The daily gazette., 1877-07-06
DOG CATCHING IN NEW YORK.
CATCHING srnAY ciNInns AT TEN CENTS
ra PER HEAD.


CATCHING srRAY cANINns Al TEN CENTS
r PER HEAD.
From the New York Sun, Tuesday.
Five wagon loads of dogs arrived at
the pound yesterday, but Pound Master
McMahon would not admit them, as the
building was not ready. The catchers
say that they have much trou BILE catch
ing the dogs, in some cases having to
fight both dog and master. Mr.. Dooley,
who has the Carmlnsville district, was
bitten three times. and is suffering much
pain from the wounds.
All through The day numbers OF per
sons, many of them of the gentler sex,
endeavored to recognize their dogs in
the vans that from time to time arrived
at he dog pound They were informed
that they could have their dogs By pay
ing expenses three dollars-and taking
out license. -.... .
Mrs. Gen. Palmer, of the Rockingham
Hotel, was in great distress about a
small Scotch terrier that was taken from
her in the morning.
Mr.. Mcmahon expects to receive 200
dogs tomorrow. He will pay the catch
er thirty cents head, and then he will
retain the dogs forty-eight hours. The
pound has 175 kennels, with running
stream in front of each row. At the back
of the building is a large cage, which
swings from derrick. 1t has capacity
of thirty dogs. 1t can be lowered by two
men. The dogs, after drowning, are to
be handed over to the Health Depart
ment, and sent to Barren Island.
A great number of dos owners went to
the City Hall yesterday to get licenses:
398 wore taken out during the day.
The ca.chers for the Fourth Dog Dis
trict, embracing the Tenth and part of
the Seventeenth Ward, ~ Mr.. Brunjes.
He employs three assistants, and has O
wagon, constructed especially for the
purpose, that will hold, comfortably,
seventy-five dogs. He seeks his game at
night only, from midnight until daylight;
for, he says, the pursuit and capture of
the stray curs in the daytime would at
tract too large crow ds.
Mr.. Brunjes wac found yesterday in
his home in Allen slieot, esting fro 4
his mornings labcrs, with has evaL off,
aud his shining, new badge conspicu-
ously displayed. The badge is a round
disk Of German silver, in the centre of
which is raised head, supposed to be
that of bulldog, bat which bears a
strong resemblance to that of the tiger
worn by the members of the defunct
American Club. MIR. Brunjes had just
rot his fifty-three dogs, the result of the
previous nights catch, safely housed in
an adjoining shed, where he had pro-
videl food and drink for them.
DO you never get bitten while catch
ing them?" the reporter inquired.
"Ob, yes" was the answer. 81 got bit
on the thumb this morning by that Spitz
there in the corner, but l ain afraid Of
it." There, sure enough, was a deep
cash extending across the base of his
thumb. 1t and the skin about it were
black from cauterizing. "No," said Mr..
Brupjes, Il don't think anyone ever
gets hydrophobia unless he is afraid"
There are many cellars and sheds on
the east side of the city filled with dogs
awaiting the completion Of the pound.
For thirty days past the dogs have been
collected, and slowed away, by men and
boys, who have been waiting tor the ap-
pointment of the dog catchers. Dogs
have been, and are daily, brought into
the city from Brooklyn and New Jersey