One-Fowl for Which He Has Special Affinity, and the Two Work in Unison.
    Owensboro, Ky.-Dogs have been trained to do marvelous things in various ways, but the most remarkable trick ever done by a dog is on its own initiative, without any sort of training. And he is a Daviess county dog, the property of Sam Raley of Gatewood.
    The dog crows like a rooster. It is not a case of his accidentally having made a noise that sounded something like the crow of a cock. He has done it hundreds of times, and does it deliberately. Before giving vent to a “crow” the dog stretches himself on his back. And the dog knows what he is doing, too, because when the roosters crow at midnight or at the break of day, the dog gets in the contest, taking his turn with the others.
    Mr. Raley has one rooster for which the dog appears to have a special affinity. When that rooster crows the dog is sure to follow suit. When, in the nature of things, the rooster is expected to crow, but for some unknown reason fails to do so, the dog starts the game by crowing loud and long, and the rooster answers.
    The crowing dog is an ordinary fox hound, but he is worthless for all purposes for which he was bred. In fact, Mr. Raley has never found anything except crowing for which he is well adapted.
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