New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-04

dog and [ told the President so.
"'Jm. said the Presdent-he always calls me Jim,
lust always call him Grover see that you think
queer that I've bansBed Rover to the stables with
more ceremony than II he French Prince I'll
tell you how IL happened II you keep shady about tue
matter. for tIsn't the SORT OF thing that ought
INTO the newspapers nodded and he weat on
"A few days jun. rose at o'clock and worked
hard and without interruption in my office the White
House until suDdown. IhaI 80 vetoes OF 60 pension
bills TO write. and l gave the day TO the
onerous task. Just | got through and had
tied up the 6s neat package
for Transmission TO Congress Rover bounding into
nv office. Tom Btyard had tau sht him to fetch aud
carry and before | could arrest his movements he
grabbed the package and bounded into tAr hall with
it, You say Ji.n thai you've heard It's playful. beast
You're right. 1t is-at all events was. CHASED 10 up
and down the hail through the Green Room. through the
dining ROOM thronsh the conservstOry but couldn't
eaten ifs The dog seemed 10 sgue that haI
ORGANIZED chase Tor it, II evidently
tered the sport with whole hear;. IL would allow
almost to eaten W win 1t. then II would bound away
ike lightning. IL so happened that the sole
pant OF the premises at the time. 80 that had
nobody 10 help The situation. as you see JIM
emosrrassing had no IceA OF losins NV hard Gays
have ny veiors wnnt to TO didn't know but grew
desperate when he lay down and began gLaw
OF the package into flincc meat. I coaX-d HIM.
stOrmed al HIM. vent down stars and hunted up
bone FOR him. | tired 10 Iuumi1ate hun ny hurting
bound cop-s of The Congressional hecord and other
heavy missiles al nlm. Bntf use. Apparently
he thou ut was merely hayng some fun win MN and
was 10 c0nY ihat lie could take "A Joke
himself Finally managed run him upstairs into
of the seep:ng roorcs and fet that had MN Bur was
lie retreated under IT, Ded.aGd aru.ig myself
with umbrella got down all fOurs aud tried To
swOop him out. But he got close up corner aud
couldn't reach him. Nice position for President OF
the Quilted states TO be placed H. wasn't ~ Think OF
me lying the floor ana rafting around under a he'd
witt umbrella a dog taat dened me and was eat
ing un my state papers Suddenly thought OF ms
guu. 1 out and got II aud about To the
beast both barrels when Colonel Lamont appeared on
tho scene and succeeded af exciting chase In hit
ting IL with Patent Once report aud rescung my
vetoes But the documents were 30 mangled that all
could do was 10 pitch them iniO the waste
basket. DO you wonder. Jim. that gave order. to
have playful lille animal taken out OF the White
House DO you wonder that insist upon having him
chained up ="
send Ills story as 1t comes 10 me from this Buffalo
MAN That 10 may DO Inaccurate In some OF it, details Is
possble IL Is known that Colonel Lamont denies that
ne threw a yoidmr OF he Patent Office r-p0rts at The
cog and will adnit that he chased him more than
half mile MI Bayard declines to say whether or not
he tau ght animal feicA and ~ IL can he
demonstrated that lie did his retirement from the Cab
met il not impossible The fact tDst Sir Cleveland has
taken out license for the dog. something that lie woud
srarcey consent do. II s.rnps pGesch existed he
tween the two aud the further ct 't ms playful 1T
lie creature all o. he front steps
OF tho White House this Altrra""u ' N 'c"i 10 dls-
credit tue whole storg.