The Bloodhound. 



it may have been crossed and re-crossed by either 

 man or beast. Colonel Huldman mentions the 

 capture of some poachers through the instru- 

 mentality of bloodhounds, who hunted the men for 

 fully five miles from the plantation, in which they 

 were committing their depredations. Another case 

 is mentioned, where a sheep-stealer was discovered 

 by similar means, though the hound was not laid on 

 the man's track until his scent was at least six hours 

 old. Another hound is said to have hunted for 

 twenty miles a fellow who was suspected of having 

 cut off the ears of one of his former master's horses, 

 and the scoundrel was captured and treated accord- 

 ing to his deserts. 



The Field had the following not long ago : 

 '' In 1854 Tom Finkle, an old superintendent of 

 police, M^as stationed at Bedale, in Yorkshire, before 

 the rural force was established. He was the owner 

 of a bloodhound named Voltigeur. Old Tom was 

 fond of company, and at that time sat for manv a 

 night in the public-houses along with the farmers 

 and tradesmen. When he was wanted for anything 

 particular at the police station, Mrs. Finkle would let 

 Voltigeur loose with, '' Go and fetch master," and, 

 no matter where "master" was, either in Bedale or 

 the neighbourhood, the hound was sure to find 

 him ; and the moment Finkle saw Voltigeur, the 



