New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
German Animal Not ,
Beauty, but Is Intelligent
and Faithful.
HAS MANY ADMIRERS
IN THIS COUNTRy
Many Stories Are Told of ANA.
ing Ability of This Type to Fol.
low Criminals Successfully

In the last few seasons no dog Ia.
made such rapid strides in Amerc,
the Schafer Humid. Master Schafer I'm.
has many names. He is called the c.,
man sheep dog, German police dog !,
shepherd dog, but What's in a nam.,
BY any other name he would be quite =.
fascinating, and fascinating he undou,,
eddy is, with his big, lean body INTEL.
gent eye and cruel mouth, which SUI
gests the wolf which ate Red Ridlr,
Hood in the story book. Right here "a
il be said that the Schafer Hun6,
stanchest admirers will not admit thu
he has ever been crossed with a wo,
but, to put II mildly, he looks suspicion.
" like il when he goes for his prey.
When the German sheep dog was His
introduced to American fanciers th,,|
previous knowledge OF old English an
Scotch sheep dogs led them 10 expect al
picturesque looking animal, whose CLAN
to beauty would lie in his hirsute adorr-|
ment. With the German sneeu dog Il ii
the old story of making a standard an.
then producing the dogs to nj II, and th.|
farmers did not want rough coats.
shepherd dog.
Franz Emken, who IS responsible ,o|
Bolko and Herta Won Ehrengrund, two a
the best known police dogs in America
saws: I'VE finally succeeded in breeding
smooth haired dogs with woody under
coats 10 protect them from tho weather
but an occasional anachronism in thl
shape of a long haired puppy appears ID
the best regulated families from time ID
time
Mr.. Emken is inclined TO classify thd
Schafer Humid as a collie for many read
sons. In ancient times the hercing dogd
of Europe were all of one type, and thd
difference now existing is due TO sigh1
changes in the breeding. The enthusiast
tic breeder says: The German shepherd
dog has for thousands OF years been 4
herding dog, a companion and comrad'|
of the shepherd. having the laoorol|
task OF protecting his herd from NJ
wolves and keeping his master unds|
surveillance and guiding him The hai
life has made this dog rugged and taits'
full and he knows and enjoys the u.S|
his master places In him. There Is 70
more loving creature, none more sell
sacrificing. than the German sheep dos
and no more merciless detective Wneh
is on the trail OF an offender.
"Of his wonderful intelligence, MS e.
ploits as a police dog give conclusive sr
dence. Wonderful tales have reached ne
Of a whole nation going shepherd da|
mad. and il. almost looks as tnols
America were going TO follow SUIT
Fifteen years ago Master scnais
Humid was a suburbanite. the iesnlonaos
German dogs being dachshunde' Cma
doggen, fox terriers, greynounds AZ
Pinschers. Now the sheep dog mas pa
tically ousted them from favor ana u'
IL an association of shepherd dos
thusiasts. headed by +. Won hephan'
which has more than six Thousand YEA
hers in Germany and foreign couhuS
This wonderful interest evlnced OE ~
lovers and fanciers is trioute 70
enhanced dog virtues, his taithfulH'''
beauty and his watchfulness as NUS
dog
The success OF these highly trained a.
mails is in many cases marvellous
much so that some crimes actually IA
become rare through fear OF the 0a
Culprits have tried all possible de'pr
~ fool their nemesis. They have chsnsS
their shoes on the way. or have 'rleu
destroy the individual scent D! Sp'"
Ing pepper or turpentine on t'eU -
Even getting away on bicycle mas
most cases failed TO throw MN on y
scent. II is the duty Of the ue''A'
police dog not only to show up ''e -
prit, but many times the almost s'F
natural power OF the dog VIII ilSAe
panicstricken thief confess. Isuah'
dogs will succeed In finding arucies d"
den in the home Of the thief. thus ni''
ing the case against the accused m'1
complete.
Dorthe vom Osterdeich is well XIV
character in Berlin. and her oNplorS
known all over Europe. IL was DV''
who identified a thief by a scent u
nished by a small "brickbat' after w
missile had lain on the floor |heIe
had been dropped for two days. ="
chase led for miles out OF the town. a.
finally ended in a house in the couhU'
where two men were found. DOT"
caught and held the robber. and, althou'-
she did not bite him, her attitude W
so menacing that the culprit fell 10
ground crying: Take ii away tsN
away; | confess"
Newlyweds will be interested IN %
which attracted considerable attention.
young married woman reported on %
day morning that her husband was ms
ing. The man who had disappeafed ~
an Office In the business portion OF
men. and had failed 10 arrive al
home on Saturday night The w.
woman had been married for SO sh'''
time that she thought the occurrence
OF the ordinary, and when the re"es
had not returned on Sunday mornihs
applied for a police dog and a SeioS'N
After taking the scent from the '"'1
clothes, the dog set out, and 1t dio y
take him long TO locate the man
whom he was in search. Nothing se'"-
had happened TO the young la"ye"
now there Is an epidemic OF ponce wv
after delinquent husbands. al
Many fanciers who have been dew.