The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-28

PHILADELPHIA, Sep. %, 1876.
"Thc little dogs, Tray. Blanche and Sweet
They bark at me" shakespeare.
"A horse horse-my kingdom fo- horse"
Shakespeare.
love to begin an article with classi-
cal quotation; it gives the whole thing
sort of attic flavor, without which Il
would be fiat, stale and improbable.
The morning was cold, drilling tad un-
pleasant aa turned :my steps toward the
Dog Show. Several pockets had been
picked on the premises the day before,
SC the sate-kceper eyed me suspiciously,
and even the examination of my repoto-
rial mug on my Centennial pass did not
fully reassure him that everything was
correct. Notebook in hand, and faded
blue cotton umbrella under my arm, /
ynded throughsthe mud and slush till +
reached tie canine paradise. Long be-
fore arrived at the pens where the un-
fortunate animals were Kept, my ears
were saluted with horrible chorus of
howls, barks, whincs, growls, yells, snarls,
and cries, unlike anything-except some
other dog show--ever heard since time
begun. The wretched attempt at walks
around the grounds were made of bark,
tan-bark, to be sure, but, nevertheless,
bark, which was no doubt deemed appro-
pirate by the intelligent committee; and
rs you went stopping about in it, anclc
deep, it seemed to join in the general
chorrs with marked and striking effect.
An effort had been made by the Centen-
NAL Commission to provide straw for the
poor animals. but owing othe careless
ness of some Of the attendants, only
about two straws had been divided among
three dogs. Now, \ very simple rule of
arithmetic will show us, two from three
and one remains-that is, one dog with
out straw, and consequently very un-
comfortable dog. Though the family of
dogs we're not fully represented, still
there was enough to give us an idea of
Its .respectability and extent. In one
pen you behold silky coated canine,
who was evidently a gentleman among
his fellows; he came here with pedi-
gree much longer than that of many an
aristocra.ic family, and he seemed to feel
as deeply as possible the base humilia-
uon OF his position, in being exposed in
such vlllainous place and in such VIII
famous company; and, like Rachel
mourning for her children, he refused
20 be comiortcd, even by the fragments
o. mutton chop which some sympathiz-
ing visitor had sacrificed from his morn.
ing lunch. I began to regret that had
never made dogs study. I knew the
u'ilerence at glance between u French
poodle and tan terrier, and had an in
definite idea that there we're also radical
a'aerences between an English bulldog
a'd Newfoundland. had seen grey
mounds frequently. only they were black,
qua l knew skye terrier from fox
mound, but when it came to the points
between hounds, barriers, bcagles and
aAcashunds, | was all ahoat till at last I
SUCK so deep in the mud that never
eApected to get out. Passing along, /
'"pped in front of a pen against which
%aaed an ancient sportsman from Vir-
g'nla. He was one of the race-now
Hear'y extinct-who would get out of bed
AZ three O'clock of miserable morning,
sue all day af,er. some poor devil of a
'v .oS and consider himself amply rewarded
= ae only got the tail for his pains. l
:O.Aea with reverence upon this antigua
Vo nimrod, because he was deep in the
mystery of dogs. His father had gon.
" the dogs before him, or, rather, he had
gone withsthe dogs he followed the
a0unds till he was eigh.y-four, and, dy-
1g' he left his kennel to his son, who
was va worthy Of tho father that begat him
ms Lindley Murray might be- slightly nj
!. .aalt and his spelling resemble that O
~e reformed Orthographical Conven