Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-03-26

subject second time, easily brings
$50.
Going 10 the railing, We called out .
huge English mastiff Of n tswny color,
and as large almost as an ordinary lion,
His weight" he said, is $50 pounds
when he's in flesh. but l ave been
keeping i'm down to 225, that he might
ave better 'ealth. That is what l call
the 'andsomest dog in this country,
but you see i'm yourself, and can judge
for yourself if he isn't 'sndsome
dog" :,
The monster, We we're told, was bred
in this country, but came from pure
English stock, and his pedigree could
be traced back for period of seventy
five years. The price of the dog, the
fancier said, was 81 900, and he wasn't
anxious to let him go for that. Think
of 81 900 for dog!
When asked if the bulldog was not
also considered to be q good watch dog,
Mr.. d. shook his head and replied,
after a painfully long pause, that bull
dog was too free (by which he meant
he is too friendly); he was ferocious-
looking animal, but that was all. The
bull dogs chief point was his procliv
ity to fight, and he was of very little
account for anything else. As for the
mastiff, he exhibited ferocity only in
connection with his duties as watch
dog. There were not many genuine
| mastitfs, he continued, in this country,
but great many half-0reeds were sold
by INSCRIPTIONS vendors. These half
breeds don't have the points, but then
a great many people don't know dog
when they see him.
From the reticent fancier we learn
| that about one-fourth of his stock is
bred in his own kennel, another fourth
bought from various sources, and the
remaining two fourths imported from
London, the great dog market of the
world. Purchasers desiring their dogs
trained can have them educated to do
certain things by paying so much.
This, which 10 the uninitiated appears
to be very mysterious, is described to
be very simple. If it is desired to
teach Skye to call his master at a GER
tain hour in the morning, his master
must call him to his bedside st that
time and make deal of him. A dog
of average intelligence will soon learn
to come and tug at the bed clothes at
tick of the clock. Different means are
used in teaching dogs different tricks,
and there is-as the fancier admitted
considerable amount of knackj re-
quired in the trainer.
But here Mrs. D., the fancier's wife,
comes bristling in, carrying little
black-and-tan upon her bare, brawny
arm, weighing just half-pound, with
one of its fore legs in splints. and fol-
lowed by three or four frisky Skyes.
She is dressed in calico gown, and is
very much rounder and roster than Mr..
D., her husband. Luckily she is much
more loquacious than he, and runs into
minor details with astonishing volu-
bility. "That is the hospital back
there" she said, pointing with her dis
engaged arm. "The little black-and-
tan you see in the lower row was
brought in the other day with acute
Inflammation; it belongs to Mrs. T.,
Judge It's wife. New patients are
brought in nearly every day. That
poor little Scotch terrier in the next
box had his eye struck out in fight
yesterday. Otherwise he is valuable
dog; he belongs to DR.. H. lady, Fifth
avenue. This little black and-tan in
my hund is lying in with broken leg.
Many people think dog is done when
he breaks leg; but he isn't if my
husband gets the case in his hands. Be-
sides our own dogs we usually have a
number of boarders. Ladies' going out
nf for foru ruaa1o hrspo khasr
pets here until they return to the city.
The terms are generally $40 a month.
Baby boarders get spring chicken and
ducks; the larger ones are fed boiled
meat and bread-no potatoes, they
don't digest we'll. A motherless pup
was brought here the other day which
was only fifteen days old. I am feed
ing him on new-laid eggs. A special
diet is prepared for hospital patients to
suit each case. Our dogs don't have
any scrap food, I must tell you. There
are some dealers who go round and
gather up scraps, bread and meat
[ with q good deal of scorn,] but they
don't deserve to be recognized in the
business more scorn]. Our customers
are mostly uptown ladies of fashion.
Some days there is q whole row of car
riages in front of the door.
:" Me and my husband are often
called out-sometimes in the middle of
the night--to see Q sick dog. The
usual fee is So, more or less, according
to circumstances. When I 20 out to
see patient-youll excuse my appear
ance now, it can hardly be otherwise
about this house, dress up-yes, in
silks-according to the house to be
visited. The ladies often have me
make an unprofessional call to see
them. and ask me to take dinner some
times. ..t
" l keep the pets upstairs in room
BY themselves. Among them I have
the whole " Pinafore troupe. There's
Ralph. and josephine. and Dick Dead
eye-nO, Dick is gone, somebody
bought him yesterdsy-Captain Cor
coran, Little Buttercup and the rest.
One of the lot is to be cent away to-day.
| have just received telegram order
ing it to be sent; 1t is S75 one."
While the voluble and rotund little
woman was delivering this lecture on