The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-05-07
OUR CANINE PETS.
DOGS OF HIGH AND Low DEGREE
OWNED IN WASHINGTON.
A Number of the Curious Names as
Ascertained on an Examination of
the District Tax Collectors Books.

license, If he does not wish to live in ess,n.
slant dread LEST the -beaessiieess dog catcher
some rae Gay carry of his pet to the pound.
When one goes to the Tax Collectors office
to pay his license and get numbered tag
to be worn on his animals neck, showing
that the dog is not subject to the press
gang, description Of the beast and also his
name must be given. A record is kept of
both the description and the number in o
big book.
A CRITIC reporter to-day looked through
the pages of this volume and scanned the
description of ours of both high and low de-
gree. There is great deal of variety in
the kinds of dogs owned here. There is as
much variety in their names as there Is in
tho contents of dish of traditional board
ing-house hash
Right below the entry of a spaniel named
Adele, for which young lady has taken
out license, there Is mentioned fee
dog, owned by man in Jackson's alley,
which goes by the less poetic name of Tom.
For not only the wealthy or well-to-d do
classes indulge in the luxury of dogs. By
no means.
The books, on the contrary, seem to show
that the poorer class is the one most given
to dog keeping. 1t is not dog fanciering
with them. There is nothing fancy about
their animals. They are dogs that are for
use-not ornament. With them the COM
mon watch dog seems to be the most popular.
There are, however, frequent entries
showing that they own good Newfound-
lands, pointers, settlers and hounds of
mongrel breed, but which, nevertheless
are often good hunters.
The names of many of the dogs are curl
Gus. Sometimes they are named after pub
| lie men. There is pointer, for instance,
| out on the Bladensburg road which is en-
tered as "Sunset s. Cox" and quito q num-
Der of Grants are dotted through the
broad pages of the dog-book. There are en-
tries of several "Blaines )" but there is not
for dogs with which we are familiar are met
with most frequently. There are many
Fidos, Heros, Rollos, Princes, Pets, Jacks,
Watches, Dashes, Pontos and Jets. The
Fannies, Matties, Nellies, Hatties and other
female proper names are applied to District
dogs very profusely.
There are, however, some rather uncom-
mon names. There are Rags, Tatters, Duck,
Mig, Friday, Sunday, Turk, Mays, Ring,
Crumbs, Keno, Music, Patagonia, Cash, Fly,
Liz, Scot, Jumbo, Van, Tiger, Vic, Begun,
Pasha, Keller, Phoenix, Perlley, Cheek,
Buster, Brutus Boy and Elsie Dodge. One
bulldog is called by its proud owner Ball
| rushes. 1t is probably biblical animal.
| Ben Butler is the name given to a pug
owned in Northwest Washington. Gar
| field is what South Washington setter
| has to BIO called before he will come to you.
| Bully Boy can be found in Beefsteak alley.
| He may be caught playing or perhaps fight
ing with Wyoming Bill. who also lives in
that alley.
Miss N. Won Tagen is proud of grey
hound called Fond. Charley Boynton
pays part of the money that he makes at
the newspaper business for the privilege
of securing immunity for a black setter
which he has named Nellie. Arthur e,
Brown is very fond of an italian grey
hound which he has called King. Mrs.
r. E. Stickney pays taxes on one of those
of Muffett. Lee Thompson's black dog is
called Jumbo. Miss Kate Richmond keeps
Gordon setter, Don. The white animal
of G. d. Howe Is Figaro. The Scotch ter
rier of Miss Henry, the daughter of the late
Professor Henry, comes when she calls for
Muff. Miss G. L. Dyer has white and
blacksmith the aristocratic namo of Launce-
lot. Mr.. ID. ]. o. SINNERS liver pointer
is registered by the name of Josephine.
Mr.. II. G. White pays for two dogs. One
is an Irish setter, Bismarck, and the other
pug, Topsy. Mr.. N. G. Ordway has a red
and white setter with the somewhat pecu.
liar name of Sir Gibbery. Edward Tom
pie calls his bulldog Tip. j. o. Il. O'Hara
has black called Rover and DR.. Stearns
black and white dog is named Nell. Col. r
G. Ingersoll's yellow. dog, breed not given, is
called Tyne. Commander r. ID. Evans has
black and tan called Menie. Senator j
d. Cameron has Scotch collie called Ray
and sky terrier called Fritz. Blair Lees
liver and white is Corn. Senator McPher
sons brindled pup is called Pete. Ex-Sec
rotary McCulloch's fox terrier Must not bt
very exemplary animal. He is called
Scamp. Florence B. Hayes has an Irist
setter, Barney, and Mrs. Thomas Biddle {
black and white deg with the familiar
name of Fido. w. II. Harnet's "yaller'
dog was christened Pete. Miss II. N
Myers has big st. Bernard. II. l.. Gran
ford's black and brown is a young lady BY
the name of Mattey. G. Payson has red
dish Red John Norris a black and tau
Driver, and Mrs. Hammond of Inglesid
Park black and white, Con.
| General g. g. McKeever has brown
animal which he calls Tom. f. Widdows
who rings the chimes of the metropolitan
Church, has a black -andtan Rose. w
NJ Glover's black and-tan is a Dandy
while DIR. J. G. Welling's specimen of th
same breed is Pussey Rogue. d. L. Gil
/
M. Bissell is another lady who is takel
with the pug. She calls hers Fannie. DR.
w. S. Harban's white-and-liver is named
| jeff Miss Maud Gouverneur's black-and
white is another Dandy. Woodbury. Blair
two black .and-tan settlers are called Ma,
and Fresh, while his skye-terrier Is name
Mint. Miss Edmunds, the daughter 0
the Vermont Senator, has white bul
terrier with no common name. 1t is Creb
bnes.
W. Oscar Roomes light greyhound is
Daisy. General Il. ID. Townsend's white
and. liver pointer is name1 Uncas. TIL
black dog that follows Mr.. Monroe Hopkin
around Is June. The reddish-looking do
of j. II. Brashears Is appropriately calle
Red Hot. j. X. Edwards has black Boxer
j. l.. Parkhurst calls his animal Carrot;
Mrs. M. c. Hazen has a black-and-tan Leo
and Miss G. Il. Turner a skye, Fudge
George Washington has got dog, too. |
is brindled bull called Ben. George Mich
olson's Stonewsll is white bull. O. .
Bradley's coach dog is Prince, ana AID
miral Febiger's black and- yellow collie
called Bob for short. A brindled dog of MI
Wash. b. Williams is Nelly. His bulldo
is called Maltese.
Thomas Ennis black is q Rover. Hon
r. Il. Merrick calls his brown animal Dash
and Mrs. j. M. Laughton has dog calle
Esquimaux. B. II. Warner has Scotc
terrier called Snip. Admiral Radford
black and tan is another Rover. The Rus
sian Minister pays taxes on black'aud
tan. The English Minister has to pay tn
District Government for the privilege @
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