New-York tribune., 1880-06-22
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
rur u.pvrsr OF THE DOG CATCHER.


WAR BEGUN on vAGRAN1s OF THE CANINE
sPEcIns.-.A SMALL TAKE FOR THE FIRST DAY-Ar
THE POUND.
A little dog trotted cisurcly along Avenue d
yesterday forenoon going north Wnch ne IeacHedd I.d
Fast SiXtecntli-st. he turned into 1T ana starten
towards the water. lie had not gone lar, however;
before his manner. which had hitherto indicated
only the tranquil indifference OF niue dog WIN
nofhinp particular to do and plenty oi time 70 40
II in. Changed lie suddenly halted and stood for
a moment on the alert. and with strained attention.
scnrry off at rapid speed. He fast, for he was
saving lis life. lie had stroed near to the door
% the DOG DOG rU rrS ThGTe or Ss At Rna wrc H
Their cries of rage and distress had warned nm
of his peril. barely i'll time. o,,d;n,
The annual warfare vagrant dogs aCcordlis
TO law, began in NcwYork yesterday ne f"g tl'at
cachers of whom there are dozen dccluc9 II'ns az
the day began at midnight on SuunS anu t"rtcd "rt M
on thc chase at or soon after that hour II was not
until after 10 o'clock yesterday morning. noM
N;t thc first Load of dogs He had with him forty
three astOnishcd aud INDIGNANT anlnas. nf
Willcts who is proud OF the SehestoMeI rtng t %,
6ftv.one dogs to Join the chorus. man named
Reilly came third with forty-siX dogs and he wag 5
soon followed by three others VINO a'oGc'h GSaruorGs
The other six dog ca'chers did not appear % ac AZ
probably because their wagons were moi IN n ie;"rr
ness and because of their inactlon the numuer
nf dogs taken was good deal less than the average
for the first day Of the SEASON: It mas alwIiyS t0iy
been found that the harvest OF the a3s ra."nrr
was largest during the first hours OF the sc'Soh'
before owners had taken the alarm: ,.u
The pound as has been stated, is situated at tae
foot Of East Sixteentst III ohs s low Hrr chaned
bv themselves in kennels ahd the siilIi oi. 5; ,'
turned Unfortunately into cor Gomim"S'OfS ,n Or
They are fed twice each day on good bread anu
are 6ountifully supplied with fresh wafer. Uwhers
are allowed forty-eght hours TO ascGvgr ,e pSS
,r not +, pay $3 to redeem them. All dogs which
have not been redeemed at the end or the tme
SPpowned sPoSed A hose is first brought 10 play upon
such Of the dogs as happen to he at partisifr pmNsitr
end Of the them rum in %n the dogs
toward it. Two men then pick up and hand them
to third, who drops them into the cage tIIouen @ m
nnt nn Ppthnns tne sage is 'nf file when it opt
large derrick at the waters edge and hoSted aloft
The derrick is then turned AROUND ana ad0 GnyS GSo
are placed each evening on a boat ana takcn cen
down to Barren Island where they are useG 9a l9r
int0 fSy@s their es becomes fertilizer their
hair Is used for filling cloth fabrics and their
bones become muclage and glue. .,,.. o,,,,.,o,o
The dog catcher, as one would naturaily suppossr,
Ia not popular man, and his occupation is not Z
pleasant one. He not only has to run the RISK OF
being sn n" te e "ss sugeT Of the
owners of the dogs-an anger which NOT Io
infrequenty cumnatef in % ataeks maui upon namrd ai
O'Bren reported to the pound keeper Yesterday,
that he had narrowly escaped being stabbed IN
East ana abon aosg e face Tt stated that he
had had a tough fight in EsseX-st. The women;
too give the " bastinado" with thelr tongues ana
ass the r1 dog eacner Mase T thar br Se
abuse cannot induce him to forego business; 10 nm
at first dog at large is wicked sHmdTre % 1s
pound. From taking this view II? catcher
cash, cash.: to sbo: picked Iup wherever found with
ont an owner in sight. Hence it is that many
dogs that have been carefully muHzihrd1 ana
catcher of course removes the muzzles before
presenting his prey at the ponn9 but is Indifferent
about the licenses Uer tat 6oT cess npan them
Int they were drowned notwithstanding. Ihe
law grants immunity only to such as are both
The incidents at the pound, yesterday, were
very few and unlnteresting, and the captured dogs
appcared to have no friends. Early i'll the morning
n crowd gathered, but quickly disappeared when
informed that no person would he admitted to the
nonnd except for the purpose Of identifying and
to turn wistfulIy away. With great enterprise
these boys had succeeded i'll cooping a score OF
dogs in cellar not lar Iwag a for their
sale to him at so much 4 hcad' VIII pdSc
treachery he had made descent on the cellar IN
the night and taken every dog therein TO the ouhh
cheating the smaller villains out OF the, reward
of their lahors. Up toa certain hour IN thr alter
noon only four dogs had been redeemed and those
four according to the Keeper were tho most
wretched mOngrels IN the pound. GOOD dogs
said he are seldom called for but an owner
generally turns up for the urcst cur in all the lot
More often than not, women bring the redemption
money. They come here crying ana when tihy
find their pets they whsk out their landkerchcis
and wine the eyes of the dogs and then their own
eyes. 1t is enough TO make Inc SICK to see see them
carry on Last year a woman came here who SAID
She thought more of her lost dog than OF all the
children that had ever hecn born"
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals keeps q watchful eyeon the dog pound and
prevents any needless suffering of the doomed
animals
A QUICK TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.
Mr.. Ismay. of Ismav Imfie & Co., Liverpool
White Star Lncl, accompanied by his wife and
son and Mr. and Mrs. Barrow, arrived at the
Windsor Hotel on Saturday. They sailed from
Liverpool on March u in the Oceanic. the we'll
known pioneer Of the line: to .New-iork, now char
tered by the Occidental and Oriental Company to
run between Hong Kong Yokohama and san
hn icon nrriXcl Mlrcll