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BLOODHOUND AS“SHOW DOG” SUPPLANTED BY POLICE DOGcMil recent years the lop-eared bloodhound, whose mournful haying could he heard echoing and re-echo-fng long before that any »hlng-but-handsome animal hove Into view, wasassociated with the tracking andcapture of criminals. But nowadays it is the pedigreed Belgian police dog which is recognized as the four-footed guardian of law and order.In many American and Continental cities, well-trained dogs of the tenacious and courageous T*lice dog bfeed are important members of the police departments. And it is a hardy burglar or highwayman who will brave the vicious fangs and fearless onslaught of a “graduate” dog of the police department training stations.“Dynamite,” Uni versa I‘s wonder police dog screen star, who plays the leading role In “Fangs of Destln«y,” which comes to the American Theatre Saturday September 1st was originally talced for police work by Louis Vokall, the well known trainer of four-footed film actors, Vokall was at one time a member of the California constabulary and “Dynamite” was his inseparable companion while on his tours of duty, 'participating in s dozen or more arrests of criminals.When the trainer gave up his vocation m an officer of the law he enter'd motion picture work and the pedigreed and cunning dog accompanied him, For the last two years, Vokall and “Dynamite” have performed before the camera, the Intelligent animal having been starred In a series of pictures especially written for him
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Afton Star Valley Independent

Afton, Wyoming, US

Fri, Nov 30, 1928

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