The Republican journal., 1881-09-08
A New Jersey Dog,


The Newark Advertiser has the follow
ing abont 4 subscriber:
Among those who regularly call for
| their Daily Advertiser every afternoon
at the counting room Of this Office, is IN
intelligent dog that rejoices in the name
OF Sport, and IS the property of Hook and
Ladder Company MOL At about 4 r. NJ.
daily, as regularly as the hour comes
around, Sport sets out for the office, max
ing a bee-line from the truck house to the
Advertiser counting room. On arriving
at the office he does not push or crowd,
| but like the we'll behaved dog that he is
waits until he can reach the counter.
Those in charge know him well, paper
is folded and handed him, he takes it in
his mouth and starts on bee-hne for
| the truck-house If he does not Get
the Daily immediately on reaching the
counter, he rises on his hind legs,
| places his fore paws on the counter and
looks at the clerk as much as to say
"Don't forget me, please When the
paper is handed him, he Wags his tail in
thanks, and is Oft in Il .it1y. OF late he
has been muZZled, in accordance with the
| mayors proclamation, and the paper is
put in the muzzle over his nose. On
| Sundays he never goes to the Daily office
as he appears to know the office is closed.
Sport is a coach dog, and is between
| six and seven wears old. He took up his
residence in the truck-house in February
| 1873, and soon began to run to fires with
the company. Ass0on as the gong strikes
in the house he is on the alert, and no
sooner are the doors thrown open than
out he bounds, rushing ahead OF the
horses then darting back again, jumping
up at the horses and dancing around them
and then rushing ahead again, barking
| furiously all the time. He will dart after
vehicles that are ahead of the truck, bark
at them and rush at the horses until they
get out Of the way. As soon as the com
| pany arrives at a fire, Sport goes on
guard, watching the truck and the mems
coats, and woe betide the person who
should offer tomeddla with either Sport
has been injured several times. On one
occasion he was run over by the truck
and one Of his legs was broken. He was
carried to the ruckhouse, where the
| leg was set, and he was kindly cared for
by the members of the company The
| leR you we'll, Dut is HOW 1t lltll6 Sllll
On the 22d Of February, 1876, after a
terrible storm, the members Of the com
pany found a little puppy in the OId
Burying Ground. 1t was nearly dead
with cold, but they took it to the house
and were trying to warm it back to life,
when Sport appeared, took the little
stranger in his mouth, bore it to his own
bunk and rendered it as carefully as Il hu-
man father. 1t lived and thrived, the
members of the company bringing it up
on the bottle. The two dogs grew very
fond of each other, and Sport would not
suffer any but the members OF the com
pany to touch the little stranger, whom
the tiremen had christened Dash, or even
to approach too near him. As Dash grew
older he too ran to fires, and the dogs
were inseparable. On one occasion Il
large dog OF the cur species attacked
Dash and beat him. The latter went to
the truck house where Sport was lying
asleep on the floor, walked him up, nosed
him, and evidently in some way made him
comprehend what had happened. The
two dogs started off together, and men,
bers Of the company followed at a distance
to see what would happen, when they saw
| Dash and Sport set upon the unfortunate
cur and give him a terrible thrashing.
Dash was killed by being run over by
the truck on its way to fire, and Sport
mOurned him sincerely.