TALKING DOGS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14353, 27 January 1911, Page 5

TALKING DOGS.

"Hie German public lina lately boon regaled with talcs of tlio increased ao> eomplisJuncute of Don, a talking dog. l' or • tivo years Don, who is tile property of Herr Ebors, a gamekeeper of tho ltayal hunting preserves of Kolbitz-Letzlingor, near Hamburg, has been noted for his powers of speech, Ho began to loam at the ago of six montli«, ond now lio* u useful, if limited vocabulary. Details of the dog's career aJid acoomplißlimento ure provided bv such reputable newspaper# us tho Berlin Tnogliclio JlundsoliaU ond tho Hamburg Fremdenblatt. When tho puppy Don waa standing by his master's side at dinner time one day Herr Ebors said, "You want somo. tln'iiK do you ?" To overvouo'w onuizelnent, Don replied, in a deep but clear tone, "Ha uen, lin ben 1" ("Want, wuntl") The gamekeeper nt once started to develop tlie dog's talent. In reply to "What is your name P" be Jc&rnt to say "Don," and HI "Wliat'e the ter?'' In' "Hungor." HetMßAe to sav "Kuclicn" (onkosj xrit.li particular distinctness. AVhen enJce® in view bo repent*. "Kuchon, hafam, liabenl" any number of times, AJltl ff his pi on is unanswered ho adds •'Hunger I" with along-drawn emptada on tlio last, ts-yilablo. Those who liear tlio dog talk for the first time are often lmlf-friglitojiooi eo uncanny is tjie expression. One day Don wondered into the kitahon of fl. worlrinp woman wl)o was dicing sausages. He oxclairaed, "Don — hunger—wnntl" The housewife, after a mortKMit's utupefaction, dadhed 1 from tho room in a fright, leaving ill* sausages for Don. AN TINGLTSH lUVAT,. An English rival to Don, who enn say "God Ravo the King!" in to be found at Plnmstend. He is an Airedale terrier, nailed Bullor, lie-longing to Mr. Molden, of Enni«-roa«, Plumvtciid. 110 is four venrs old, and Jias studied tlio English language for fifteen months past. A representative of the "Daily Mail," who railed to interview the doc, found that lie apoko much more olearly than n trained parrot. Bent on making tlie visitor at homo, the dog flwt produced n pnir of slipjiera. Then, witM a. q-iiok upwn.rd jerk of bis right paw, li" "saluted," and f,aid distinctly, "Go<f wvo our gracious King!" His pronunciation Was not perfoot, hut there was no mistaking what lie said. The first, word on the rwiine line became a broad mononvllnbV. "Gracious" was formed by a curious down-twiit of the mouth «n/V "King 11 wn» mernlv " 'inff. 11