The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-13

A few mouths ago there Haa shipped
from Enpland to lady In New York
thoroughbred bull pup. No ordinary
animal was he, SO tar as his pedigree
was concerned, but like many q two
legged animal the pedigree seemed to
be the only claim he had on which TO
found his right to existence. In due
season the gift arrived at IFS destinA-
ton and after brief sojourn in Gotham
the pup accompanied lis owrer on q
visit to Boston, where 1t, or he, was
installed in comfortable quarters and
cared for as any lap dog would be. The
result was as might have been expected
the dog grew up to be useless. He
was lazy and fat, and as cowardiy as
any cur. Every dog in Boston could
chase him as often as he got
an opportunity ard select canine
society shrugged it's shoulders and
passed him by in q scoTniul manner.
that must have made him feel uncom-
Portable. he was as ugly as any thor
oughbred bulldog ever was: bis legs
were correctly bowed, and his tail was
properly abbreviated; but that did nos
make any difference; his appearance
failed to scare any dog who had the
pleasure of knowing him for the space
OF five minutes. OF course the pup felt
his inferiority, and in little while his
appearance showed it. He craWled
along in subdued manner (unless some
other dog was chasing him.. his head
and tail both down, and with mental
depression visible oil over him. He was
sorry sight. All this was a severe
trial to his owner, and st swell dinner
she was discussing his dement's. She
had just made up her mind to have
him surreptitiously drowned, when she
heard Senator Edmunds. who was also
guest, say that he would much like to
become the posssssor of genuine bgmmr
dog. Five minutes later and the pup
was the Senator's property-a gift from
the lady. The next morning the
Senator drove up to the lady's house
and received the "dawg" from his late
owners hands and before the sun had
gone down on the hills ard valleys of
the Green Mountain State, the Senator
and the pup were in Vermont Two
weeks from that day and the dog had
been licked once by every dog in Bur
lington and ours from the suburbs were
coming in 70 have snap at him before
the town dogs started in to lick him on
the 81 oond round. Then the Senator
was disguised. but he resolved to give
his protege another opportunity, as he
took him to this city when he came
here shortly before Congress assembled.
His career here has been more inglori-
Gus than at any of his previous klaces
OF residence. for he made no attempt to
hold his own. Whenever any dog got
within ten feet OF him he ran, and as
there were no Fl hting dogs in town
that could beat him running, he was
never licked. Even his abilities as a
long distance runner failed to satisfy
the Senator. He did not want q run
ming dog; If be did, he would have
greyhound. Several times has Mp.
Edca zEsis been on the point OF having
hits executed, and twice did he turn
hl5a loose on the streets without his
license tag, but that scheme failed-be-
cause no policeman could succeed IN
shooting such an absurd looking mass
of handy legs and curved tail as that
dog presented when he was getting
away from an antagonist-humsn OF
canine-and no professional GogcatcheT
has, as yer, acquired suthc1eI 8
speed to take him i'll mis- net. In spite
of ell his faults, however, the Senator
could not bring himself to the point
where he could tear away from the dog,
and so, as usual, the canine coward,
accompanied the Senator's carriage to
church on Sunday morning week age.
When near Fourteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue, big dog. the
property of Senator Blackburn, OF Ken
lucky, rushed at the EdmunGs pup and
the two rolled over and over several
times. The Kentucky dog was half q.
dozen times larger than the imported
animal. and Mr.. E1munds waited to see
his dog leg it for home. He waited IN
vain. The moment had come at last
when the thoroughbred fe called DOE
to do honor to the long line of dislin-
guished warriors that were re-
corded in his pedigree and
he proceeded to do up Mr.. Blackburn's
huge hound in 2 truly scientific man
ner. Senator Edmnnds stopped his car
rage and watched the fray; the
Iouupers around the hotels came out to
see the fun, and for three or four min
utes 200 or 800 people enjoyed the scene
1t ended when the Kentucky brute
caved right in and SUNK away as
rapidly as possible. while the crowd,
the, Senator included applauded the
winner. Then MIR. Edmunds descended
and lifted up into his carriage the
bIuis ed and bleeding pup, and, forget
ting all about church, ordered the
coachman to drive home, so that the
dogs injuries might be Immediately
attended 10. Two days later the pup
was out on the streets once more; his
legs were as inartistically bowed
as ever, and his tail was just as
short, but he was by no means
the same dog. He is bruiser OF the
most anxious kind now and with head
and tail erect will scour the entire
neighbOrhood in search Of a dog to
chew up. He is happy, but no more so.
than is the Senator, and he who would
buy that dog will have to offer his
weight in gold before he can secure
even a thirty days option on him.