Wichita eagle., 1889-01-10
CANINE lNTElLlGEN3E.
The Newfoundland Champions the Pups
Cause and Ducks the Bulldog.

The Newfoundland Champions the Pups
Cause and Ducks the Bulldog.
La Youngstown, not a great while ago,
| Henry Tod, son of famous old Governor Tod,
| owned a handsome Newfoundland dog. Mr.
| Tod, at the time | speak of, lived near his
| furnaces. Near by, clustered together on
/ what is known as Briar Hill, were a number
| Of furnace hands dwellings.
/ The most notable member of one of the
/ households III this neighborhood was large
! bulldog, square of jaw and surly of DISPOSE
ton. lie used to sit OH the doorstep and
/ shoY his teeth to strangers, whether they
/ happened to be human or canine.
/ One day small nondescript pup, terrier
of doubtful parentage, whose residence was
not far from Dir. Tod and his Newfoundland
! dog, CHANGED to be taking the air and any
thing else he could get in the baihwlck of
! the bulldog The latter was particularly i'll
! hunored tlat morning, and no sooner did he
cast his eyes on the small pup than he gave
chase, caught the poor little fellow and
chowed him Up pretty thoroughly before he
let him 20.
Yelping ct the top Of his small voice, the
nondescrip5 pup hurried lamely home Mr..
Tods Newfoundland was on the street as the
abused dog passed. They had always been
great friends. Big dogs, I've noticed, are
very apt TO make alliance with the smallest
OF their fellows, even % the same phenom-
enon may be observed among men. Well,
the big dog observed the lacerated and
tOuZlcd body Of his small friend, and if you
/ believe that dogs can communicate with each
other, q conversation between the two en-
sued. Any way, from that day forth, the
| big Newfoundland and the nondescript pup
were stancher friends than ever. It was
dry weather, and they constantly ran mock
races together and rolled about in the deep
dust
few days after the encounter il which
the i'll tempered bulldog abused the small
terrier 50 Shamefully, there came spell of
stormy weather. The foodgates of heaven
were opened, and the rain descended heavily
for hours The guliies which intersect the
slopes on Briar Hill were filed with water.
They were noisy streams, two or three feet
deep, in less than no time.
Inc Newfoundland dog and small terrier
were observed, at this seemingly inauspi-
ciouS season, to set out together toward the
houses, II one OK which the bulldog lived.
When they came close to the houses the ter
rieT dropped into the wake Of his large
friend. The Newfoundland advanced, and
gavo sharp bark as he caught sight OF the
bulldog sitting or the doorstep, and trying
to keep ont OF the dreEching downpour.
The bulldog heard the challenge, for such
II seemed to be, and walked slowly, with the
stately discrimination in his manner peculiar
. his breed, toward the Newfoundland
There vera no prslininaries to the fierce
ight which began 81 once. The Newfound-
land rushed on his fee and rolled him over
out the bulldog as ne went down got pretty
good hold OF the Newfoundland's throat.
Strange 20 tell the Newfoundland didn't
make any attempt 10 shake Of bis antago-
list. II point Of fact, 70 the spectators WHO
saw the fight, it seemed ss If the Nevfound-
and was trying TO escape by fight, for he
-za of as soon as TIE bulldog got his grip.
The bulldos hing or, and the Newfoundland
ran Until be was AZ the bank Of one OF the
deep gull.es 20 which reference las been
nade. Tie Newfoundland didn't stop az tia
bank, however-he jumped into the stream,
which speedily rolled him and tie clinging
bulldog over and over.
This was fun for the water cog, bat d.
Pressing, Il not deadly for his companion 4
Minute later the Newfoundland emerged
,-c-2 the gully, bat the bulldog 10 logger
-acg fco-n rs nee By the tine tae New
lJuadLa2d rejoined the snail terrier, who
-ad bean az Interested and anxious observer
: t-o f1It and is sequel, tie 6E!ldog also
serzlEoied OFT o. tie torrent
Bzs tee bulldog was not asking f3- mare
-ss4@ BE was hslt drowned, and mere
1lIiy, bez3r@ggied, fo.io-a o5!ec. never Vas
zse1
So TIE newfoundland and Tie terrier no.
ID CT bone. eviles.ly in tie best * Eap.o..
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