The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-10-13
what a Newark Dog Does.


Among those who regularly call for
their Daily advertiser every afternoon
at the counting room of this Office is an
intelligent dog that rejoices in the name
of Sport, and is the property of Hook
and Ladder Company No. 1. At about
four p. m. daily, as regularly as the
hour comes around, Sport sets out for
the Daily office, making bee-line from
the truck house to the AdUeTtiSer count
ing-room. On arriving at the Office he
does not push or crowd, but, like the
well-behaved dog that he is, waits until
he can reach the counter. Those in
charge know him well, a paper is folded
and handed him, he takes it in his
mouth and starts on a beeline 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, pleaser' When the
paper is handed him he wags his tail in
thanks and is off in a jifiy. 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 coach dog, and is between
six and seven years old. He took up
his residence in the truck house in
February, 1875, and soon began to run
to fires with the company. As soon 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
onain mining nm or fhn hnrSna and
dancing around them, and then rush
ing 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 company arrives at a fire Sport
goes on guard, watching the truck and
the mems coats, and woe betide the
person who should offer to meddle 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
truck house, where the leg was set, and
he was kindly cared for by the men,
bers of the company. The leg got well,
but Is now little stiff. %
ro On the 22d of February, after a ter
rible storm, the members of the eompa-
ny found little puppy in the Old Bury
ing GFound.IiJltw was nearlyl 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 tended it as carefully as
a human father, n 1t. lived and thriYed,
the members, of the company bringing
it up on the bottle. The two dogs 9reW
very fond of each other, and Sport
would not SITTER any but the members
of the company to touch the little stran-
ger, whom the iremen had christened
Dash, or even to approach too near
him. AS Dash grew older he, too, ran
TO fires, and the two dogs were insep-
arable. On one occasion large dogoi
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
members 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 ter
rible thrashing. Dash was killed by
being run over by the truck on it's way
to fire and Sport mourned him sim
cerely.-NeaOar.t IN. j. J AdUertiSer.