Daily Republican., 1888-01-18
THE BIO DOGS WE'RE moNGasLs

Edward Dudley, one of the vice
Club of No. o West Thirty.liith street,
New York. and residing at Camden,
N. j., gave to Lawyer Thomas 4.
French the two dogs which came so
near killing the lawyer, his wife and
lneighbor's little child last Sunday.
Mr.. Dudley is one Of the best known
breeders Of dogs In this country, and
| his kennels at Dudley Grange, the
magnificent country place Of his father,
Thomas II. Dudley, contain large
number Of prize winners.
1.-THE whole truth is," said Mr..
Dudley, that Mr.. French's dogs were
/ of mongrel breed. They were out OF
my English mastiff, Juno, by pure
St. Bernard. They were bred against
my will, Juno had six puppies, three
OF them resembling the English mas
, tiff, colored light fawn, with a short
coat and three OF them resembling the
st. Bernard, with the tawny and Ion
ger coat of the St. Bernard. The
Puppies had the markings OF neither
mastin nor St. Bernard, but were be.
tween the two. Two of these dogs,
one OF each marking, l presented to
Mr.. French. That was in 1879, and
they soon grew to very large size.
There is no doubt in my mind that
the crossing of these dogs produces an
animal more dangerous than the thor
Ioughbred. My theory Of the whole
sad affair al Mr. French's is this:
II understand that the little girl was
lplaying with the dogs and that In their
lplay the animals knocked her down
and the child screamed, frightening
them. Mrs, French, who understand
was always the mistress of the dogs
and greatly beloved by them, ran out
TO save the child | think she would
have suffered no harm il she had been
alone with the girl and could have
commanded the attention OF the brutes.
| But there were others there who made
u great connection, and when Mr..
French came out and took hold Of his
wife the dogs doubtless, If you can call
it thinking, thought he was about 70
hurt their mistress and attacked him.
There's not the slightest doubt In my
/ ahoh bhC uObo W
lprolect their mistress"
Mr.. French and his wife are doing
very well. The lawyer was out of
bed, propped up in big chair, on
Thursday for the first. He presents a
sorry spectacle. Mrs. French has not
been confined to her bed at all, her in.
juries being not 80 severe as those OF
her husband. She has stitched-up,
semi-circular wound the size of dol.
lar under her left eye. while there is a
large, crescent-shaped wound In the
back of her head and bad cash in
her throat. Mr.. Freuch's face is q
mass of wounds, beside the terrible
liberation OF his nose. He ascribes
his escape from death, and that, too,
of the little girl, to the bravery OF his
Iwife. She modestly rejoined, with
tears In her eyes, thai she owed her
lite to her husband and to strength
that came IRON higher power.
Mr.. French had the dogs over eight
years, he said, and in all that time he
had never known either of them to
turn upon child. why" said he,
my little nieces and nephews are
here time and again, and even stick
Ipins in the dogs and poke sticks down
their throats without causing the dogs
to growl even. l am positive that III.
wife could have conquered them in an
instant II there had moi been so much
Excitement, but there was my sister,
my wife's sister and my little nieces
all screaming at once, while others
who had climbed the bact fence were
yelling to us, It's no wonder the dogs
lost their heads"