New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
MAD DOGS AND CRAZY MEN.
FEAR AND TREMBLING AMONG OWNERS.


NEW-YEARS s RECEPTION FOR THE ANIMALS-A rois'
EIGNERs VIEWS on THE DOG QUESTION.
Probably on New Years Day the keeper or
the dog pound viii be home and receiving Cards OF
invitation may received by the hgh-toned dogs who
live in Fifth-ave and rejoice in new ribbon every
day Of their lives but servants viii be sent ous
into tho highways and bywsys to gather up
the lame. the halt the blind AMI the noncensed, and
compel them to in. Under the resolution OF the
OF Aldermen the Mayor Is empowered to declare
the pound open when he ft. lie has not done so
yet probably will by the last of the month. IL Is
understood tnat the delay to secure the appointment
OF proper persons dogcatchers that highway rob-
berry may not be committed in the name OF
hydrophOba. Tho expenses or the pound
amount to about $500 a month They paid out of
the money received for dog licenses. The probability
that His Honor will issue this awful edct against
dOgdOm in general Is causing the hearts OF dog owners
aud fanciers TO quake with exceeding great qnaking
The OF crazy skye terriers fat and asthmatic
spanels, supercious pugs and topheavy poodles are
In panic The fair nistres,es Of these oyec-
fed pets Just know that those norrd dogcat Will
get poor FIdo, and il the darling has to wear muzze
he'll suffocate, because he's so fat"
The way in which Americans manage their dogs as
well the In which they do other things Is
Of wonder to foreigners. " Your people feed
their dogs everything that they ought not TO eat let
them suffer under their heavy coats in August.
chain them and chafe them with collars,
and then wonder that they become canine lunatlc are
condemned as victims OF hydrophobia. and have to ba
killed." said a Hungarian lady yesterday. In my
country life without dog as protector Is nearly n-
possible Tho dogs alone guard the herds Of cattle
and sheep from the fierce wolves. There nre
forty dogs on my fathers place, and
yet | heard OF mad dog IN Hungary
would never keep dog in this country unless had
for it, on account OF the climate. In crowded
cities, in flats and enement-hoases. they should nor be
permitted under any circumstances But the people in
,,a yhn dnvs IN n rl
tranps should be made to pay a large license fee,
taught keep their dogs in health and thea pro-
in their property rights live in the Annexed Dis
trct. When first there four years ago. had
a magnidcent Hungarian hound. for which refused
$500 One day II was chalheI Oh the piaLLa. me no
dog-catcler along He sald You nave no lSht TO
have that dog Oh Tue piazza. must tase MIN To tle
pound There, for miles and miles on every sde wS
ohantytown with It's hundre"s OF homeless ours ana no
effort made to Impound them. Bnt ho one wanted t9
buy them, while my dog would have brought good
Oo.ta hs GoFcatSheF .t% it, had But ms pistol maae @ na
pJcis 70 90 TO NV ruom and got n inc Then had tho
the situation, and said Co. you cOwardiy cur! X
YOU touch your pistol or ever come again. III
shoot you wltuout hesitating' lie went. Finally tho
dog died. had nad so much trouble with dos-cItchefs
so II tic with burglars, that Thought cond GET
along without dog. La less than year my house was
broken into four times. can give you DOZENS
district. Tho dogcatchcrs Kill the Watchdog. The
burglars come within three nights h"re % seen 1ng
IN a barn. I have seen them take an ahimat irIm tho
crippled glrl-hrr only gudru anu pay
aud knock its uead against the stohe wall ahH throw 10
into thrr Mayor Grace ought to think twice be-
delivers the dOgOwning people OF this city
to such thieving. heartless wretches
Ia the second place, this hydrophobia panic Is With
out foundation. have loved and cared for dos All my
life. travelled all over Europe aud the East ana
dogs OF every kind from the paran OF Ccnstant
nople 10 tAr wOlf-hOunds Of my own country L
have every scientific work Published In French,
German English that mas any bearing on dogs ana
their Diseases. Lave had MY arm bitten tniouSh au
through by SpitZ dog that frothlng AT the mouth,
aud was bel cIa,ed ~ jersey 'iy polcn'H p - a. an
mad dog. Tie animal Ia now well ana ndppN' :" ah
|. There few real cases OF hydrOphoDls lue
disease Is attended with certain symptoms
which the Newark dog did not exhibit. dog slneriIg
from hydrophoba is affected In the spine. He j. weak
ther. aud stand on his hIud legs than 10
can ily Yet he Newark dog was seen stauilng on h3
hud legs nOsin about door knob. Those children VIII
never mad but II won't he through the efforts or NJ
Pasteur. Many dogs have tits snd foam IT the mouth
when we think OF the way ID w1ich they are
trei,cd. II you wore your winter clothing IN
August, how long would 1t he before you would Oe
With brain fever Yet your dogs have the same
coat summer and wiuter.
. | have sand that oye my dog almost as do my
,bd but I would no more feed him as American lad es
feed their pets than would feed my child Oh strych-
nine Their the toSthacne snd earAclr me
collar chaes them. and the dust and vermn collect be.
have a ~. Bernard dog now that weighs lso pounds
without n ounce OF fat him. He measures SIX feet
and nine inches from tip to tip Yet his har is rs hne
SILK His teeih and MS ears are cleaned every day.
He would think Of daShing into ditch or through
a mud puddle. Wusn am out on horseback Il" pcks MS
way along beside me as daintlly as woman waking
with psper-sOlcd shoes. He Will take any anouns
Of maung from Child but will knock a tramp over
ike cannon BALI .
SUPERINTENDENT Mcmahon dog pound. bore testi.
nuny also To the lOolishncss OK the present craze:
People come here almost every day. SAID ne, anu
ask us 20 - their houses ant take away mad dogs
When We get there the dog is no more mad than the
people They don't treat them right rye been IN
pound at one tune. yet I have never seen mad dog
yet"