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In former times, these Dogs were used to track robbers and other offenders, a duty which they 

 performed with the most unerring accuracy, never giving up the chase until they had brought their 



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miserable quarry to bay. When engaged in this work, all their mildness disappeared, and they were 

 transformed into perfect furies. Mr. Youatt, writing in 1845, says : " The Thrapstone Association 

 lately trained a Bloodhound for the detection of Sheep-stealers. In order to prove the utility of this 

 Dog, a person whom he had not seen was ordered to run as far and as fast as his strength would 



