Show BlOODHOUND IS DO DOG WITH LO lONG HISTORY The bloodhound ranks is one of the oldest if not the the- oldest of all breeds of dogs and from time immemorial I his wonderful power of bf f scent pos poss possessed possessed sensed in such a marked degree by no other breed has been bean made the subject subject subject sub sub- of prose and verse In bygone ages a hound of the bloodhound type was used In war In later times they have been used for Cor the detection of sheep stealers and other miscreants I They are mentioned in history After the battle of f the Duke of Monmouth was was- tracked by bloodhounds bloodhounds bloodhounds blood blood- hounds which were the means of his capture Robert of Bruce Druce the de defeated defeated de- de King of Scotland also was followed by these hounds but he possessed possessed possessed pos pos- a close and intimate knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of their characteristics and baffled battled them by by wading down a stream eventually drawing himself up into a tree by the aid of a friendly branch and thus eluded capture itis It Itis Itis is recorded however that the hounds tracked him to a ditch As late as the reign of James I slough hounds as they were then called were used to track criminals and frequently deserting deserting deserting de de- de- de i troopers while In the days of slavery it Is well known that a species of these hounds not the gentle beast we now know were kept by slave dealers for the purpose of hunting down the escaped slaves Bloodhounds Bloodhounds Bloodhounds Blood- Blood hounds then called sleuth hounds formerly were WE're used In certain districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis between England and Scotland which were much infested by robbers robbers robbers rob rob- bers and ana murderers but when the therm arm rm of Justice extended Itself to these regions the hounds fell somewhat In Inthe inthe inthe the background |