Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-15
DEAD GONE on DOGS.
A Mar, Whose Peculiar Hobby is
Valuable CANNES.
What IL Costs New jersey Gentleman 10
Indulge la His Penehant-Deserip-
tio8 of some OF Ills Dogs aud
Their Surroundings.



New Yorkward bound, few days ago,
were talking about mems hobbies, when
one OF them made the remark that q Ber-
gen County man had spent $4,000 on a
hobby
What was it?" asked the writer, who
was one of the party.
Dogs"
"And who is the man;"
'Mr Z. Il. Hearn, who lives just across
the bridge from Passaic. He is depart
ment superintendent in Lorillard's estab-
lishment, and one OF LorillaTd's right
bowers. You'd ought 10 see himw
With Mr.. Clarence X. Van Deusen, OF
Passaic, who is a connoisseur in all that
pertains TO CANNES, and who had courte-
ously volunteered To conduct the intro
ductory preliminaries of the visit, a trip
was made to Mr.. Hearn's kennels one day
during the week. The Hearn mansion is
situated on the left bank OF the Passaic
River, and is surrounded by elegantly
cared for grounds. To the rear of the
residence are the famous kennels wherein
are kept the dogs which have taken prizes
at all the prominent bench shows Of this
country and Europe for many years past.
These buildings cover the better part Of an
acre of ground, and are fitted up in man
ner which would be the envy of many
mechanic of the metropolis.
Mr.. L. l.. Williams, Mr.. f. X. Hearn's
manager, greeted the writer and his COM
panion at the main entrance, and cour-
teously signifed his willingness 10 give
any information within his power. He
lat, ha "a hnnH n
Each kennel of which there are a score
or more, has q stone flooring, and a shift
ing glass roof which can be moved at will,
to let in the light or keep out the cold.
Running water is located in "A corner of
each compartment, and each is lighted
at night by gas, and is heated by hot
water conducted through the series of
buildings by means of pipes supplied
from an immense bsiler. Couches which
would make the average tramp's mouth
water are filed with clean straw every
day and at night are fastened to the side
walls by means of catches. A monster
bath-t provides lavatory for the high
toned CANNES, and i'll one corner Of the
main building is the culinary department,
where the food is cooked for the petted de-
scendants OF canine blue blood At the
rear of the buildings, in the orchard, is the
run" where the animals take their
walks abroad. Each kennel is ten feet
square, and is surrounded by ash sides,
surmounted by a wicker work barrier.
Mr.. Hearn has about twenty dogs at
present, the ''boss" dog being the "Duke
of Leeds" Money could not buy the ami
mai. Duke has taken several Hundred
Guinea" prizes in Europe, and has long
been favorite at all the kennel shows in
this country. He stands above three feet
in height, and when in good condition
weighs somewhere near 100 pounds. When
standing upright, Duke was many inches
higher than the tallest man who was pres
ent at the private exhibition, He carried
away the honors of the recent Philadel-
phia show, and also at that held at Mon
treal.
Leila. another famous st. Bernard, has
also made a small fortune for her owner
Leila is nearly as high as Duke, and is
about the height of the average dining
room table. She was also a prize-runner
at the fairs mentioned, and also at
the recent non sporting show held at Mad
ison Square Garden. Leila's pup, Valen-
| tine, is a monster brute, and his frisky
play with his mother resembled the play
ing antics of baby elephant. Mothers
milk wasn't good enough for Valentine,
| for his blue -blooded papa is British SUBJ
| ject, where Leila was taken a few months
| before Valentine was born, and so Valen-
| tine was "raised on a BOTTLE"
Bonivard, which, among the others,
| claims relationship ith blawsted British
ancestors, is also monster dog He is
one OF the five that carried off the honors
at Philadelphia, where Mr.. Williams had
| all the dogs on exhibition. Rony is an
| other animal of the many that money
could not buy. Most of these animals are
| direct descendants of Sidney w. Smiths
| famous English St. Bernards. Gerte and
| Alma are now enjoying the cares of ma
| ternity, the one having nine puppies and
| the other three. These babies are of about
the size of a good-siz front stoop as to
length, breadth and height. Their plaint-
| i've cries induce the hearer to jump out OF
the way of an anticipated pproaching To-
comotive, and their playful paw strokes
| approach in breadth of inspiration, as it
were, the kick of young mule.
Joe Emmet's famous $4,000 dog Rector
which, by the way, cost only $1,000, was
| sold to the actor for the latter amount by
| Mr. Hearn. Rector was raised here, but
was born in England The story about
Rector running a billiard table in Emmet's
home in Albany, and which was reported
| in many Of the New York papers at the
| time, was corrected by Mr.. Williams. He
| said:
"Emmet came here. admired the dog
and finally bought it, although Mr.. Hearu
was 10th to part with it, He and sta rt-
ed for Albany with Rector the same night
| and when we arrived Mrs. Emmett met u.
At the depot and we drove 70 the Emme
| manson. As Mr.. Emmett had TO return {,
| New York and as Mrs Emmett had taker
great liking 70 The animal, she expresses
determination 70 have Rector sleep on
ru-< IN her bedroom for protection. In tn,
night Rec" carried on 50 that she wa,
l compelled to remove him and place him il
| the biliard-room. Rector il something q