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DOG POLICEMAN FOUND SUPERIOR
Idea ef a elata Folic Comml.Mry
Pellewee la Many Coaatrte
with Saeeees la HanallagT
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and general discipline He Is well fed and
gets on hour' exercise and fresh air every
day with hla comrades.
At last the new recruits are led forth
one night with the older hands, unese
so on duty at 10 p. m. and come home
at I a. m.' On on account are any of them
let out In the day time, otherwise they
would get a fatal familiarity with the
ordinary cltlsen.
As to dint, three-pound rations art served
out twice a day, at 7 a. m. and T p. m. They
consist of soup, rice and meat biscuit; and
during the long night duty each animal
gets a large piece of bread, ,
Mnnlet an Important Item.
At headquarters you will find a special
room for preparing rations and medicines
for the dogs. Here too, you will find
their uniforms. There are leather collars
from which depend engraved zinc medals.
There ore waterproof cloaks for rain or
snow "and muzzles.. Tou must remember
the animal's whole training makes htm
regard the ununlformed citizen as a possi
ble enemy: so that harmless decent fol
might Buffer from the zeal of a raw recruit
were It not for the muzzles.
But equally that muzzle may be Instantly
removed by the dog's guardian, operating
an elastic arrangement In the leivsh. Such
a facility Is of Importance when both are
confronted by a criminal. ,
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The muzele '-is - also-useful In preventing
the dees from picking up scrape of food,
possibly poisoned by marauders who know
what ' a' formidable adversary' they have
In these trained and powerful sheep dogs.
By the way. one of the trainers of a recruit
Is always In civilian dress; and a the
dog's education proceeds one grows to un
derstand the animal's hatred for ordinary
mmber8 of the public
. That trainer aiuiumes the garb of a hobo.
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Ghent Is a thjra rate city tn a fifth rata
nation; yet it haa introduced a novelty tn
her police force that haa received serious
attention In larger cltlea It la the employ
ment of dogs aa night guards.
The police commissioner of the Belgian
city la so zealous an officer that he vpent
money for the police force faster than the
burgomaster and town councillors would
Mpply It. They told Commissioner Van
Weaemael that he must get along on the
amount appropriated.
Van Wenemael found bis night guards all
toe few, so the criminals grw numerous
and daring, both within and without the
fortifications. He thought the matter over
and then gave a surptlsa to the town
council:
"Let me liar a few Belgian sheep dogs
as assistant patrolmen.' he said, "and 11)
not only keep down expensra, but get the
policing done more effectively than ever."
Burgomaster and council alike thought
well of the Idea. And so In 1899 three dogs
vera bought by the city's veterinarian
Just three; Ghent la a careful town.
Van Weaemael himself took their training
tn hand. Since they were to go forth only
at night, he argued, they must be taught
to distrust every man not In police uniform.
And they must Investigate persons bearing
bundle and people who run off in the night
on the approach of an officer.
Di(i Hcdnre Crlmf.
By Chrtatmaa of the same year Ghent
bad ten dogs at work, and after these had
had a fair run a report about the chiens
vetlleurs was sent to the burgomaster. In
this report Van 'Wesemael spoke of the In
sufficiency of night guards for -the city's
lonelier suburbs. Single policemen were
of no use. Night crimes with violence were
Increasing, but no sooner were the dogs
put to work In the Faubourg de Courtrat
than crime fell off two-thirds.
More money was voted for more dogs.
Boon the Faubourg de Bruges quarter was
covered by four-footed police, smelling out
undesirable characters. Others were put
on at nights In the mailer docks: and be
fore long Ghent had thirty canine police
men, all of them so zealous that the human
officers were taken over their posta at night
with a thoroughness that admitted of no
shirking.
And today the city veterinary go"
periodically to the Flemish falra to buy
recruits for the four-legged force. The big
French or Belgian sheep dog hi best
Briards or Groenendaels bold and faithful,
tireless and almost human In reasoning
faculty. They are bought young, at sts
months, and lodged In warm, dean kennels
at police headquarters.
Itegl.tered aael Rtrifi,
A new dog's nam la entered on th
records, with the date qf it birth and pur
chase, price, aex and name and addreaa of
the vendor. Should a recruit- be dis
charged by reason of Ulaesa or Inveterate
tupidlty, th reasons ar duly entered
against hi record.
Th first fortnight la spent by the new
comer la the kaola practising pbdlac
He will beat the dog and run. He tries to
climb high walla and fences, ,to swim ca
nals and rlvers.t He will grab a big bundle
and make off with It at top speed.
