Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-07-14
EXPENSIVE ODDITIES.
Which are Bought by Wealthy Poo
pie For Their Dogs.

In 1879 there was not over 1000 in
vested in the United States in dog col
lars, while TO day over $4,000 is an
nually expended in this line of canine
adOrnment. Many dog belonging to
a Boston or New York dude or dudine
possesses collar which cost more than
the entire wardrobe of many a man or
woman of respectable social standing,
and it is said that once q New York
gentleman sent dog collar worth S13,-
600 TO young lady whom he fancied
rather than her dog. The collar was
made of gold and ornamented with dia-
monds, rubies and garnetS. $40 is con-
sidered not eXtravagant sum in these
fashionable cities to be expended on
their fayOrites, or rather 500 is quite
an ordinary sum to pay for dog collar.
There is as much fashion in dog col
lar as there is in the cut of a coat, for
each breed of dog has a different collar
to suit his particular line of beauty or
the color of his hair.
There are collars which are gems Of
artistic skill, then there are other collars
which almost strike awe into the be-
holder from their warlike aspect; then
again there are silk, velvet, satin and
feather collars decorated with bells and
bangles. In the cities of Philadelphia
and New York the bangle collar is eX-
tremely fashionable, and it is considered
quite a mark of homer for young lady
to ask their gentleman friends for their
mOnOgramS or a new s. piece TO attach
it to their dogs collars. Many prou
pug, when pug was fashionable, could
be seen in the cities with 500 dog
collar and about twenty 81 pieces at
tached 10 his collar. In truth, the man
ufacture of the dOg-cOllar has brought
about the necessity of the dog. Ladies
who before deteSted dogs have been
known to purchase largely after they
came under the fascinating influence of
an expensive dOg-cullaT. Dog men will
tell you that fashionable Boston and
New York ladies generally purchase
their collars first and then have the
town secured for dog to fit it. Men,
too, who have determined TO be ultra
fashionable are not unlike in this respect.
The handsome dog-collar brought on the
dog craze.
Boston, as before remarked, is par ex-
rellence in the city for dogs, it being
said that a dog of any pure breed what
ever will easily bring $40 to Sl00, while
in dOg-cOllarS Boston spends $50, 600.
New Y GOrk can not show such figures.
San Francisco is now spending $4,000 in
! dOg-cOllarS and It Is estimated that
within the nsXt five years this city will
mole than double that amount. Phila-
| delphia stands high in the estimation OF
dog men, but there the dogs patrOniZed
are of the smaller breeds. In Mime
/ apOlis the dog men find a cOngenial city.
| Ii is simply Oyerrun with dOgs-curS
and good dogs-and the popularity OF
the townspeople of Minneapolis is that
they all want their dogs eollared. Chi
cago, too, shows well, spending a good
deal of money in dogs and on their col
| lars, The people of st. Louis are 10th
! to part with dollars for dogs and much
less so for collars, while Denver, for it,
small size, is mentioned in terms of re,
! Spectful admiration. Kansas City. Mo-.
is liberal in purchase. and il is expected
that within few years there will be
| larger purchases there than in St. Louis.
The cities which spend most in dogs
and dOg-collars are in this order: BOS-
! ton, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago.
| san Francisco, st. Louis, Cincinnati and
| Hartford. But fashion springs in New
y YOrk, from New York comes the rules
which govern the style. for New York
are especially manufactured the latest
novelties.
In the eastern states big dogs are in
| demand, the western states are undecid-
ed. but take mixture of large and
small. while san Francisco is pro-
nOuncedly for the small dog. The pug
has become vulgar. When the pug was
high-priced animal there was not Il
woman of wealth in the east of taste
and position who did not have a pug.
Pugs were imported wholesale \ pug
was no longer a rlra avis, but has gene
decidedly out of the fashion, From the
obese and ugly, i'll prOpOrti6ned pug.
public dog affection set itself upon the
huTly maStiff, the huge Newfoundland.
the SagaciouS st. Bernard, the treacher.
Gus collie. and the ferOciOUS bloodhound.
Always high-priced, their values roSe
higher. Fabulous sums were given fOI
any of these kinds. But the sun of
popularity of the miStiff, the collie and
the Newfoundland is already in the
wane and that of the foX-terrier and the
st. Bernard is in the ascendant.
\ fashionable dogs dress does not az
ways solely consist of ms collar, as did
the Maori chiefs full dress when invited
to a British ball. There are boots for
dogs who are afflicted with sore feet;
there are coats for dogs, ankletS ior
dogs, and, above all, harness. Tor the
pretty pets. The full dress harness at
first excited a little Tidicule, it being
made SO that number OF straps should
go around the dogs body, and so that
when he came to muddy crossing the
lady could pick him up and carry him
across the street in the saIae manner q
man has to carry 10 Il railway station g
number Of parasolS loosely done up in q
shawl. 1t soon became the rage in New
y Ork, and the ladies declared that the
boots and the full dress prevented q
great deal of pneumonia. 1t was, after
a good deal of thought, decided that
dogs should not he led by collar and
chain, as the sudden haul upon the
dogs neck when 10 turned a corner
against his mistress inclination was
noticed In many cases to cause a rust
Of blood TO the dOgs's head; so invention
was brought to bear, and after severa
scientific meetings on the part of the
ladies'; the manufacturers were told tC
make an extension harness. so thai
the strain should be brought upon til,
shoulders.