Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-09-28

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know. But know most tabout dog.doctoring
That is my profession"
"We will come to that presently. Now, tell
me what is the rarest dog in the city :"
II should say that there are fewer blood.
hounds and full blooded bull dogs in the city
than any others. There is law, passed long
ago, when they used to hunt colored people
which forbids any one in this State to have a
bloodhound in their possession, and so there i
none of them, while full blooded bull dogs are
very rare. There was man in Centre street
had one, he said was full, but it wasn't more
than half bull" .
$50 there are few, if any, bloodhounds in
the State now tell me about other hounds. y
"Deer hounds come first. They are thin
long, rough-haired dogs. Here are a brace Of
dogs that have just come to the city. They
used to belong to Gen. Custer, and Mrs. Gus
ter has sent them on to Colonel Frank Howe
am taking care of them for him. The breed
comes from Scotland, and will hunt on scent
and on sight. The smooth.haired greyhound
will only hunt as long as he sees his game
These deerhounds of Colonel Howe are fine
dogs. Such animals, when full grown, are
worth 800 to 5000 apiece. I have got $3.50
from Mr.. Brewster, the carriage.maker. These
dogs are only puppies, about four months old
but they are of good strain. Gen. Custer
always had the best" fE :
I looked at the two clumsy puppies awhile
Solemn, uniformed, awkward brutes, with
snake-like heads, and big jointed clumsy
limbs. I thought of him to whom they once
owed allegiance, and how he had fallen, and
then the smallest dog drew up near me, and
laid bis head on my knee My hand rested
on the grizzled head, and for awhile nothing
was said. The room was blurred with mist
that did not rise from the earth, and the
thoughts of all were far away on the Western
border land, where hero lies entombed on
the battlefield, where glory gave him death
After pause, went on talking to the old
man, who was to be their guardian.
."What other hounds are there in the mar.
ket?"
"Fox hounds, they are worth $25 to 500
each; barriers, 500 to $50; greyhounds, SIG
to $685. They go to the West mostly; and
then there is the German beagle, low set,
shambling, square shouldered dog that used
to be a great favorite for rabbit hunting.
They are rare now though, but are worth
about $15. Then there is the Italian grey
hound. They were about the first pet dogs
ladies had in this country. Twenty years
ago they were in great demand, and I have
known $10O given for one. Of late years,
however, they have gone out of style"
"What are the favorites now?"
"Pugs and black and tans But we will
come to them presently. Let US 60 on with
sporting dogs" '''.
"What about settlers? .'S'-
"The Gordon setter is most in demand at
present. The breed comes from the kennels
of the Duke of Gordon, in Scotland, and
should be black and tan without any white.
They are worth from 800 to $500 each. I've
sold one myself for $500 to Senior Domingo
Figarola, great dog fancier in Cuba, who
has had u great many bull terriers and sport
ing dogs from me. Next to the Gordon setter
comes the Laverock strain. They are liver
and white and worth about as much as the
Gordon. The red Irish settlers rank next
and will bring from $50 up. Mr.. Rodman,
of New Jersey, has fine kennel of this strain.
Then comes the English, orange and white,
and there are more of them and the price is
less" ..... . U.s. a.s
(which of these breeds is the best ?" ,..
"There is no best to it. It is in the dog
and the way he can work, but certain colors
are fashionable in dogs just as in horses. All
of them will set and retrieve. They have q
natural propensity that way but, of course,
= box, ho no fo ho. troin inod "
"Where do you train them ?" g.a Il
II train them here myself to fetch and car.
ry and to obey the word of command. When
I send them to look for ball I say Dead
Bird and make them lie down to Down
charge Then when they have learned to be
obedient send them to friend in Rockland
county and he finishes them in game birdsR
"What does it cost to have dog trained 7"
"It's worth $40 to get one thoroughly
broke" .-..&' .',...
"Now what about spaniels ?" '..' ~.'
"There is the Clumber or land spaniel. A
low set dog with long body and short legs.
Color is seal brown or liver and white.
Smooth faced with topknot between the
ears. They are worth $25 to 500. Then
comes the brown water spaniel. There are
two kinds one with straight hair and the
other curly. The first is an English dog and
the latter comes from the north of Ireland.
They are very wise dogs, and althoug gh none
of them will set, yet they are worth from $15
up. The cocker comes next, that is cross
between the setter and spaniel, and is hard
working, low set dog, that will get through
brushwood where setter would not 60 and
where pointer could not venture. Cookers
will sell as high as $50, but they are not fan
cy dogs =,
"By the way, what about pointers ?"
"They are not favorites in this country, for
the forests are too thick for them and the
brush tears their skins, which are not coated
as heavily as the settlers or cookers. But l
forgot to mention the King Charles spaniels.
They are rare and are of light weight, are
worth up to 5000. Mr. George Clay of No.
6 Avenue B, has fine kennel of them, and
Phil. Farley, the detective, has great liking
for this kind of dog" .- =,
"How many sorts Of pointers are there?"
"There is the doubled-nosed or Spanish
pointer, which is said to be the original stock.
He has natural slit down the centre of his
nose, so that you can sometimes see his teeth
through it. They are worth up to $500.
Then thereis the English pointer, whose nose
is like that Of any other dog. There are not
a great many pointers, anyhow" .. ,..
"What comes next" ..-.....,..-.... .-,
"That about winds up the game dogs. There
are lot Of odd dogs, so to speak-Pomeran..
ian wolf dogs and Siberian bloodhounds, and
that kind. There are lot of the latter at
Lion Brewery, as I have heard said. They
all come from the great Dane dog. You
have heard of Butler, that used to live in
Brooklyn, and died some time ago. He and
exhibited one of the great Dane dogs all
through England and before the Queen"