But the dog always gets him, even when
he hides in out of the way holes and cor
ners In docks and warehouses. Meanwhile
If the trainer In civil dress Is laying up
seeds of hatred and distrust In the dog's
mlrtd, a second officer In uniform Is winning
golden opinions with bones and scraps of
meat.
And so It takes no great reasoning power
on the dog's part to regard the man In uni
form as his only friend and the civilian
as an enemy. V r there are caresses from
the one and kicks' from the other.
The nnlmal Is trnlned to attack a fugitive
at tho bend of the knee, fo as to throw him.
. , The no Policeman at Work.
After a while njv leash Is used, and the
Intelligent animal operates Independently.
but returns to his master's side the moment
the whistle Is heard" Suppose man arid dog
arrive on their lonely post in the silence
of night?
"Go and search." says the human pollce-man'-brlefly.
releasing the animal with this
order: And away race the dog - Into the
darkness.
In and out of daorwnys he darts: sniffing
under tarpaulins, on OUays, looking for open
doors: running, smelling, with a ral never
found In any human guardian of the peace,
who would take an hour to accomplish
what the. dog does In les than one-fvurth
of that time And at the slightest suspl
rto'i' Men the 1or poltremitn (trowl. and
' :s. whereupon the officer Joins Mm with
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revolver cocked, and lantern ready to cast
a light on the scene.
After a year's experience a good flog la
at his best. Of course they vary tn good
sense and Intelligence just as human being
do. Still all of them are well trained and
will obey without a moment's hesitation.
At the word of command the dog will leap
a six-foot fence, swim across a canal and
emerge silently on the other side, to shake
himself and begin his search anew.
These police dogs inspire terror In crimi
nals. In the old days it was easy enough
to circumvent the solitary policeman,
heavy and noisy of tread, slow and cum
bersome In gait. But here are big, fierce
dogs, silent, swift-footed nnd keen of scent,
so that there Is nothing for It but to glv
up prowling at night in search of loot. ,
Ohent haa at present nearly seventy well
trained dog police. They are distributed
so any human policeman in emergenry ca
have a couple of the big dogs by his eld
in a ftw moments.
If a citizens hears suspicious noises in
the night all he need do Is put his head out
of the window and call softly. And when
the door Is opened In goes the dog police
man and searches the bouse from top to
bottom In half the -time It would take
householder or policeman to do it.
Stortea of Tbelr Effleleacy.
M. Van Wesemae! tells many storlea
about his canine police. On one occasion
dog, TIppo, with his master, came upon
five drunken ruffians who were smashing
the windows of a saloon. Beyond doubt It
the policeman had attacked the men single
handed he would have had a bad time of it
But In a flash he had removed Tlppo'
muzzle and that big beast darted forward
and seised one of the revelers.
The policeman arrested this man, and
the moment the dog had handed over his
captive he raced off after the other four,
who soon stood at bay before him. The
men besought the offlaer to call the dog off
and then they agreed to give themselves
up. A lew moments later mo j"-""m
started for the police station with th
triumphant Tlppo racing round and round
for all the world as though be were shep
herding a flock.
It often happens that a polloeman hear
a short, sharp, anxious bark, and on hurry
Ing up finds his four leag.d colleagu holdt
(Dg up a man or woman with a bundle.
This may be capable of perfeotiy Innocent
explanation; silli th dogs leave nothing
to chanca
It Is no wonder that Commissioner Vat)
WeaemaeJ haa been receiving inquiries
bout his dogs from municipalities In Great
Hrltaln. Germany, France, Italy, Austria
and Spain. Long ago Commissioner Coenen
of Saint OUes and his colleague, Korten
of Mons. adopted the Ohent dogs because
they saved men's salaries.
Van Wcsernasl points out that each of
his canine officers costs only five or six
rents a day and, in some respects st any
rata, does treble a man's work. In th
early days Ghent estimated that her dog
cost It but 1 000 francs a year, and they
did mors than four times th work of
tw.lv. ordinary human policemen, who
would have cost the city nearly 15,00?
franca.
It la well known that Ieplne, th police
prefect of Parle, took his Idea of th agents
piongeurs. cr diving police of Paris from
Van Wesamaal's dogs. Thes police dog
of th Pari quay are used for ridding th
waterfront cf "apache," those savage
ruffian wU have terrorized Parts for
macy yeara Incidentally Leplne's dogs
ssv sulrtdas and drowning peopl gt
rally frem tb waters of the Seine, e
pedalfy la the boatlag and bethlpg seasoa.
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