Marcu 24, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

ing coyotes with them. He frequently rides 
from Bennet to Watkins, the dogs killing four 
or five coyotes every trip. ‘Mr. Hoeckel says 
if the ranchmen would secure Russian wolf- 
hotinds they would soon rid the ranges of 
coyotes. So dexterous have they become in 
killing coyotes, and so strong are they, that the 
lives of dogs who interfere with them in the 
city are endangered. I was told by a dog 
fancier that a Russian wolfhound, such as 
trained by Mr. Hoeckel, can kill three or four 
ordinary dogs before breakfast without working 
up an unusual appetite. The dogs are tall and 
slender, but very powerful, and are beauties. 
They are white, and the tallest is thirty-one 
inches in height. They range in weight from 
eighty-five to ninety-five pounds; are very fleet 
of foot, and ferocious. Harrison Fischer, the 
famous artist, used one of Mr. Hoeckel’s dogs in 
the picture, “Morning on Fifth Avenue.’ The 
picture shows a stylishly gowned woman with 
the dog, and is on exhibition in Denver. 
The dogs have been taught to work in teams 
by Mr. Hoeckel, and have learned how to kill 
coyotes so that they need no coaching from 
their master. The dogs are frequently seen in 
the city following Mr. Hoeckel. 
A SoctaLt TRAMP. 
Tried to Pass Tin Coin. 
I HEARD it told by Prof. Brewer, of Yale Col- 
lege, in one of his scientific lectures, upon, I 
think, the development of reasoning and mental 
powers in animals. A friend of his living in 
Bridgeport had a fine dog, who had been taught 
to take a nickel in his mouth each morning, go 
down to a butcher’s shop and buy his break- 
fast. He was well known at the shop, and al- 
ways promptly served to a fine bone. One 
morning while wandering around, the dog found 
a heap of the small round pieces of tin which 
are punctured from tin cans used in preserving 
meats, vegetables, etc. They were bright and 
new, the size of a five-cent piece, and the dog 
evidently considered it a find. Taking one in 
his mouth, away he went to the butcher shop 
and demanded a joint. Tickled by the joke the 
butcher gave him one. The dog evidently 
thought he had struck a big bonanza and de- 
parted in great delight. In a short time he re- 
appeared with a mouthful of tin and several 
other dogs. But the butcher now thought the 
joke gone far enough and refused. The dog 
tried for a long time to pass his tin and was 
much puzzled, barking his disapprobation. When 
finally convinced it was no use, he departed in 
great wrath, shame and confusion, and evidently 
thinking his credit gone, refused henceforth 
ever to go near the shop or take any money to 
buy his meals with, preferring to take what he 
could get at home. PERCYVAL. 
Gas Tar for Poachers. 
A weELt known fishculturist once told of this 
plan for getting the better of poachers: I do not 
believe I have ever had a fish stolen. I will tell 
you how I protect the creek. Flags and weeds 
grow along the banks of the stream and when 
night-fishing season comes I have my men scatter 
gas-tar, diluted with turpentine, among the flags 
and weeds. It is very effective. I will relate an 
instance and show how it works. A few years 
ago a certain man was in the habit of stealing 
on the creek a few times during the night-fishing 
season and would not stop. He was sued, and 
fined $50 and $6 costs, and to keep him from go- 
ing to jail and his family from suffering I paid 
the fine. But still he would come on, so I took 
the law in my own hands and prepared a kettle 
of the above mentioned mixture, put it into my 
boat, and floated down stream, and threw it with 
a ladle all over the flags and weeds. That night 
he came. The flags were as high as his head. It 
was dark and before he knew what was the mat- 
ter he was covered with tar from head to foot. 
His hair, whiskers and rod got their share. He 
was not seen for several days afterward; and 
when he was seen he did not have any whiskers 
and but little hair, and his rod, basket and fly- 
book that he used to show with so much pride 
. Were never seen again. 










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