The New York herald., 1877-02-03
THE DEADLY SPITZ.

HIS CAREER AS DOG OF FASHION ENDED
OPINION OF CoRREspoSDENTs--A MoTHEn's
| ApPEAL--GERMAN OPPOSITION TO HIS DOWN.
| FALL.
| Tha 1at OF society has gone forth, and rs dog OF
fashion the barbarian little Spitz is no moro He has
had his day and now passes into history as having
been the main instrument in introducing hydrophoba
into good society," and rendering 1t iashlonaby ro-
mantle give up oncs ghost in hydrophobic hysera.
AS promoter oil scientific investigation be has served
IN important purpose, and will long be remembered by
medical men as having contributed more cndavers to
the dissccting the famous Burke did in the
heyday OF his brilliant career Sad gentleman NOV
ing the first circles In this city 10 member OF the
HERALD staff yesterday II have parted with my Spite
Not being able sell him tried, with great show Of
magnanimity present him TO very particular
friend who honors me rather too often By
dropping to dinner. He was wary, declined the
profer and will probably I've to dino with
more frequently than before Finally, with tho gentle
nrmness OF who must but would rather not,
handed him over policeman with 81 TO pay him
for the trouble. The fellow cost me little fortune;
but then you know, can't live with his nervous
centres in constant peril" The dog iancers also
bear respondent witness to tho sudden unpopu!arity
Of the sptz The animal has almost altogether ceased
to exist as q commercial commodity What suspicious
little graves in back yards and out of tho way places
will be planted with pansics in memory Of little curly
headed Fidos and Lauroas that no more9
young lady who recently owned q black Spitz named
Pun has had HIM buried where he will spring up
in June and violets ''rher odors will be
waited every zephyr" said she with scnt,.
mental sadness, and | shall have clever pun ia
every violet" Meanwhile the police should DO in
structcd TO deal tcndcrly with vagrant Sptzes who
have formerly moved in tho best circles OF society,
and, in view OF their former grandeur, must
rly long TOR dissolution at speedy and certain
DRIFT or PUBLIC OPINION.
II should be understood, however, that although the
career OF tho Spitz animal OF fashion is ended,
his extermlnaton Is serious problem. corrc-
spondent, resident in Sixteenth street, Lexington
avenue, neighborhood mainly peoplcd by Germans
gives cew TO the principal difficulty that will be
countercd in the prosecution OF antSpitz crusade
either OF public sentiment or OF the authorities.
"Neary every German family In our vicinity" writes
the correspondent "has Spiiz dog" He would not
reflect discrcdit upon in any way disparuge tns
valuable and influential class of tho community, but
he thinks they little obstinate and will decline
part with their Spitzes except under compulsory pro-
cess OF law "Cannot some measures be adopted he
asks 'to protect city from such terrible and In
creasing scourge must follow the liberation Of this
| animal as a domestic petY''
Another CORRESPONDENT complains Of a snappsh 1t
tie imp owned by Third avenue shoe dealer, Ger
man. THIS dog has, he says, bitten two persons
within the last two months Two weeks ago, without
provocat,on, he flew at little boy and bit him Sc
vercly the leg III had, says this correspondent,
''the pleasure OF kicking beautiful sptz pup the
ribs on Fourth street. yesterday and I'm only sorry
did not XIII tho whelp l hate the creature, and he
| Is now proved to be public enemy aud newspaper
| talk will never accomplish his cxtcrmi ination, / pro-
pose hereafter on the sly to give piecc OF moderated
mutton to every Spltz lnd at large. Owners
take warning and keep their sptzes indoors or pre-
pare Tor funeral services over them"
An anxious mother oilers somc sensible suggestions
concerns enforcing the statutes relating vagrant
| plurality OF Spz dogs Il have boy years
od,'' says this troubled woman, "and little girl
but ono or the other comes home crying
! with fright from the attack Of OF these
| age and aggressive little brutcs. | have appealed
to their keep them indoors but It 10 Of
use, aud that the HERALD has taken up the matter
in earnest hope something Will be done to protect
people against such annoyance and pest as this
little scourgc has become at least in our neigh
borhood."
DIR. pUNKELKopy on nYpRopnoBIA.
fourth correspondent rcprlmands the HERALD in
terms moro emphatic than grammatical Tor indulging
.n such foolish subjects as hydroph obian .As you
very well KNOW" writes indignant critic, ''ncarly
every OF the so-called hydrophoba nothing else
than dclirium tremcns;" nothing else than derium
tremcns being Icuonic periphrasis that II would
quire ingenuity to translate Our correspondent
Is obviously German doctor
Who leads about his little Spitz.
And gives his patients pills Tor tits.
The man who coniounds hydrophoba with dcrium
tremens entitled TO scientific comlniseration and
should study the Investigations OF Haer, Bruck.
miller, Hammond Budd and other eminent medical
gentlemen before writing communications on tho sub
ject
1t is obvious from the tenor of these lettors and
from the last we'll from the first three that tho
difficulty to be encountered in extermslating this
snappsh and dangerous pes, Is that II will
require considerable ingenuity TO overcome. And yet
the facts are decidedly positive and unanswerable
concerns the peril OF extending the same tolcra,on
the Spi2 to other and useful breeds OF dogs
that compromise can be offered.
A VERY SAD CASE.
To THE EpiroR HERALD:-
Your article in Wednesdays HERALD has caused
such a commoton in our neghborhood that Spitzes
are great danger My wife was thoroughly
frightened. and have had to part with our darling
little Cussy to plcfy her. Cussy, by the way, Is q
tender and cupnoni nious modification OF Crss Invented
by my wife 10 dash OF profanity in the original
Yes Cussy Is dcfunct. Some weeks ago Mrs. Smith,
In sudden gush OF affection, threw her around
my neck and wanted me to buy Sptza perfect little
love Of a ieowi-just as companion for our Bessie,
toddling little nursery seraph, four years old, with
the divncst pair Of buo oycs and fingers just like the
links OF a country sausage. | paid fabulous sum
| Tor Cussy, and now hc hes in his litte
grave IN the back yard; $40 worth OF
! the handsomcst. curesi, most decidedly snap.
/ pish little Poncraniin that dog fanclcr
tempted woman with. That Is why always called
HIM Cuss, which MRS. Smith soitened into Cussy
Wei, Mrs smith saw the article IN the HERALD ana
that ended his career Sell him Mrs. Snanlcs
William" said Mrs smith conhdIpgy, ''the woman's
perfect nuisancc.' But Mrs. Snaiilos did not ike
spiizes, they were getting 10 bc so common. offered
TO present him 10 an mportuEatc CREDITOR but he had
seen the HERALD. Thon sent Cussy to my mother
! ih-aw, with the compliments OF her ancctionato
and the prntos you read; but She too, had
seen the HERALD. How shall ever look her IN the
lace againy 80 had TO take measures, and Cussy cx
prcu peacefully under ull anicsthesa, at baf-past
three O'Clock this afternoon, Swapping ut imaginary
hngers 10 the last To conciliatc Bessie had have
regular funeral over him, put piece Of Grape the
door nave his remains carried to the back yard tho
OaDy cart ana say some sort OF mummcry them