Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-10-01
FAVOR POLICE DOGS
Results in Kaiser's Army At
tracts Many Nations.
BloOdhouRds Are Too Nolsy-osrmAn
sheperd Canine % Not Bay,
Thereby Possessing an Add.
uonal Virtue for the Work.


New York.-There appears to be a
genera awakening to the value OF
police dogs all over the world. With
out doubt the attention now being
given 10 dogs as factors in the Ger.
man army and the police departments
OF that country has made the other
nations OF Europe sit up and take
notice The present enthusiasm
among the members Of the German
Shepherd Dog club OF America Is sim
ply sign Of what Is about to happen
In connection with police dogs In New
York and other cities, where, unfor-
tunately, crime is rampant and muir
der OF every day occurrence.
It is true that several dogs have
been kept In Brooklyn by the police,
but they have been used only in a half
hearted way. The dogs have had too
many masters; they have been treated
very much like the firemen's dogs,
they have been looked upon more as
pets than four legged policemen. ever
alert and standing for no nonsense
from any one.
In no country In the world has the
bloodhound been used more for track
ing criminals than In America. The
old sleuth hound Of remote days has
been kept right up to his work. and as
a consequence the American blood.
hound Is very much keener in his pur-
suit than the hounds OF his. own
blood and breeding in Europe The
bloodhound here is often made saw
age, so that he shall become a keener
hunter of men. It is a practice in
some Of the penitentiaries In the south
to get inmates of the prison to kick
palings Of the kennels In which the
bloodhounds are kept. The disturbed
dogs thus are made savage, and when
q man is reported missing or is seer
getting away the bloodhounds hunt
his trail with all the grimness Of a
terrier after a rat.
In Europe a bloodhound is not sup
posed to mouth or worry his human
quarry There is not so much senti
ment in this part Of the world, but
as the bloedhounds generally are
hunted on a leash they can be re
strained from harming the runaway
who willingly surrenders when the
animals are close upon him. Blood
hounds make great deal of noise
when they are running on a trail
They are more suitable for work IL
the open country than in town OF
near to where there are living many
persons, who will naturally rush ou
when they hear the baying and thui
spoil the progress Of the man hunt
German shepherd dogs are silent OIL
the line, and for that simple reason
they are preferred for work in a cit!
or its suburbs The wolfike dog II
also the more active and he can cleai
palings and other obstacles with {
great deal more ease than can thu
bloodhound.
1t perhaps is not known general!
that some of the railroad companies
keep up a regular staff" of hounds
they have been found of the utmos
assistance in bringing desperadoes Il
justice Manning Cleveland, a wealth,
Poughkeepsie man, long has been re
nowned for the excellent work accom-
plished by his hounds. He is deput,
sheriff and is ever ready to assist tn
authorities anywhere. His hound
Moses has asserted in some wonderful
runs and more than one miscreant ha
been sent to the electric chair throug
the seeming out powers Of othe
Cleveland animals. The terror that
man is possessed of after he has bee
hunted by bloodhounds is well known
Not so long ago the handler of tn
Cleveland dogs visited the priso
where lay a condemned man-the mu
derer ran down by the aforesai
Moses and a black and tan America
bloodhound, the latter half pure blood
hound and half American foxhound.
DO you know who this is?" aske
the warden of the prisoner, as h
pointed to the Poughkeepsie man.
mo" came the reply.
He is the man with the dogs,
continued the warden, and forthwith
the unhappy wretch rushed to the O
corner of his cell and actually trie
to dig himself out with his hands. Tn
terror that a red handed criminal ha
for the powers of dog is we'll known
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