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THE USE OF CANINES
FOR THE KLONDIKE
Their Use as Draft Animals
Soon to Become General.
VALUABLE IE AEOTIO REGIONS.
thousand. of Doga Are Hard at Work In
the Klondike, and In Belgium Draft
Dogs Are More Common Than Horses*
Easily Trained to Harness.
Now that dogs have been found so
useful in hauling miners’ outfits into
the Yukon region a number of people
have suddenly come to the conclusion
that many of our canine friends might
be set to work in localities nearer home.
Certainly the miners along the Klon
dike have reason to appreciate dogs, for
they have come to depend upon them
I A KLONDIKE DOG TEAM.
almost entirely as draft animals. It is
estimated that there are fully 3,000
in and around Dawson City this
whiter, and most of them are kept pret
ty busy. The placer mines are scattered
far many miles up and down the valley
ot the Klondike and along its little
tributaries. When a miner wants to "go
to town” after supplies or for mere so
oiability’s sake, he hitches up his team
of dogs and goes merrily off through the
snow. Several enterprising residents of
Dawson are making good incomes by
doing a general teaming business with
their dogs, and these animals are valued
at from $25 to $75 each.
That the state department at Wash
ington has at least one up to date offi
cial on its roll is shown by the fact that
several months ago it sent out instruc
tions to its consular agents in various
European countries to gather as much
information as possible about the use of
dogs for draft purposes. This request
was promptly complied with, and a
bulky volume has just been issued con
taining the reports of the consuls on
this subject.
The issuing of this book must call to
the attention of the nation the possibili
ties of the dog as a useful member of
society. The consequence will probably
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BELGIAN DRAFT DOG HARNESSED TO A MILK
CART.
age. A well trained dog ’2 years old
and two feet in height will sell for
from $lB to S2O. The same beast at the
age of 6 or 7 years will not sell for more
than $8 or $lO.
In order to protect the dog from cruel
masters certain legal regulations have
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be th£t the American dog win be put to
work. He must give up his leisurely ex
istence and get down to business. From
being an idle and often mischievous
companion he must earn his daily bones.
His long naps in the sun will become
things of the past. In the words of the
late Mr. Homer, “Dogs, ye have had
your day.”
Outside of the arctic countries Bel
gium is about the only country where
dogs are used as draft animals to any
great extent. Take from the Belgian
peasants their dogs, and they would
suffer as much as would the American
farmers if they should suddenly lose all
their horses. In Brussels and its suburbs
alone more than 10,000 dogs are used as
beasts of burden. The bakers, the butch
ers, the grocers, the laundrymen and
dozens of small tradesmen use them for
all sorts of light delivery. The dogs trot
about the streets drawing gayly painted
little carts and actually seem to enjoy
the work. But the peasant gardeners are
most dependent on the dogs. They could
not afford to keep horses, even if they
could buy them, and the dogs answer all
their purposes. Before daybreak every
morning the streets for miles' around
Brussels are alive with dog teams. The
carts are laden with all sorts of garden
produce, and the market girls, walking
beside their teams, have to strike a brisk
pace to keep up with the carts.
The Belgian draft dogs are of no par
ticular breed, but have been evolved
from crossing mastiff, Danish hound,
setter, collie, St. Bernard, Newfound
land and no one knows how many other
varieties. They are mongrels, nothing
more, but just as useful as if their pedi
grees Were not hopelessly entangled.
They have a fixed commercial value,
which-varies or.lv with their size and
been made concerning his use. The
weight of the load is limited, the use
of whips is forbidden, the form of the
muzzle is prescribed and harnessed dogs
must not be left standing in the sun.
Many people have sentimental objec
tions to the working of dogs. In Eng
land there is a law which forbids the
harnessing of the animals. Even in
Belgium a society is trying to have a
similar law created. Probably the
American Society For the Protection of
Cruelty to Animals will try to interfere
as soon as the practice becomes common
here, if it ever does.
