Hounds at Work 



they could do so here if as much trouble were 

 taken over their training. Many of the 

 hounds in America that achieve such 

 wonderful results were bred in England, or 

 come of immediate British ancestors. For 

 tracking poachers, escaped convicts, or 

 perpetrators of crimes in lonely country 

 places they would be of undoubted use, but 

 I do not pretend to suggest that they could 

 accomplish the impossible and carry a line 

 through crowded streets. As I write, the 

 public mind is agitated by the cruel murder 

 of an old lady at Camberley and the 

 attempted murder of others. I am convinced 

 that if the police had had a bloodhound 

 handy the criminal would have been in 

 charge before many hours had elapsed. 



Altogether apart from the question of 

 utility the bloodhound may be commended 

 to the consideration of sportsmen who are 

 not possessed of long purses. A single 

 hound will hunt a man as well as a couple or 

 more, and many a pretty problem in scent, 



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