The Dillon tribune., 1886-08-21
EXPENSIVE ODDITIES
WHICH AFE BOUGHT By WEALTHY
PEOPLE FOR THEIR DOGS.

PEOPLE FOR THEIR DOGS.
| The Freaks of Fashionable Ladies as
Manifested in Canine Collars-Gems Of
Artistic Skill-Dogs of the Various
Cities-A Dogs Dress.
! In 1919 there was not over $4,000 in
vested in the United States in dog collars,
while to-day over $500, 900 is annually en-
pended in this line of canine adornment.
Many dog belonging to a Boston or New
York dude or dudine possesses collar
which costs more than the entire ward
robe of many man or woman of respecta-
bic social standing, and it is said that once
| q New York gentleman sent Il dog collar
/ worth $4,000 to young lady whom he
fancied rather than her dog. The collar
was made of gold and ornate with dia-
monds, rubies and garnets. $50 is con-
sidered a not eNtravagant sum in these
| fashionable cities to be expended on their
! favorites, or rather 500 is quite an ordin-
airy sun: to ray for dog collar. There is
| as much fashion in dog collar as there is
in the cut of coat. for each breed of dog
| has a different collar to suit his particular
line of beauty or the color OF his hair.
GEMS OF ARTISTIC SKILL.
There are collars which are ger Of
artistic skill, then there are other liars
which almost strike awe into the beholde
| from their warli!Se 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 extremely fash
ionable, and it is considered quite mark
OF honor for young lady to ask her gen.
tleman friends for their monograms or a
new IS piece to attach it to their dogs
collars. Many proud pug, when pug
was fashionable, could be seen in the
cities with a $500 dog-coilar and about
twenty IS pieces attached to his collar. In
truth, the manufacture of the dOg-collar
has brought about the necessity of the
dog. Ladies who before destested dogs
have been known to purchase largely
after they came under the fascinating in
huence OF an expensive dog-collar. 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. rs before remarked, is par excel
lence in the city for dogs, it being said that
dog of any pure breed whatever will
easily bring So to 500. while in dog col
lars Boston spends $4,000. New York
can not show such figures San Francisco
is now spending $1,000 in dog collars and
it is estimated that within the next five
years this city will more than double that
amount. Philadelphia stands high in the
estimation of dog men, but there the dogs
patronized are of the smaller breeds. In
Minneapolis the dog men find a congenial
city. 1t Is simply overran with dogs-curs
and good dogs-and the popularity of the
townspeople of Minneapolis is that they
all want their dogs collared. Chicago,
too, shows we'll, spending great deal of
money in dogs and on their collars The
people OF St. Louis are 10th to part with
dollars for dogs and much less so for col
lars, while Denver, for its small size, is
mentioned In terms of respectful admira-
ton. Kansas City, NO., is liberal in
purchase, aud 1t is expected that within a
rev years there will be larger purchases
there than in St. Louis The cities which
spend most in dogs and dog collars are in
this oraer Boston, PHILADELPHIA, New
York. Chicago, San Francisco st. Louis.
Cincinnati and Hartford. But fashion
springs In New York, from New York
come the rules which govern the style, for
New York are especially manufactured
the latest novelties.
BIG DOGS ARE IN DEMAND,
In the eastern states big dogs are in de.
mand, the western states are undecided.
but take mixture of large and small.
while San Francisco is pronouncedly for
the small dog. The pug has become yul-
gar. When the pug was u higL-priced
animal there was not Il woman of wealth
In the east of taste and position who dit,
not have pug. Pugs were imported
wholesale. A pug was no longer a rare
avis, but has gone decidedly out of fash.
ion. From the obese and ugly, illpropo,.
toned pug public dog affection set itself
upon the burly mastiff, the huge New
foundland, the sagacious st. Bernard. the
treacherous collie, and the ferocious blood
hound. Always high-priced, their values
rose higher. Fabulous sums were given
for any of these kinds. But the sun of
popularity of the mastiff, the collie and
the Newfoundland is alread y in the wane
and that of the fox-terrier and the ST.
Bernard is in the ascendant.
A fashionable dogs dress does MT a.
ways solely consist of his collar. as did the
Maori chiefs full dress when invited to y
British ball. There are boots for i1oos
who are afflicted with sore feet: there ,re
coats Tor dogs, anklets for dogs, and, above
al, harness for the pretty pets. The full
dress harness at first excited little ridi-
cule, 1t being made SO that a number of
straps should go around the dogs body,
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