Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-02
The AristOcratic Pug

I.lb The pug was born great; not large.
by any means, nor has he ever attained
bigness in any considerable degree; but.
in the sense of importance and inherited
prestige, it cannot be denied that in be.
ing born a pug he was born great. His
innate gentility is as obvious, one may
say, as the nose on his face, which Ger.
tainly is not the least prominent feature
glance at him, should set at rest any
Question of his superior relation to aver
age dogkind. 1oH fiEHi@e1A 2i'i a'|'"a
There is distinction. founded not on
superficial grounds, but in the Deep
lying strata of illustrious lineage and
noble blood. The pug is conscious OF
this; he can no more help being anaris.
tocrat than he could help being born.
i Historians differ concerning his remote
qgenealogy, some pretending TO. discover
a trace of the original tree in. Muscovy,
as it was formerly called, in Northern
Russia, while others, by far the larger
portion, agree that it was native To- Hol-
land. There are imaginative ones who
suggest that the line may be found in
the, royal house of Denmark These
writers assume a distinct allusion torthe
progenitor of the pug in the, remark OF
Hamlet's father that he could a tale I'M
fold. meaning presumably, that hecould
frighten the dog with the same utterance
that would cause his sons hair to stand
on end, and with somewhat Smith, f..
feet. .jss9dhitsc sdi
But stronger, than any theory.is in
contestable evidence pointing back to
{ Queen Charlotte and Dutch Viifiam.
within whose domains sprane up thea
families of Morrison and 4 WiliouQhby,
from which the bluest-blooded pugs OF
Boston claim immediate descefit.S Let
not the Stuyvesants and Van Rensselaers
carry their, ANCESTRAL honers too, ohigh;
they are. no. more thoroughly Dutch
than the pure-bred pug. 4" : "''p -.
How fine and yet how definite are the
marks Distinguishing him from.hisicon-
tempOraries! Observe the nicely of dis.
tihction. He must not be lean, or foiio.
or hank; this we know Is not s!pood
,form.n He must be stoclsy, 0'br6ad.
chested, sround-ribbed;s having large,
lustrous, protruding eyes, set wellapart,
and ears that stand up the least bit and
tumble over theAyariest trifie mt tbeitips.
His muzzle should DE Shorthand ssqstare
and black, his mask should :, cut
straight across the forehead above
the eyes. and clear of this, on his head.
should be, il ne 'is perfect, at least one
black thumb-mark; butt mind = hebnast
not be smatted with black-aff over the
body. Hisaail crirls, mot with alsifhple
upward turns ike that of rthey plebeian
street cur, but tightly into what Is known
as the double 1cdlfri.H 0According tn
sys,,,e a,,thrrftia i$l,;s - n IA ia
ON therighe hip.dfhe ista male and 10
the left iflhe IS hot;l but Others declare
that it needs-net that 10 should turn to
the right hand MOTTO the left, bit only
,straight upward and, roundward, ih,sx-
eesSF las hg ave ia v.,. 20 *. ,,H1
much the better. Count the hairs grow
ing from oneof these; II they are tflfrreess
in number, shsis, according TO Hoyle$'
if five. according to Stonehenge. Then.
to paraphrase frbmathe bard: SvcT .oL
hsIpokswhata pugsshouidl have ne does snts
sise 1 SSikscxssscs sadnsSis spinal back. .sH's'
And this isi imperative It. should nd
be oyer anineh wide at most andoughA
TO extend from his head to the tip sf ,his
tail. Every pug, like every man, has
| his price; you may get him for fifty
dollars, but in bis best estate he j. valued
at fve TIMES that amount. - WolstaN
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