Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-11-16
FASHIONS IN DOGS.
Canines that go out of style like Last
Years nOnnets.

"You know there are fashions in dogs, as
in everything else," said dealer in dogs to
Philadelphia Times reporter the other day.
"A lady who prelends to follow the fashions
would no more be seen on the street leading
last years dog than she would wear two-
year. old bonnet or an old style dress. 1t
would be a loss of prestige to her that would
be very damaging to her standing as one of
fashions votarics. Like other fashions, too,
that of dogs is subjected to many changes.
Not to 90 back too far we will begin with
the black and tan. While they lasted they
were very populaZ but they have, as n
breed, gone out of date. In England the
black and ian is good deal larger dog than
he is in America. There he is ratter, but
in this country pet dog, as a rule, mus, be
small, and the smaller the better for fashions
purpose. While in England common
weight for this variety is fifteen pounds,
they have been bred here so small that when
two years old they weighed only one and n
half pounds; such an animal would be worth
800. The Skye terrier superseded the black
and tan, and held his own.for q while, only
to give way to the Yorkshire, which, by the
way is nothing more nor less than smaller
edition Of the Skye, procured by breeding
| "
the Skye, until very small animal was pro-
duccd, looking like the Skye in everything
but size. The system OF breeding dogs
down so much below the normal size rem
ders them very delicate aud liable to disease
of a scrofulous nature. or those that have
named all are dogs of the past as much as
the poodle or Spitz' They are dogs that
have had their day, and must now give way
to those whose day is to come.'
"What is the coming dog and where is lie
coming from 2"
''The coming dog is the fox terrier. To be
perfect he must have small body, white in
color, black head and small white trian-
gle on the forehead. There arc not many of
them extant yet, but it is not hard to see
that the pug will soon be cast aside for his
more sprightly SUCCESSOR. Mrs. Smith al
ready has one; as soon as Mrs Jones sees it
she must have one. too; and then it Will not
be long before Mrs Brown and Mrs Robin
son will have fox tcrriors too, By that time
there will be another style in vogue. OF
course he will come from abroad, where all
high-bred dogs are born, or are supposed to
be. But n great many that are bought under
the impression that they arc late impor-
tations, have never been out of the city, and
it is very likely that the nristocraic favoriLc
who, after he has been in Wall street
| mansion TWO WcCKS VIII cat nOtnlnG more
common than custards, has been brought up
on scrapple. Many ladies' go to the Amcri-
can steamship wharves to buy dogs from
men who have jus, arrived with them from
Europe. Some cute customer has become
aware of this and buys common dogs up
town and smears dirt and grease into their
coats. He stations himself near the wharf
when steamer has arrived and salucs
madame with
"Very fine dog. Him good stock.
Fetch him over in engine room. lie
very dirty, but look good when he's
washed
Madame, knowing very little about dogs,
buys him at pretty stlI price, under The
impression that she is getting n bargain.
There is great deal of This kind Of thing
dCnc, There is a barber in this city who has
pretty good business in fixing no dogs foI
sale-shearing, dying and curling them up in
the most approved style"
"Do oil tho good dogs come from
abroad?'
"Oh, no. Many of the llncst specimens
We have come from alleys where there il
scarcely enough to raise them on. If yor
want to follow the styles you will have tc
sell your pets about once year and sell then
cheap, too. Secondhand dogs are Just lik,
everything else second hand. No matter how
good they are, people won't pay much fo
them"