The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-03
FAVOR POLICE DOGS
Results In Kaiser's Army At
tracts Many Nations.
eloodhounds Are Too Nolsy-oerman
sheperd Canine Do Not Bay,
Thereby Possessing an Add.
tlonal Virtue for the Work.

New York.-There appears to be &
general awakening TO the value oi
police dogs all over the world With
out q doubt the attention now being
given 70 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 a 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.
II 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 fremen's dogs;
they have been looked upon more as
pets than four legged policemen, ever
alert and standing tor 10 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
q 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 q practice In
some Of the penitentiaries in the south
% 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 seen
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 80 much senti-
ment in this part Of the world, but
as the bloodhounds 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 a great deal Of noise
when they are running on a trail. |
They are more suitable for work in
he open country than in a town or |
hear to where there are living many |
persons, who will naturally rush out
when they hear the baying and thus |
spoil the progress of the man hunt.
German shepherd dogs are silent on
he line, and for that simple reason
hey are preferred for work in a city
II its suburbs. The wolflike dog is
llso the more active and he can clear
)alings and other obstacles with a
1t perhaps is not known generally
hat some of the railroad companies
,eep up a regular staff" of hounds;
hey have been found of the utmost
.ssistance in bringing desperadoes to
ustice Manning Cleveland, wealthy
man, long has been re-
owned for the excellent work accom-
lished by his hounds. He is deputy
heriff and is ever ready to assist the
uthorities anywhere. His hound,
loses has asserted in some wonderful
uns and more than one miscreant has
cen sent to the electric chair through
be scenting out powers Of other
cleveland animals. The terror that
IAN is possessed of after he has been
united by bloodhounds is we'll known.
Not so long ago the handler Of the
leveland dogs visited the prison
here lay a condemned man-the muir
erer ran down by the aforesaid
loses and a black and tan American
bloodhound, the latter half pure blood
ound and half American foxhound
DO you know who this is?" asked
le warden of the prisoner as he
ointed to the Poughkeepsie man.
NO." came the reply.
He is the man with the dogs"
the warden, and forthwith
Ie unhappy wretch rushed to the off
,rner Of his cell and actually tried d
dig himself out with his hands. The {
rror that red handed criminal has
r the powers of dog is we'll known. !.