Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-11
a Dogs TOTAL DEPRAvITY.
The Old Adam Tardy in Asserting Itself,
but Making Up for Lost Time After
from he Ns,n YORK Sun.

From the Nelo York Sun.
The Dude has been distinguishing himself
again. This time he came out strong. The
Du lie is the shrepshead bay dog to one or two
remarkable incidents in Whose career tue sun
ha had occasion to refer. lie ia now three
years old. He is lemon colored, and bull
'errier, but it was only year ago that MS
eyes were opened TO the possibilities OF dog
thus favore by hue and blood.
FROM earliest puppyhood he mad been pan,
pered dog OF fortune lie had been kept out
OF the strife and hurly- curry Of everyday
canine existence. and, for al that he knew OF
IT, ne might just a. well have been an ldlotlc
pug with a red ribbon around mis- neck and
perpetual sneer on his black nose. FAIR ladies'
petted him, and for hem the amplitude Of bis
smile and the risl mess of his elllpuca front
legs were reserved and SD aged. It was not
his delight To bark and fgh5. for he didn't
know 1t was his nature TO. T. Q sight or the
lowest bred and most insignificant whhct
was enough 10 brighten the Dude into lis. tie
wa striking spec men, up to wear ago, OF
degenerate son Of game and gri ty sir 8.
The Dude was the property Of Mr.. w. A.
Edwards, Of Howell Cottage, Sheepshead
Bay. One day last spring the Dude went for
walk with friend of his masters. They
sauntered over the racecOurse. A horse
trainer, VINO owned q bull Og that bore the
scars of any battles, and had eser loat a
fight, reviled the SLEEK and well-fed Dude to
his custodian.
dian.
"A-w-w, he haIn't no good!' replied the
trainer. "a toy poodle could git away wild
him. II my dog'd take look at dot Teller
he'd perish him."
The trainer went in, and came out with his
dog, The Dad aim st famed at ght of
him, He crOuched down behind his friend
and trembled The custodian OF the Dude
started on. The trainer said, Take him !"
The trainers dog sprsng out to take him. The
Dude couldn't get away. He had to fight.
ana when the trainer and the Dudes friend
managed 70 tear the pam pered pei OF the Ed
wards household of of the stabeman's tough
and wicked hero Of 100 fights. the tough and
wicked hero was at his last gasp. The Dude
was as goou as new. But he was a changed
dog.
For more than year he had lived in har-
mOny and affection with NewfOund and dog
and a set er, owned BY his master. The next
day. after his awakening TO the Tact that life
was rea. life was earnest he pitched upon
the Newfoundland dog without prOvocatl0n,
ami nearly KILLED him before he could be in
ducei TO quit. Following his ch4st sement of
the Newfoundland dog. the Dude pitched
INTO the setter without ceremony, and
polished HIM on so neatly that he cOu d not
cave MS kennel for a week. 4 neighbours
dog, which had delighUel in I'll ing the
Duie with terror by appearing suddenly
from around st"ret rners, and max
lHE terrible fuss of barking aud grOWl-
ing was the next to receive attention fro ~
he fallen pet of TIE edwards family. He
nut him ell in the way Of the neighbours dog.
uC hViSuuOl uoR Uudue MS Ola time Eu n
ami uproar. He never recovered frori the
surprise the Dudes co duct gave him There
came cloud OF dust, and in the midst of {
cOu q be seen the dim outlines Of a dog being
shaken like "A rag carpet IN spring. was
the neighbor's dog. He 1T last escap d from
the environment Of dust and Dude. passed on
through the town like how'll z blizzard, ana
never more came back.
From hat time on it went hard with the
dogs OF Sheepshead Bay. The Dude fairy
yeiped for gore. Neither mongrel. hound.
nor cur # low degree escaped him. He made
up for The two years he lost as a carpet
knlght. Ills master, grieved to the heart
over the downfall of the Dude, resO we'd to sell
| him and lie HIM go down to destruction in his
own way. Mrs, Jennings, a member of the
FAMILY was about to remove to Connecticut
with her husband. she salt she would take
the Dude with her to her new home. In that
land of steady habits she was sure the mis-
guided dog would be led to see the error of
MS ways, and return to the paths Of peace.
The new me was in Sou hnOrt, on the
Sound. After Mr.. ana Mrs. Jennings had
gone thither, the Dude was muzzled ana
shipped for Southport on a Sound schooner.
He objected 10 the scheme. but IN vain.
But even in upright Connecticut the Dude
| didn't reform. Before he had been in South
port week he had whipped every dog in the
place, from az immense thorough mastifi
to nat little bull terrier that had long been
the king pin Of the village. Being dead to
moral su aston, the Dude had finally to sue
cum b to fur feet of stou' chain.