Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-31

AoW DomeStieati0n EXpaad1 . D0G'0
Brain and ShOfco00 AiS lew.

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Hsw Domestieatien Expands . Dee's
Brain and shereoes HE law.
sxkf1s OF SPECIMENS NOW BEING xoUNrKD
AT TIE NATIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
FfNS DOCS HARD11 TO GET raAx HU1An
sKE1HzoNs-A TALK WITH rHD DoND xAN.
| "Alas, poor do" said Mr.. Frederic \. Lueas.
| the psychologist, - he gazed upon . skull which
| ne had taken fom long eofan.like bea that
had Just been opened in his workroom 81 the
National museum.
"What il it," asked TIE STAR reporter, who
mad penetrated to this cavern Of osseous treas
ures In search Of news.
1T IL the skull OF an Eeuuimsux dor an n.
quimaux sledee dog" said Mr. Lucas, putting
down the bleached and CHASTITY object. "This
skull osars out the stories u the rough treat.
ment which these dogs receive. See there"
pointing TO spot over the eye where . portion
heavy blow to do that; and look ct this iss. !"
continued the bone man, taking several long
os 10 boz s ss. s &c " s.a a sss
Ssd peysg ai s,sS 70 hes. perfectly That dog
how 1t must have creaked," he continued work
ing one Of the bones against the other like q
20. aesest 70 tas
Al II YIN :h0E yqu sometsine sm doinS with
mere sketch, but you can get sf,s Idea from il
% ha II he hns
1s,s The hog: ra@s; q sSsa xss::
ses eas sSe
their LOFTY crsniums high towards the roof; in
naee the whole vertebrAte creation seemed TO
on Of M sn e 81 II 4.
giant sloth, Mr.. Lucas stopped In front Of case
In which were displayed = series Of skulls, Or.
ranged ia rows convsniently for purposes Of
comparison.
ROW OF DOGS sKu1r9.
The labels showed that the two skulls In the
upper row beginning on the right we're those Of
Indian dogs; next TO them was that OF an EEyp-
tian mummied dog, and then in order the
hairless Chinese dog, a Laverack settle Saint
6ernsrd, bulldog and an Ensl'ss pTs IN an;
fhis ssrs: VIII SGS0 shows wv aid Nj. Lucas, the
effect Of domesticntion, the development Of the
Ss. 81 aGf %
: sens seS S9s sS s
facial angle increases, the forehead Is developed
at the expense Of the jaw, which becomes
Dogs are CLASSIFIED into inastins, bounds. span
isls ana wolf dSs The vol dogs such as
est the original stock. Ia fact, it Is very din
sha % 1nann dos S
are the same, and you will notice all along the
line there is q similarity In the teeth: When
crowded and the incisors lap over. Then the
teeth OF the pug are not 80 large or strong. 1t
ia n v(Nr1 ION mn Ha IN In ho
Intelligence of the dogs increase, and as you 20
down. towards the wolf. the animals increase
forehead" observed MI. Lucas in reply to a re-
niark OF the reporter expressing surprise that
On animal which served In literature as type
scale Of cranial development at has q high
forehead, and will become very much attached
to It: IN! muster It Is renowned for Its courage.
may be taught to attack q man..
DOGS ANCIENT AND MODERN.
1.-The Indians are said to cross their dogs with
wolves continued the bone man. Zone recu-
liarity Of Indian dogs is that their ears are
erect, like wolves. Whom dogs become domes
sented on Egyptian monuments are iop-eared.
which shows that the dog had been domesti-
Gated in ancient Egypt. Tue hairless breed"
labels, don't mean anything. In hot climates
the tendency Of dogs Ia to shed their hair Some
of 1ss 70 os 1as IKE india rubber
course this peculiarly may be made more
.Yes, tina. is a mummied dog" said the este.
low skull labeled Esyptisn Dog" "Ths an an.
Client Fey tians used % mummy their dogs and
cats. On Egyptian monuments are found Sculp-
tured representations Of dogs very much like
the greyhound. It. is an interesting point about
to the .kS o the
these dogs were domesticRted on the island or
whether they were intrcduced there by the old
Nor
before Co umbus' time. Those who hold the
theory that the Norsemen brought the dogs
from Europe refer to the fact that there is In
Norway breed Of dogs that strongly resemble
the Newfoundland.
II would like" said Mr.. Lucas, pausine to
several series representing the domestic ami
ma!s.dogs, cows. horses, sheep and goats"
"Cats?" suggested the reporter.
"And cats too" said Mr.. Lucas; '.but there ia
not 80 much difference in cats I am speaking
Of their skeletons. The cat that differs most
from the others il the Manx cat, which has no
Does history list: or rvs. science explain how the
mo, think not" said Mr.. Lucaa. 1T might
s pc explained. mny be, Just a. the Norwegian
rs h has the 1sse % o p. fox one
said that it had found hole In the ice on tSe
snd-bye It feis fish nibbiins al its tail, and
Jumped and landed the nsh on the Ice. In this
way 1t caught all the fish. The bear straight
way went to the pond, and finding the hole
dropped its tail into the water. The water was
very colo, and the bear could feel the fish, as it
supposed, nibbling away, but waited until IL
got good bite. Meanwhile the water was
freezing around its tail aud closing 1t In tight.
Finally. when the bear thought that something
had taken irm hold Of It's tail, it jumped away
Ice, which had firmly locked IL In"
WHAT Mr.. LUCAS WOULD LIKE.
"If COULD" said Mr.. Lucas, continuing, 81
would like to get O fine trotting horse to show
the development Of the horse. would like TO
get Goldsmith Maid. When American Girl
died application was made to the owner to have
her skeleton deposited here. he declined, how
ever, to have her remains deaecrated in that
way and buried her on the race-track, erecting
monument over her grave. wish we could
arrange now to get the skeleton OF Maud s.
when she dies Then to show the ranges of size
In horses would like to mount q skeleton or q
huge Percheron draught horse next to D shet-
land pony"
won't you ind difficulty In getting dogs be.
cause people Will not like to devote their pets to
such purposes?" asked THE STAR reporter
Yes, many people object. Some ladies be.