Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
KING TUT PATROLS
White HOUSE AREA
Presidents Dog, Monarch of
Kennels, Takes Duties
Too Seriously.

king Tut" the Belgian police dog
who has been President and Mrs. Hoo
ver's pet for more than four years and
who Is the recognized monarch of the
White House kennels, has demonstrated
since moving from S street to the
White House, that he is not police
dog in name only.
The fact that there are nearly so
policemen detailed in shifts to patrol
the White House grounds made no diff
ference to Tut after he had looked
over the layout of his new home
Whether it was the size of the grounds
or the fact that he had sensed the new
responsibilities assumed by his master
is not known, but there is no mistak
ing Tut's determination to see that
this new home, with its large grounds,
is properly patrolled
Patrols All Beats.
Tut's policing has not been of the
nature of an ordinary private on the
force who merely walks short beat
between two sentinel posts for two
hours at time He patrols all the
beats. He looks for no relief every two
hours as do the regular policemen.
Tut keeps right on trotting from one
sentinel post in the rear grounds to
the other from dark until daylight. He
never rests and refuses to sleep at
night, and it is because of this that
there is some little concern on the part
of President Hoover, who has heard
about Tut's self-asSigned police job. 1t
is feared that the faithful animal soon
will break down as result of loss
of sleep.
Tut does no policing in the daytime
He seems to feel that providers and en-
emies do not come in the daylight. But
he does not spend a great deal OF time
sleeping in the daytime, either. He
goes from one quiet spot to another In
the vicinity of the rear portico or IN the
police guard house and takes short maps,
but these are fitful and the dog is show
ing the strain. He has been shut In the
house as means of forcing him to
sleep, but he has barked so that 1t was
necessary to release him.
Jervis Considers "Sergt." Tut.
Richard Jarvis chief of the White
House secret service, who has recently
been given supervision of the White
House police force, looks upon Tut not
as a mere policeman, but as sergeant
This is because Tut does not confine his
watchfulness to any one post. Tut some
times Walks along with the sergeant on
duty while the latter is making his
rounds, but even sergeants do not keep
walking all night, so Tut frequently
makes rounds alone. At each SEN
tinel post he goes to the policeman
and looks him over carefully to be sat-
isfied he is a policeman. If the police
man is not at the post the moment Tut
arrives, the dog looks around nervously.
Sometimes he barks but he does so in
a low, hilf-choked manner, as If he
does not want to be heard at any great
distance. He makes 1t plain he does not
want to disturb the household or top of
providers while he is calling the abb
sent policeman.
Tut apparently cannot understand
that the policeman cannot always be
at the sentinel box-that he must walk
on his beat. When the policeman ar
rives at the post, Tut virtually shouts
with Joy. and after receiving a pat
or two on the head, hurries along
toward another post. He never fingers
and plays with any of the policemen.
BY the serious manner in which the
dog has taken his police work, he has
endeared himself to all members of the