the foam that
listened on their teeth told too plain
| ly what awaited me. The Newfound-
land had gone to get help and he
got 1t.
81 saw that the mastiff had lost an
eye and so l had only three eyes to
magnetic. AS before. stood fixed,
not even permitting my lids to wink.
| The Newfoundland leaped first and
planted his great paws so heavily on
my breast as to nearly knock me over
backward. My eyes were riveted upon
| him In all his fury, and In an instant
he dropped to the ground. Three times
| he sprang at me, and each time NOV
ed not a hair, keeping his eyes to
mine. When he dropped the third time
| the mastiff, who had been growing
with impatient fury, took his turn. His
massive paws struck my chest more
| heavily even than had his leaders. and
it was with effort that l stood against
| the blow.
"He. too, sprang at my throat and
| like the Newfoundland dropped to the
ground. He repeated the attack three
times and seemed at the limit Of fran
tic rage when ne made his last spring.
But my two eyes were too much FOR
his one eye. The moment the mast!ir
dropped to the ground for the third
time both of the dogs turned and ran
up the terraces as if I had charged
them with buckshot. They disappear
ed behind the hedge and though | was
half an hour finishing the sketch they
did not appear again. | could nave
robbed that orchard with impunlty.