I for one have no sympathy with such
sentiments. All big, strong dogs delight
in exercise, and most of them get much
less than they want and need. They
have no false ideas about labor. It is
not degrading to their minds. Oh, yes,
they have minds. They regard an intel
ligent direction of their muscular
strength not as a punishment or a hu
miliation, but rather as a friendly in
terest in them. I have seen many dogs
in harness and never one that did not
act as if he were , proud and pleased to
be of service to his master. The average
dog is not lazy. Those that appear to
be so are either overfed or misunder
stood.
Do you know why most dog owners
think their animals are the most intel
ligent of the species? It is merely be
cause they understand only their own
dogs. Other dogs they regard with sus
picion. A neighbor of mine is an excep
tion. He owns a highly intelligent dog,
but does not understand him. Yet Fido
is an excellent watchdog and has a most
amiable disposition. His reputation,
however, is bad. He is regarded as vi
cious, probably because his natural ap
pearance is ferocious. Yet toward chil
dren and those whom he recognizes as
friends he is most affectionate and gen
tle. Since he discovered that I knew
how to play with dogs and would occa
sionally indulge in a frolic with him
he has been my firm friend and will beg
for a wrestle or a race as plainly as if
he could talk with his tongue instead of
only his eyes and tail.
I am as certain as possible that Fido
would not object to drawing a cart. He
would take a positive delight in using
his big muscles that way. He would
not think it a hardship if he were worked
HOW THE MAIL IS CARRIED ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF MACKINAC?.
until he became tired, tie wm run tor
miles at a full gallop just for the pure
joy of exercise. Yet, with all his intel
ligence and strength, he is of unknown,
mongrel breed, which shows that to be
valuable dogs need not be of unmixed
blood.
Os the millions of dogs in the United
States a large proportion might be put
to work with benefit to themselves and
with profit to their owners. We wailed
for years over the wasted power of Ni
agara, yet here we are just realizing the
tremendous traction power that we have
allowed to run to waste literally at our
heels.
There are isolated cases where dogs
are put to some use in this country, but
in only one locality that I know are
they commonly made to serve as draft
animals. That is in the northern penin
sula of Michigan. In the towns and vil-
THE SOME TBIBUNE SUNDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1897.
sages of that section netiriy every boy
has his dog team, and about this time
of year the streets present a lively ap
pearance. The boys harness them to
sleds and drive through the streets and
when there is a crust on the snow ovei
the fields at large.
For years the mail between Mackinac
island and the mainland has been car
ried in the winter time on dog sleds.
Nearly 20 years ago dog teams were
used in this service to my personal
knowledge, and I notice in a recent arti
cle that dog teams still carry the mail
across the straits. When I lived on the
straits, the carrier was old Indian Joe,
and it was a sight that used to thrill us
village boys to see him come up the
, main street from the lake, seated on his
20 foot sledge and cracking his long
whip lash about the ears of his half doz
en spitz dogs, harnessed tandem and
loping at a good ten mile gait.
I have forgotten Indian Joe’s best
record, but I know that the remarkably
short time in which he used to cross
the 15 miles of ice between the shore
and the island was one of the local mar
vels, only excelled by the still more re
markable trips which he used to make
in his open, double ended sailboat in
the spring and fall, when the strait
was full of floating ice and a northwest
gale was howling in from Lake Huron.
Probably Indian Jim was one of the
pioneer dog teamsters, for the industry
seems to have been kept up. Now there
is talk of supplying the Alaskan miners
with trained dogs from northern Mich
igan.
The Eskimos, of course, utilize dogs
more than the people of any other
race, but it is a mistake to think that
their animals are the best for draft
purposes. In fact, the Eskimo dogs
are principally valuable for their hard
' iness. As a rule they are not well train
ed and are naturally vicious. The aver
age mongrel dog running about the
streets can be trained to do better work
anywhere this side of the arctic circle.
How are dogs trained to the harness?
Why, by a far easier process than is re
quired to break a colt. Dogs have much
more intelligence than horses and will
readily understand what is expected of
them after a few lessons. Yes, the idea
of the state department is a good one.
It is time that canine strength and in
telligence were utilized. Put the dogs
work. Sewell Ford.
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