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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