Show VJJJ JF1JC + J TJ J + CdJYY1 r dJJJAJ ldCC J PARIS POLICE DOGS 3 I PiUs police are keen alert and en igetlc but they have found them lelvett unequal to the task of round ng up tho thieves and assassin < vhlch thrive seemingly as never bo ore In her streets and tho outlying llfitrlcts Conscious of the fact tuft I they had reached the limit of ein Ieticy on the part of tho policeman af the genus homo the progressive and resourceful prefect of police M lcplnc has turned hopefully towards the police of tho genus canine Dogs specially trained to tho work are to bo enlisted on the forco and when they are fully trained and sot to work It la expected they will soon hate every venturesome thief and lawbreaker law-breaker literally on tho run with every certainty of capture Ibo Idea of dog policemen canto from Ghent Belgium where such n canine squad Is said to bo a perfect success In former days Ghent wait a paradise for thieves and robbers Now says Burgomaster van Wbsomael of that city It Is perfectly safe and tranquil He declares Tho police system of Ghent Is first class because it Is logical It Is not InsulHclcnt personnel but Insufficient 1 Insuf-ficient method which is responsible for tho anarchy In many cities The dogs of Ghents police force reborn re-born and reared to the profession After Aft-er the ago of three months they arc as carefully nurtured fed and trained U1J a young race horse They MO taught to know nobody as acquaintance acquaint-ance or friend except the human members mem-bers of the police force The result Is that they finally become be-come automatons In the hands of their masters und totally Indifferent to Influences In-fluences outside of their regular work The dog forco In Ghent now numbers num-bers 30 When on duty at night tho police dog walks ten paces ahead of the policeman While tho latter examines ex-amines doors and shutters tho dog carefully pokes his noso Into all tho nooks and corners Theso dogs aro not of any fancy toy breed by any means but belong to that hardy race known in Europe Eu-rope to the custom house frontier service nnd closely allied to the sheepdog sheep-dog breed rho dog force of Ghent Is to bo Increased to GO soon Similarly at Paris It Is expected that dogs will prove valuable Three animals have been purchaser nnd are all under a year old bright keen nnd Intelligent Their training has been most careful for It will bo highly necessary for the dogs to leave the honest citizen alone while harrying I har-rying the thief Their lessons aro given every day at Noullly and Bro most interesting The dogs are first taught to respond re-spond always to tho cry of Help Police I Robbers and Murder As thoy fly to rescue they remain silent i si-lent but once In sight of their quarry they bark loudly and continuously to guldo tho police to thpm Once thoy have picked out tho malefactor they are to stick to him no matter what ho does and to pull him down if possible pos-sible Duke ono of the dogs during his training has gained the name of the climber because during the tests ho has learned to leap up the side of r a polo or true to catch tho fugitive bj time foot to which tho dog hangar despite all efforts to shako him off Tho others vlll leap over walls fences or anything else They are stouthearted dogs and riart of theft training is to learn to disregard club blugs kicks and blows They speedily speed-ily become skillful at this just as bear i dogs learn to evade tho swooping blows of bruins paws Everything has been arranged In tho training yard as it Is In the forest or along deserted streets with walls sudden twists and turns It Is thought tho three dogs Duke Black and Bob will be detailed td active work within a month Paris authorities are very reticent ° concerning tho dogs M Simard will not allow any persons to witness tho training nor will ho discuss the plan lIe refuses to tell the breed of his 4 dogs t |