The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Telephone Has Tested
Intelligence of Dogs
Many Interesting Instances of CANNES Recognizing
Voices Over Wire-One Pet Reared in Depot
Knew Office Telegraph Call.
By FRANK r. DOLE.

An editorial in an Arkansas news
paper on the great intelligence of dogs
and describing an instance In which a
dog received commands over the tele-
phone and obeyed them brought In a
flood of letters telling OF many other
telephone tests which had been made
with dogs. Some of them were un-
usually interesting.
One OF the best was described by
George<J. Crump Of Harrison. Ark. who
owned, a fine pointer named Booth.
Mr.. Crump on one occasion lent the dog
to his nephew who intended to go hunt
ing. The dog had been away for sew
eral days and Mr.. Crump called the
home of his nephew. seven miles away.
to ask that the dog be brought home.
Describing the incident. Mr.. Crump
says. when called my nephew the
dog was In the room and / Immediately
recognized his barking as he always
did when he had not seen me for a
few days. I then spoke to the dog
over the phone and said: Come her,
Booth: come home' My nephew let
him out of the house without anything
further being said or done and In less
than an hour Booth was scratching at
the door. He went to my nephews
several times after that and never at
tempted to leave or come home unless
called. On the first occasion he had
seemed perfectly content until / called
him. This dog lived thirteen years."
Recognized the Voice.
The long-distance telephone record for
a dog is claimed by c. L. Barton OF
Camden, Ark, who owned a bulldog
puppy. His wife went to visit rela-
tives In Alabama and while there, Mr.
Barton called on the telephone. The
puppy was In the room during the con-
versation and when he heard his mis-
tress's voice, went frantic with excite
ment, jumping and yelping excitedly
He was not satisfied until his mistress
had called him by name and then he
seemed amazingly happy. In spite OF
the buzzing which was noticeable on
the long distance wires he had recog'
nized his mistress's voice almost witn
her first words
|, One of the incidents which started the
discussion of the dog and the telephone
was that of dog owned by Charles
Cole. a farmer, near Mountain Home,
Ark. This dog was very friendly with
one Of the telephone operators and spent
considerable time in the telephone ex-
change. One day, wishing the dog, Mr..
Cole called the exchange intending to
tell the operator, If the dog was there,
to send him home. The operator sug-
gested that Mr.. Cole give his command
to the dog directly. Accordingly. the re-
ceiver was placed near the dogs ear
and Mr.. Cole called and whistled. The
dog Immediately ran from the building
and directly home After that it became
common practice to call the dog home
that way.
Knew Telegraph Call.
Following the publication OF the news
paper editorial, Aaron Canada, resi-
dent OF Little Rock. brought his dog tc
the newspaper office and a thorough
test was made of the dogs ability e
take commands over the telephone. Tht
dog was placed In a chair In one room
| and told to stay there. His master thcr
went to a remote part of the building
and called the room In which the dog
had been left. The receiver was placed
near the dog and his master called him
Before the call the dog remained per-
fectly still where he had been left. but
as soon as he heard his master call he
hurriedly hunted through the building
| until he located him.
| Perhaps the most unusual case of al
that has come out through the discus
sion OF canine intelligence in the Arkan-
| sas paper, was reported by Perry Boone
who wrote: "Some years ago was sent
to relieve a telegraph operator who
owned a very intelligent bird dog. The
dog was left in my care during a
months vacation taken by his owner