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Title: The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ith his Spanish dogs inthe rear. Their fame, however, had reachedthe Maroons, and the force had penetratedbut a short distance into the woods, when THE BLOODHOUND. 143 a deputation arrived from the insurgentsbegging for mercy, and soon after betweentwo and three hundred of them surren-dered, on no other condition than a promiseof their lives. It is pleasing to observe, remarksthe historian, that after the dogs arrivedin the island not a drop of blood was spilt. Coming again to this country, we findthe Bloodhound used from time to timein pursuit of poachers and criminals, and prisons has been offered a working houndfor nothing, the authorities have refusedto consider the question or give the hounda trial. The following account of the Bloodhoundtrials held in the district of West Wycombe,written by the late Mr. G. R. Krehl, editorof The Illustrated Kennel News, gives onea good idea of such a meeting:— It was a foggy morning, but about 10.30oclock the fog lifted, and the runner went to
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BLAZER RUNNING DOWN HIS QUARRY IN ATRIAL OF TRACKING ON A THREE-MILE SCENT. in many instances the game recoveredand the man arrested. Unfortunately, in country districts oneoften finds a great deal of prejudice exist-ing against the Bloodhound. To the writerspersonal knowledge, in one Sussex villagethe yokels firmly believe that Bloodhoundswould attack, probably devour, any chil-dren that came in their way, and that oncehaving smelt blood they were no moreto be trusted than an escaped tiger. Oneowner, during his first six months resi-dence, had continually to be on the look-out for poisoned meat. Perhaps it is onlyfair to say that this myth was not con-tradicted but encouraged by a large circleof poachers living in the neighbourhood. There is no doubt that the police incountry districts, and at our convict prisons,could use Bloodhounds to advantage ; butpublic sentiment is decidedly against theidea, and although one of his Majestys lay the first trail. Almost the entire line couldbe f

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