The evening world., 1889-09-09
FROM THE CITY'S WHIRL.
DRIFT CAUGHT HERE AND THERE BY
"EvENING WORLD" REPORTERS.
The Beartlsss DoE-Catcher Carried or
the Little Girls Pet.

The Beartless D~OE-Catoher Carried on
the Little Girls Pet.
The dog catcbers have been unusually ac-
tive for the past month, dog days being
scheduled for this season. Their coming
and going is an awful event to the younger
generation an event to be discussed with
bated breath for days thereafter.
Children of a larger growth" discuss II
too. and IL is easv to recognize from the tone
of n commentator whether or not he has lost
q canine through the axitv Uf mis- discipline
and the vigilance OF the dog.catchers.
Nobody was ever heard to express a favor
able opinion of the dog. catcher. He is looked
upon askance az q character akin 10 that OF
the public executioner. Somebody must do
that kind of work. but the doer IL forever a
social pariah. A thing to be though Of with
the same ann feeling which is promote | by
thoughts of cockroaches AMI the hangman.
The other evening q lady III rustling silks
was passing down Third avenue. Al out her
capered q fine brown spaniel to the infinite
delight Of "A tive-vear-old little girl, who was
evidently his mistress.
The spaniel had been shoRred so that he
looked not unlike a menagerie lion, aud he
was evidently out for his diurnal exercise and
airing. His eXuberance of spirits led him to
leap and yelp aud play with anything and
everything.
While al EVENING WORLD reporter was
taking in all these things and participating in
the child's delight there was Il sudden rush. u
yelping dog, a shrieklng child and u horror
stricken mother.
A young man had seized the dog by the
nape of the neck and was hustIing over the
roadway to a wagon, Another young man
hastily raised the cover to u big box cage and
the poor spaniel was hurled into 1t the cover
slammed shut the first young man clam
bered into the wagon; the spawned old horse
was whipped up and poor doggy was hurried
away to the pound before mamma and baby
quite understood what had happened.
Poor baby she could hear her pets cries
mingled with those of other four-footed law
br, ake1s, and she sobbed as it her heart
would break. while her mother waa over
whelrlned. She hurried away from the busy
avenue. while little knots Of men discussed
the outrage i'll IA manner which must have
made the dog catchers' ears tIngle.
II is not nh scene, but II always
touches anew the tender chord OF sympathy
III even the most calloused heart.
A baby robbed of her pet, her playmate,
for the miserable reward paid 10 the dog
catcher for Kidding the city of pests.
DreR Tips on Races Are Not Always
Reliable.
Race-goers are just rs Superstitious as lot
terry players. 80 far Us dreams are concerned.
Both place implicit faith in dreams, and
they back their faith with money.
Race-goers receive tips in all sorts of WAYS.
Some time ago, during the ride on the train
to Brighton Beach, a well-known sporting
man saw three gray horses standing together.
1t instantly flashed through his mind that
gray horses would win that day and he
played accordingly. Sure enough there
were three gray horses entered in Us many
races that day and each won o race. II was
mere chance, however, but the gentleman
still looks for tips in such directions.
On the other hand, II lady told al EVENING
WORLD reporter that she dreamed of a red
sky which had running across it q blue line.
Curiously enough, there WAS n horse named
Blue Line entered in O race next day, She
played heavily and lost. The horse was no.
where.
Another gentleman dreamed he was at
Brighton and saw the races run. After each
race the crowd would yell "Hurrah let's
give 'em three cheers."
He looked at the Brighton entries next dav,
and the first horse that struck his eyes was
one called Three Cheers, whose sire was
Hurrah. .
Although he had never attended O race
track before. he went down this day and
played Three Cheers. The horse didn't win,
but there was B to l against him for q place
and the dreamer won heavily.
This same gentleman dreamed he was sit
ting on O railroad track when a locomotive
came along and whistled. The whistle 50 d
-" Valley Forge wins"
He hacked Valley Forge the next time he
ran and got 81 for every 81 he put up.
There are Just Rs many dreams that result
the other way. however. and tips from dream.
land are as o rule dead losers.