The New York herald., 1878-03-29
THE CANINE RACE.
RENEWAL OF THE ANNUAL PERMITS UNDER
THE MORRIS DOG oRpINANcE-THE BAyoSSE

| RENEWAL OF THE ANNUAL PERMITS UNDER
| THE MORRIS DOG oRDINANcE-THE BAyoNSE
| (S. J.) WAR OF ExrERMINATIoN.
During the latter portion OF week the Mayors
Permit Bureau will begin renew the dog permits
granted last summer undor the Morris ordinance for
the present year, The permits expire May L; but.
H. 900 will have to DO renewed, Colonel Hart the chief
OF the bureau, thinks II advisable 10 begin the
ncwals as early as April 8. IL should be remarked
that, while the permit Tor dog last year So,
the renewal for the year beginning May will only
cost 81 (aud Ave cents for tho tag) Tho tags
have been changed. and tho design, which is
quite artistic, adopted under tho special super
vision Of Mayor Ely 1t is a small, neat pieco OF
nickel, with It's number In the middle; side
the words "Dog License" aud the other, "New
York, 1873" The first hfty Of these tags
received yesterday and by tho 9th OF month all
the remainder are to be ready. To AVOID the tre-
mendous rush OF last summer when 200 and 800 people
stood IN u line certain days order to procure
their permits, 1t Is hoped by tho officials that app
cants Tor the renewal OF their permits will present
themselves after next Friday.
As already stated, not less than H. 600 permits were
issued last summer, Tor which s2l, 900 were paid
by tho lovers OF dogs Tho enforcement OF the or
dinance in rewards uhrty cents fer dog caught
pound and other expe nscs OO0 the city
netted last year $2lV00 from The dog crusade. The
ordinance imposes pepaty OF 50 upon the owner of
every dog running ut large but In this respect well
In every other, the ordinance Is n dead letter now
| and will remain until juno l, wncn active opera
tlons will probably bo resumed by the oficial dog
! catchers Last summer great many ouiragcs were
pcrpotrated undor this ordinance Tho dog catchers
who remarked, received thirty cents every dog.
were willing to pay ten twenty cents TO any boy
who wouli bring one along, and these Doys-mossiy
n,.iS ruiiians-would snatch their prey from the
| house yards and evon rooms Colonel Hardy, the
Mayors Chie Clerk, promises that these abuses ehal
DC remediod In the coming summer The dog catchers,
and they alone shall bc suffered TO exercise their lofty
! privileges; aud while they may miro assistants, tho
latter must perform their functions under the dog
calchers immediate presence aud supcrintendcnce.
In an enumeration Of all the dogs licensed year
II was iound that thero were nearly seventy different
breeds, among them beng such rare tho "Be-
hi," the "naf." tho "Lollop," tho "Cossette," tho
| 'Lavarrack" and Others.
| The Permit Bureau request that applicants will
bring with them either the permit which they desire
to have renewed or the tag. Last year two threo
wealthy ladies Tor whose darling pets nickel tag
was not good enough had silver ones made TO order
at the nuacturers, and they nre at liberty to do
the same this year. Besides tho 81 for tho permit
|. nve cents Is TO be PAID Ior the tag.
MR. BERGH ON ORDINANCE.
Mr.. Bcrgh, a conversation with writer yester.
day, gave his views tho Morris ordinance with
characteristic freedom Ho spoke Of II as "a stupid
thing" to begin with, and said the habit OF aiiowin
boys TO steal dogs for reward was good education
for tho saliows "You scarcely ever see criminal" t"
remarked he, "spring up INTO iCll nedged murderer
at once: he has 10 get there by slow stuecs. In ref
ecnce to the outrages practscd last by the dog
catchers hr. Bergh stated that "he had sent halt
dozen o these fellows to the Penicntiary" last SUM-
mcr, and that the society would keep sharp eve
pity In his opinion that tho Society not intrused
with It's enforcement, for would have remedied tho
dog nuisance Rratuitousiy, but ''as there was some
money in II" the politicians, of course, would not
gvo II out oil their own hands. Tho drowning process
| as means OF extermnation Mr.. Bcrgh approved.
| He believed that people should pay for having
dogs, but In The cases OF poor persons, whom tho
Ing the affections" AS to obia ho done need
| IL again AS n foolish scare ana IN nowsc worthy OF
nervous discase which, when the socrctions OF
tue body underwent sudden changes would produce
something like hydrophobia even from the bito OF a
man.
