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tive work Labradors have so far proved
mselves the finest dog “sleuths.” They
warning of unseen strangers, nose out
iden man like they would a pheasant

2 rabbit, will comb out gardens and
hrubberies, and report suspicious finds.
They are taught to take messages to the
e station or bring one back from it at
gallop. The dogs are also taught to
lefend themselves, but snappiness is taboo.

Here are a few typical instances of ‘the
ood work accomplished by the dogs. A
urglary was committed at Lady Loder’s
iouse at Horsham, Sussex. As soon as
wn broke a couple of police dogs were
jut on the scent. They quickly tracked
lown the thieves to a wood, where two
n were found hiding, with the stolen
foods on them. Not far away a constable
vas shot on the Downs near Worthing.
The miscreant went into hiding for some

lays, but a bloodhound found him.

Dogs are very useful even on ordinary
eats, especially where suspicious things
re happening. A constable declares if he
vere to meet two or three men when his
log was with him it would be easy to
rrest them all, as they would be afraid to

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attack or run away. A drunk who at-
tempted to assault a policeman was knocked
down by his dog, which stood over him
growling. While another constable was
questioning some lads, one who ran away
was stopped by the dog, and the boy con-
fessed to having stolen tools.

Lieut.-Col. Richardson, noted English
trainer of dogs (he has trained for both
this war and the last), tells the story of a
gallant four-footed fighter. A policeman
had a collie called Maisie, which accom-
panied him on a lonely beat. One night a
man was seen in suspicious circumstances,
and, on being called to stop paid no atten-
tion and made off. At a word, off went
Maisie in pursuit. She caught the man’s
flying coat-tails, and his efforts to dislodge
her gave the constable time to come up.
Then followed a terrible struggle between
the two men.

The constable’s assailant was a very
powerful fellow, armed with a heavy club.
While the men were fighting, the dog was
barking furiously for help, darting in now
and again to harass the crook. Eventually
the murderous rufhan was apprehended,
and Maisie’s action had once again proved
the natural co-operation between master
and dog.

One of the most celebrated European
police dogs of recent years was Marion,
stationed at Maffles, near Charleroi, in
Belgium. On almost dozens of occasions
the dog solved mysteries which baffled the
unaided skill of the police. One case con-
cerned the disappearance of a woman and
a sevenmonth-old baby. The vanishing of
this woman, Mme. Malvina Thomas, aged
39, from her home at Braine l’Alleud, could
not be cleared up. For several days the
search was conducted without success.

There was great anxiety about the fate
of the woman, as she had had a nervous

breakdown and said she wanted to die. .

Marion was called in to assist. She was
given some of the woman’s clothes to smell.
The dog at once made for a large pond
called “Etang des Sept Fontaines.” It was
dragged and the woman was found with
the baby still clasped to her breast.

There have been scores of cases where
police dogs have shown themselves willing
to risk their lives for men. A notable in-
stance occurred a year or two back in the
icy waters of the St. Lawrence River,
Canada. King, the police dog was on a
boat in the river, when it heeled over in a
winter squall, and a man slipped and
plunged overboard into the freezing water,

which had a coating of ice on it. The man
could not swim, but King plunged in after
him. He gripped the drowning man’s
clothing with his teeth and came to the sur-
face. The two were hauled on board by
willing hands and it was some time before
the victim recovered consciousness. As for
King, he shook himself and thought no
more about the incident.

But probably the world’s record for life-
saving belongs to a German police dog
which was stationed on the banks of the
Rhine. It saved the lives of 32 men,
women and children. One of these was
actually a case of attempted suicide. It is
part of a police dog’s training to learn how
to save drowning persons, and they are
taught to tow them by the upper part of
the arms. They are so marvellously skil-
ful at this that they do not even mark the
person’s skin with their teeth.

—The Outpost.

PRETTY Young Thing: “I want to divorce
my husband.”

Lawyer: “For cruelty?”

Young Thing: “No, I just don’t like
him.”

Lawyer: “I’m afraid that isn’t sufficient
grounds for a divorce.”

Young Thing: “How annoying! Ill just
have to shoot him then, I suppose.”

Nelson, B. C.
Editor, THE SHOULDER STRAP
Received the latest edition of your splen-
did journal and I want you to know that it
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Sincerely yours, E. W. S.

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