New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24
DOGS AND THEIR WAYS.
POINTS AND ANECDOTES PICKED UP AT THE
BENCH SHOW.

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The man who never owned dog doesn't know
what Il is to have devoted and dlsintcrcsted friend
No Won know any creature half faithful as old Clip,
mr. Memo or Bruno, or Fido, or Towser, or Rattlerl
! Whom Young you maltreatcd him dreadfully. You
| rode on his back you pulled his ears you twisted
his tail you kicked him and cuhed him. But he bore
vour abuse patiently and always ready To lick the
hand that snote him. lie bore no grudge against
Won but forgot and forgaye everything. When you
left home he was the last of the family TO say
| poodby: when you returned be the first TO give
| You greeting In youth he was your comforter and
protector now he is your companion and friend.
No wonder the dog show is so near the popular
| hart man gets too mean TO love a dog,
| and there never so degraded that some
dog did not love him. The most worthless and thrift
less scoundrel you ever knew had faithful friend
in the yellow cur that hung about the ragged ends OF
his trousers. You never could tell which was the
moro useless creature of the two, but you would
that they loved each other with all their hearts.
One of the most touching sights 10 be met with in
the streets of Gotham is the dllgent with which
bull terrier guards his blind and beggarly master,
who solics aims every night OF Broadway and Thir-
tieth-st The devotion Of that dog ought to teach
a great and moral lesson.
The dog show made money and was success in
every way It's popularity Increases annually. 1t
interests the best people in the city. One of the
most remarkable things in life is that a doesn't
mind being called dog 1t rather increases HIS self
Importance But call him puppy and you have
fight on your hands instantly.
The meanest dog in the show was spotted pointer.
He wanted to pick a quarrel with everything and
everybody. They kept him IN a wire cage on which
two signs marked Dsngerl" were hung. OF course
It was natural for every visitor give the bulldogs
wide berth. but nobody expected to be eaten up by
pointer. Ugh What sour, ill-tempered beast he
wasl
There is a certain nobility about bulldog that
goes far toward conceang HIS ngliness. One of the
prize winners has been going TO bench shows for the
last thirteen years and he known 10 behave
himself in unseemly manner He Is as ugly as
SIN but his owner thinks him the handsomest dog on
earth. " He's the best judge OF human nature ever
saw" said he. He knows an honest man and
gentleman by instinct. He never frightened
a child, he went tearing down the
'front.' walk after anybody, but the very looks OF him
would mighty nigh a tramp to death. When
tramp comes TO my house he begins 10 hoef Hello
a mile of. The old dog loves TO scare 'em But
he's not quarrelsome or fussy. l never knew him to
run up and down neighbours palings after the dog
on the other side. He's above that; but he never
lodged responsibility. He has come IN violent per-
sonal contact with other dogs thousand times moro
or less and he never The bottom dog in the fight
Talk about your sheep; wouldn't give him for
whole flock. Sheep are to eat and wear; my dog Is
q companion and friend.'
Many persons find their respect for mastifs greatly
enlarged when they informed that these big bres
used help their masters defend the coasts OF Eng
land from the invader Masnfs would make poor
coast defence in these days And IS not easy TO see
what good they can do at anything. The admiration
for them exceeds ali bounds. II amounts almost to
| q craze II Is fashionable fad. What on earth
does person want with great dangerous brute about
the housef Mr. Moore's Minting IS certainly hand
10 look at when he IS well chained bur
how much Of HIS beauty would you sec dark
night II he out In the front yard on writ OF
habeas corpus7 There's no fun in these fierce dogs
They eat as much horse and keep ones friends
and neighbors always in a state Of alarm.
@Now, my dog Lsddie has got moro sense
| than most men, said veteran breeder OF
sbeep-dogs. al never had TO train him anything
He just took II up natural, One day when he was
| pup called him down TO the pasture TO help drive
up the cows In less than week he could fetch 'em
to the house by himself II got pretty soon that
whenever the heard call Laddie they'd start
for home full TIT without waiting for the dog T.
come.
@LaddIe can manage anything on the farm but
Molly, my bay mare. lie can't drive Molly. When
he catches her by the tail she Just stands and kicks
at him till he lets 60. They always quarreling.
She's afraid to waIlow when he's around because
he cneeps up and bites her the back One day she
caught him asleep the front porch. ] happened
TO be sitting out there smoking whore could the
whole show. She walked up sorter on her uptoes,
as quietly as could have done IT, and got even by
taking handful OF hair and a piece Of skin out Of
his side with her teeth. Ladde was the most
tonished dog ever He didn't bark and be didn't
whine He Just got UP as quick as he could and
snealIed under the house. He's meditating some
revenge yet. For downright hard sense, give me a
collie every timeS
| Tgo o,bthtt of these wonderfully Intelligent
dogs was not fused as much as that Of the mas
| ths, but no animal In the Garden received more ca
resses than SCOTIA, the winner OF numerous first
| prizes.
stranger to our shores Ivan Romanof Con-
suICeneral Ways Siberian wol-hound. Ivan came
from the Imperial kennels at ST. Petersburg. his
breeder being the Car OF Russia, and his catalogue
price was 10000. He entered for exhibition By
Edward Kelly, who had forgotten bis pcdigre' which
was said 10 be unknown. Ivan could not be Induced
10 harm human being, but IT is hs nature to destroy
every other living creature that crosses his path HIS
first adventure IN New.York was at the menageric in
Central Park where be tried to eat up the bufaos.
Half the policemen at the old arsenal were after him
with clubs and revoivers, but he paid not thc slightest
saSer 10 eco 20 al ~. last his reached
the scene and at word from him WAR gave up W.
chase. When snow came he was Almost VIII r,shed
about for something TO hill Cats disappeared by tss
ana Il be Sp5S a an s aop bassns
pole in front Of fur store. For this unscemy con,
duct be locked up with his attendant at police
station. His owner bsiled him out but altsr ue'
| Ivan had TO wear muzzle. He IS supsfO oesI,,
built somewhat the lines OF geyhonnn' ,,, OILY
| beevler and with longer hair He has taii hhc "a
collie and The softes eyes that ever COG vas t
with The left side Of his face Is black ineioeg I ,s
hair around the eye and he Las black patch on hls
| right flank Elsewhere he is white as the snow OF
Siberia.
| One OF the rarest dogs In the show was Topsy' an
imported Maltese terrier, owned by MISS lda Jill
! Jones Topsy has long slllen white hair and some
/ intelligence. He knows nearly as many tricks as
Cap Professor Parler's Russian poodle, AMI Il va s
| at ~ 900. He goes crazy OF tho command baw
| but soon RECEIVERS HIS cquanimity.
Miss Helen Dauvrays Mexican hairless Chqui'a'
catalogue price 10000. ought 10 be sent paoA -
/ fba tronics unt1 time The ltue tIlnB