The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-17
CAS- AND DOGS.
Dangerous Pets-shen We BE Protected
Against the PropagatOrs of Hydro
phobia !-Recent Fatal Cases.

DANGEROUS retS-9n&A
Against the Propagators of Hydro
phobia !-Recent Fatal Cases.
This is not by any means an attractive heading
for city article in the HERALD, the phrase ''cats
and dogsn having co me to denote, by common ac-
ceptaton and vulgar interpre tation, the existence
OF condition OF affairs which Is destructive Of do
nestle comfort and completely opposed TO the en-
joyment OF pleasures Dy exercise out OF doors. ~
am sure we have lived q cat-and-dog life OF t,n
wrote Colerldge. "Taey fight like cats and dogsn
is frequently said by uncharitable persons OF dear
man and wife who are coupled together in what
appears to some OF their neIghbors to be eX-
cellently well regulated household. at rains, or
did rain, cats and dogs, are words which very
frequently heard from the lips OF ladies' gentlemen
and loa!ers: OF ladies and gentlemen who
&c out to theatres and picntcs and have to return
therefiom IN a drenchIng rain storm. just because
they went without consulting the representations
OF "Old Probabilities" and OF loaters wns are ever
opposed to a health-givng sprinkle, whether
the moisture comes naturally from the clouds or
invounrarily by the hands OF the Warden's assist
ants on Blackwells Island. "Let dogs delight to
bark and fight" said the venerable DR.. Watts,
poetic rendering which, with Its sequel from the
same pen goes far TO prove that The reverend
philantnropist did not entertain the same exalted
notion OF the pacific disposition OF the canine
species generally does the kndhearted Mr.. Bergh
to-day DE. Watts being OF a poetic urn OF mind
enjoyed, 1t may be- an anticipating Inspiration of
the feeling whlch moved oliver Goldsmith IN alter
years TO caution his readers against occasional
acts OF treachery on the part OF the dog in the
words
This dog and man at first were friends;
But, 50 the story ran the dog
To- gain in some n ia private n, ate ends ends
Sir Waiter Scott, IN his portrait Of the consnm-
mate viiian-wh III he presents III his novel OF
rkeni " OrLn Castle'-WhO betrayed poor Amy
RoDsart to her ueatn, ays:-"He mas the stealtny
pace OF the cat the lerocity oil the tiger aud the
iawning dupcity OF the spaniel dog.n Lord Byron
asserted that the Dog Is denied in heaven the
soul he held on earth terrible idea for the dog,
more particularly II the curse has been brought
about by the commission oil acts oi infdeity or
treachery on the part Of the deunct DUMB
From all this it win De seen tnat cats and dogs
constitute an important feature IN the animal cre-
ation and also that That they may very frequently
become diseased and ugly" and require to be
closely watched. Let us Just reject q moment.
Last New Years morning an esumabie man,
citizen OF Brooklyn, was bitten slightly on the
had been confined accidentally in wardrobe
over night When the man stretched out his hand
to UNLOCK his coat in order to dress Tor church,
the angry feline nipped him slightly on the finger.
lie paid no attention to 1t. Within iorty-eight
the mouth and initiating the purr OF an angry cat.
Medical SKIN ola MOI AVIAN him in the slightest DE.
York, pet cat which had been iondled to the
very utmost and carefully tended and sup
Piled regularly with food and drink, became
Suddenly furious 1t attacked the members
OF the family. 1t lacerated the hand Of
one lady with its teeth; tore severe marks on The
leg OF q gentleman. VINO started from bed on near.
ing the alarm, with It's claws knocked down Q
child and tore the esn OF It's leg deeply with IT.
claws, and was finally, and with diffjcuty, killed
when making an attempt to bite a second adult
lady. The wounds were cauterized instantly,
deeply and at all points PoIltces were applied
and suppuration induced. No serious results
have followed, but the injured persons each and
all bear the marks OF the cats Claws to-day. The
feariuy melancholy death OF Ada Clare from the
dreadful results Of the bite Of pet dog, are
fresh in the minds OF our readers, and do
not require recapttulation. Two members OF an
uptown family have just been attacked by a
strange cat which they found crawling near the
stars OF tlelr dwelling and attempted TO elect,
there is little doubt but that jurles from the
bites OF dogs and the claws Of cats are becoming
OF frequent occ urrence.
THE QUESTION
OF "cats and dogs" thus becomes OF vast interest
TO society. 1t is one well worthy The attention OF
the municipal aud police authorities. Tue warm
weather will soon be upon US. Prevention IL bet
ter than cure. should cats dogs pe Kept In
tenement noosess should these animals be per-
United 70 roam IN nails and on stalrways in every
possible state OF temper and mood. subject to
sudden irritation by the entrance and passage OF
strangers, ana apt to resent injuries uninten-
tionaI perhaps wnicn they may receive at the
hands or feet OF the passers People must look
out FOR the summer, ana IN this matter particu-
larry II may be alleged that .stItch in timev will
save nine" at the hands Of the surgeons Il is to
be hoped that Mr.. Bergn will hunt up llst OF the
cases IN which human beings have been attacked,
just recently, by cats and dogs, and that
he Will not continue 10 ihfow ali the
CLEAN OF his benedcent coun tenance on the
side OF the brute creation. Seriously, we would
say that the important feature OF our daily do.
nestle economy, the Keeping OF cats aud dogs In
tenement houses, Is well worthy Of the attention
OF the Mayor and Chief OF Police. There are tene-
ment houses In New York--one in the Nineteenth
ward--where cats are kept chained in rooms, and
put out, IN chains, TOT airing on the stairway and
IN the yard daily. suppose the feline should break
of IN anger and bite and claw fellow tenant
VINO would be liable for damages Where Would
the iel0ny-NeY