THE WAR IN BAYoNNE, N. IA REACTION OF
FEELING AMONG THE PEOPLE.
There lull In the excitement over the saugh-
ter OF dogs in Bayonne, N j., yesterday. In several
instances dogs banished by their owners and
they fed toward Grccnvilie. The residents OF the
South Bergen district Of Jersey City complained OF
incursions Of strange dogs coming from southern
direction. One wholesome effect OF tho tn,
canine tribe In Bergen Point Centroviilc, Bayonne
Pamrapo and Staten island is shat largo dogs arr
being confined, and will not hereafter be allowed I,
roam at large. Ono could not walk through Bayonn'
yesterday and converse with people any OF tn,
principal streets without being convinced that
strong reaction In favor OF tho dogs has set iu A
good deal OF illfeeling prevails against tho young
men who constituted themselves leaders In the on
siaught upon tho dogs, and II broadly hnted tha
some Of them would md themselves before many day,
In tho moshes OF tho law. Ono young named
Healey, who led the attack Brandons house anc
shot n favori,o dog utter intimidating Mrs. Brandon
Is marked out for rcribulion. III will sell hall m,
properly" said Brandon ito punish that follow >
-Four members Of the gang that assisted IIcaIey have
disappeared from the city. Some talk Of crimina
proceedings, whiio others liko Thomas Guy, who
INSERTS tnat his valuable dog was Killed without
necessity, content thcm selves with suits Tor damages
against the aggrcssors. Charles Burden said to HERI
reporter, "fDe business has gone lar enough anc
II other people think as do II will stop right here.
make no distinction between the man who on y
destroys my dog and tho man who snatchcs my c.
havo two dogs, both pets, with no vicious tcndcn
cIes whatever, and tho man VINO will attempt TO
stroy them will carry his lie In his hands Tho man
who allows large dog to roam at large espccially y
whero children coneregate, is responsible II the ami
ANNALS kept within proper bounds should be indis
criminately slaughtered"
| FATHER kLLgESs EXPLANATION
Rev. Father KilleeD, OF Bergen Point regrets tho
publicity his name has received In connection with
the determination. He says thaJ when tho distracted
mother Of the injured child rushed TO HIS house and
appealed 10 him he soothcd her feelings by telling hcr
he would pursue and destroy tho dog i'm mmcdatciy
This assurance had an nssuaging effect on the poor
woman, VINO watched him with eager interest he
rushed gun In hand. followed by excited crowd o
men, women and boys through tho street after the
dog. Several shots worc nred before tho animal was
killed.
A prominent lawyer OF Grcenvillc, who has been
engaged IN tho suits just commenced Tor the loss OF
dogs, stated to HERALD reporter that there nc
Justification Tor killing peacenbic dogs "a man has
no right" said he ''to como upon my premises
and destroy my dog than he has to burn the house
over my head. man Is secured by law In tho
possession oil his dog as well In tho DOS.
session OF rca estate. His dog may become
offensive or dangerous TO his neighbors; SO
his house may become disoroeriy one or
his unimproved property a nuisance. Then a
remedy Is afforded. just SEQ how carefully the law
rights Of property. Special bccn
passed for municipalities nkc Jersey CITY, Hobokcn
Tho townships providing that dogs found
~ largo may be killed at certain period OF the year
and at other Moreover tho mayors OF these mu-
inequalities bound TO give due notice, by procInma.
tiOn before any citizen undertake tho rcspon ns
biny OF Killing aog II such license permitted
Mt any timo there would be no necessity Tor such