Sunday, January 26, 2020

This Guilford County Bird Dog Actually "Points" Liquor, Jan. 22, 1920

From The Watauga Democrat, devoted to the interests of Boone and Watauga County, Thursday, January 22, 1920

Most Valuable Dog in the Whole World

How would you like to have a dog which could “point” liquor? Says the Greensboro Daily News.
There is such a canine in Guilford county, according to persons whose veracity is not to be questioned, but he is not for sale, it appears.

The story is really an interesting one. Recently Patrolman T.C. Bray went out into rural Guilford for a bird hunt. With him was a friend and the friend’s bird dog, which, as a matter of fact, had formerly been the property of the officer. They went to a section about 10 miles from Greensboro where birds were not so plentiful as they had anticipated.

While hunting on the place of a certain Guilford farmer they suddenly noticed that the dog was evidently pointing a covey of birds. He went through the accepted formula of pointing and the hunters wondered why no birds arose from the tall grass. Finally, Patrolman Bray decided that it must be a rabbit instead of birds to which the canine pointed, so he advanced toward the spot, peered into the grass and found, not a bird, not a rabbit, but a two-gallon jug, which then was duly inspected and found to be filled with two gallons of perfectly good corn whiskey.

The farmer was present, but of course he knew nothing of the whiskey having been hidden there. The owner of the dog might have claimed the booze, but he did not, it is stated. The officer might have seized it, but he did not, according to the report. The three might have had a nice little argument as to division of the spoils, but they did not, according to the available information.

At any rate, the jug and the whiskey no longer occupy that secluded spot. Perhaps the booze wasn’t properly appreciated and perhaps it was. Certainly the dog considers himself unappreciated.
Whether he can duplicate such finds in other sections of the country may be a debatable question, but in this day of aridity the dog in question may become one of the most popular members of society in Guilford county.

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