The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-03-12
BIRD DOCS
USED AS
SLEUTHS
ANIMALS TR A N f ID TO
SCENT QUAlI.S IN
TRUNKS

The bird dog has won 4 place on
the oklahoma payroll as an efficient
game warden Ills Keen SENSE Tor
smelling uan in particular has led
10 this distinction, and while as here.
toforc he has heen used by sports
men in locating and hunting cdyeys
OF unail he is now used also to de-
tect Illegal shipments OF quail.
Quails have multiplied rapidly in
Oklahoma in the last iew years.
stringent game laws have nad this
effect. Where the trappers were able
to get from So to So per dozen for the
birds before the game laws went in
TO effect. all such wholesale slaugh
ter is now prohibited and with very
noticeable success Even now there
are some men who are willing 10
take the risk Of shipping Qualls from
the state. knowing tdat they can get
fancy prices in the ST. Louis and
Chicago markets. The laws are be
ing enforced TO the letter against
such Violations however and the
practice of shipping quals is annn
ally becoming less.
irish Setter Prevents Shipment
II WAS in bringing about this result
THAI the oklahoma bird dog won dis
iincton rs game warden. On one
occasion an Irish setter. which be-
longs to Il station agent prevented
a shipment Of lrtuks flied vita
qr.eils A young man, a stranger IN
the community, entered the station
agents ellice purchased a ticket 10
point outside Of the state and ask
cd 10 have his rrunh chcckcd This
was done and the young man was
returning to town TO await the train.
The agents dog WIS IN ,Ee Office
and Immediately scented the quails.
lie began a pantomine performance
around the trunE that finally attract
ed tAe agents attention. Knowing
that something was wrong he open
ed the trunk and found 1t filled with |
several hundred Quails When the
owner OF the trunk returned he was /
promptly arrested, pleaded guilty and |
was fined $50
A deputy warden in Western OH
lahoma has dog trained to aid him
in smelling out Illegal shipments
Of qnails. prairie chickens and other
game concealed in boxes and bag
gage billed lor outside points Wacn
the train stops at q station whore a
deputy warden lives he ana his dog
leap into the baggage ear and then
INTO the express car and tnen they
eo through the train. the dog smiling
a every box ana piece of baggage +
lf a game brd is inside the dog
comes to point" just as he would
il he were out in the field and Will
stand motionless pointing with his
nose until his master has opened he
box and found the game
Thus far this dog has never made
q mistake One several occasions
the fund for enforcement Of the
game law has been repicnishcd by =
the animals sagacity Al one time
ne discovered twenty quails thar Il
northern travelling man was trying ;
10 ship. and following The dogs dis. ,
covery the man had to pay a fine Of 7
$25 for each quail
Dog Is Sherlock Holmes. \
A station agent Of the ROck Island s
hasi bird dog that no money could 1
buy Duringj the Recent open season
the animal made good ana with such I
vehemence that his Sherlock Holmes,
stunt is tne talk Of the locality The J
dog was noticed standing in front OF
the closed baggage room with anX s
Atty tNilFtt al NN'lN ilHN'IN. ~ " as
impossible ia make him leave his (
position. Finally The agent opened a
the door. the dog dashed inside and
with all The grace Of the field ne !
stood an unprep possessing old /
trunk stuck in one corner ol the
room When the agent broke it
open there were found 80 quals
In shipping quails from ,He state j
every possible contriyance has been y
adopted to thwart the game war
dens, and for this reas the keen
scented bird dog has become an able
assistant. One man used coffin
claiming it contained the dead body
Of relative, ana that it was being |.
shipped East for burial When open.
cd the coffin contained twenty-five
dozen birds. Egs cases. ammunition
boxes, travelling salesmens trunks,
beer barrels, alleged to contain but
ter and OIL have been found TO con
tain quais after being spotted by
intelligent bird dogs. On one occas.
ION 500 quals were found packed
iii two heavy drimmer's trunks AT
another time l30 dozen birds were
located in shipment