Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-28
DOG COLLARS.
A Dazzling Display OF Trap
niuas for tuc Faithful Canine.

Dazzling display o. prnp-
pings for the Faithful Canine.
yesterday evening HERALD reporter
had the pleasure of meeting Mr.. |
Bremen, President of the Medford Fancy
Goods Company, of New York. This
gentleman is sojourning in Los Angeles
for few days, and very kindly invited
the reporter to pay visit to his rooms,
at the st. Elmo, and inspect his samples
The term fancy goods" includes a
world of things, and the scribe was lily
prepared for the layout in MIR. Bremers
rooms. He thought OF ribbons, laces,
iewelry and the thousand and one knick-
knacks in which the heart 81 woman de-
lights. Imagine his surprise when he
stepped into the sample rooms to see
spread out before linn in brilliant and
endless array--dog collars. Imagine II
you can seven thousand dog collars, of
every conceivable shape, size and work.
manship, spread out before you-from
the tiny golden and silver circlets for
the dainty Pomeranian to the huge steel
collar designed for the fierce bloodhound
or bulldog. There were collars without
end. Leather collars, iron collars, steel
collars, velvet collars, gold collars and
oven feather collars. Had a dog been
introduced into the rooms and told to
choose q collar, he would have been in
the position of q woman in n millinery
shop where thousands of spring bonnets
were displayed for her approval. 1t
would be hard to make choice. When
the reporter had recovered from his
L., him
interesting facts as to the collection OF
dog collars. He said; In the first
place, the Nedford Company is the only
establishment on earth that makes
speciality of dog collars, dog harness and
everything else pertaining to dogs. We
don't manufacturer anything else. We de-
vote ourselves solely and entirely to the
noble canine, mans best friend. We
have combs for dogs and brushes Tor
dogs. We have soap thrt causes the
dog to diffuse the odor of new mown
hay and we have everything that is cal
culated to delight the heart of well
regulated dog. Among other things
shown by Mr.. Bremen was harness for
pet dogs.
The dog harness is so constructed that
all the strain caused by the dog pulling
and jumping when being led comes on
the chest and body, thus releasing the
throat of all strain, and keeping the
deg from choking. Besides being very
pretty, they are strong and sub
stantial and will outwear two or
three ordinary dog collars. Nothing can
call better attention to the harness than
notice which appeared in one of the
New York evening dailies, which, among
other notes of Paris novelties, calls at
tention to the harness in the following
words: "Amongother novelties affected
by the ladies' is sort of contrivanee
used on pet dogs. 1t consists of
straps of leather or velvet fastened
on tho dog by number of buckles
in some mysterious manner, and
has n string ia leader attached
to it where it seems to meet in the mid.
die of the back, and when approaching
crossing, the ladies seem to grasp it as
handle and lift the pet in their arms so
as to keep lis feet from getting muddy.
Some of these contrivances are fashioned
of the same material and color as the
dresses worn by the ladies'.
MIR. Bremen will introduce his novel
ties here and they will be on sale at the
leading harness shops and fancy goods
stores