Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — The Speed of Dogs. [ARTICLE]

The Speed of Dogs.

Few people realize of what remarkable speed dogs are capable. Some statistics in regard to this have been gathered by M. Dusolier, a French scientist. After pointing out the marvelous endurance shown by little fox terriers, who follow thej* masters patiently for hours, while the latter are riding on bicycles or in carriages, he says that even greater endurance is shown by certain wild animals that are akin to dogs. Thus, the wolf can run between 50 or GO miles in one night, and an Arctic fox can do quite as well, ‘if not better. Eskimo and Siberian dogs can travel 4 5 miles on the ice in five hours, and there is a case on record in which a team of Eskimo dogs traveled six and one-half miles in 28 minutes. According to M. Dnsolier, the speed of the shepherd dogs, and those used on hunting ranges, is from 10 to 15 yards a second. English setters and pointers hunt at the rate of 18 to 19 miles an hour, and they can maintain this speed for at least two hours. Foxhounds are extraordinarily swift, as is proved by the fact that a dog ot this breed once beat a thoroughbred horse, covering fournniles in six and one-half minutes, which was at the rate of nearly 18 yards a second. Greyhounds are the swiftest of all four-footed creatures, and their speed may be regarded as equal to that of carrier pigeons. Englisn greyhounds which are used for coursing, are able to cover at full gallop, a space between 13 and 23 yards every second. —Our Dumb Animals.