Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-12
CANINE BLUE BLOOD.
a DOG FANclER TALKS ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT BREEDS.

AhN A'Nb AfhtNAtA 3Atfatht
There is little one story and a half brown
frame house in Beethoven place on the North
Mrs Langtry, Aimee, Lillian Russell, Kate
Castleton and many lesser lights d the stage
where fashionable tuinouts with fair occu-
| pants heilng from the avenues frequently
call, ond where it is common thing for the
postman to drop perfumed notes signed by
members Of the exclusive four hundred"
The house is occupied by Mr. Gus Berg.
But he, personally, is not the attraction Il
Dearborn and Prairie avenues and the fheatri-
cal stars 1t is his stock in trade that Is the
lodestone. This stock consists Of pug dogs,
| spitz dogs, terriers, King Charles spaniels
and all the other breeds Of dogs on which
women are prone TO lavish affection and care.
and the visitor upon his entrance 70 the cot.
Nge is Immediately surrounded by scram.
bling, tumbl.ng and barking crowd Of the
good nntmed little brutes
FRIEND TO THE DOGS.
II started ont +" said Mr. Berg, "to rails,
and keep all kinds Of dogs, from mastiiis
down to poodlcs; but the biz dogs used to
aght nlnong themselves and chew up the lit
he ones for recreation. Sc gave up all my
shepherds, fox terriers, hull does and the
other bl~gcr breeds. and confined the stoA
10 tie Little fellows you sec-ana a HAPPY
family they make. Where do | find N,
traaef 0. among transients, mostly with th
theatrical people: in the city, among the bes,
people we have Mr. Berg with the true
faacicr's gohbility, entered into long dis
quisi.ion concerning dogs, in the course q
which he expressed the opinion that much
opprobrium was undcserve1ly cast upon TIL
PUG, which is generally considered 10 posses
chout as much intelligence as a stoughton
bottle
"Fact isl 1Ir, Berg said, "a pug is nor
such fool as lie is painted and has his fan
hare Ct brains. Almost any Cog viii be
loci If 10 pains are taken 10 instruct him
.aHss cen learn when an effort is made I.
each them, but many women appear 10 thlIt
lhe only purpose for which tie prs was ere.
ated was TO furnish something to be senti.
mcatai over and e. TOW around q tle enl OF
string know a good rany instances Of
puss showing unusual intelligence Aetreasc
.1aicst always buy pues They are fashion
able dogs, and On account Of their si-a arr
easily carried around the country.
- peculiar thing in connection With
pug occurred on Dearborn avenue recently.
\ well known lady who lives there hai
given her pug lobster claw for piaythiag
Shortly afterwarl tho pug gave birth to Eve
puppies -Four Of them were perfect, but the !
9Th had mallormation Of the left fore foot |
which resembled a lobster clay. Another |
Dearborn avenue lady nursed a paralyaed |
pug for two months and refused to allow hirn |
to be chloroformed. Then, when The bcast
finally died, she carried him 10 a cemetery |
md buried Lin. ] Ike dogs, but it strikes |
mo there is such thing as carrying senti-
mentality concerning them a little 100 far
DO ANYTHING BUr SPEAK.
What do you consider the most intelli- |
gent dogF'
"A shepherd, BY all odds. Shepherd dogs
can do about everything but speak, and they |
arc uniformly Of a kindly disposition John |
L. Lincoln, Jr., Of No. 2O7 Rush street, has a |
magnificent kennel of shepherds, about a
dozen in all. Il is one Of the finest kennels |
in the west, and the owner takes a great deal
Of pride in his animals Mr. Henry J. Cobb.
Of l62 Rush street, also has two or three nne
shepherds. Greyhounds look nice, but thew |
have little intelligence and are simply nice |
pieces Of furniture and good for nothing ex-
cept to train for coursing. st. Demands viii
take rank with the shepherds, but they are
50 big and clamsy that they are undesirable
animals for the city. Jim Boutilleaux
owned one for time, but, as be always he'd
to take the dog with him wherever he went.
The animal became an incumhrance If be
shut him up and vent away the dog would
chew up the door or jump through The win
dow in order to get out and follow his master
Once Jim inadvertently closed the dog IN a
barber shop and had forgotten him until be
was reminded Ol the error by hearing a crash
Of glars aud turned in time to see the animal /
come through the window carrying tho sash |
with him. He finally sold him to a Milwau- |
Rec man for $500 Albert G. Huston, at No.
3,si5 Cottage Grove avenue owns one of the |
Finest st. Bernards in the city, and Phil |
Reitz, a Wholesale butcher OF Lake View |
owns an imported pair that be values al |
1900
Then tie German rastiT is an intelligent
deg, and several Ono specimens Of the breed
Gro owned here, Empress, the property 81
AIr. Anderson, Of Booths oyster house. isoae
Of the finest bred animals i'll tie west. nEr
Anderson purchased her ia Boston San.
kittsnn, Of No 81 Dearborn avenue has
Cine rsastin, and F,oersheim, the jeweler.
possesses a valuable pair which he imported
Tie German mastilf IS graceful ana quicl. is
Liz movements, and ii that respect is prefer
able @ the English hound, which is heavy
and slow.
Throwing aside the fashionable fad fol
pugs, and considering the thing in everv
light, il seems to mo that a King Charles
spaniel is about the best and handsomest doe
Tor a household pet. Yet they are scarce.
There are not, to my knowledge, dozen Of
them in Chicago Marshall Field has one; So
also has v. +. Goetz, Of the City Of Paris:
but just at present l DO not cali 10 MIND
any other owners Of these animals. Perhaps
the principal reason FOR their scarcity lies Il
the price. good King Charles costs from
$50 to 500
As parting bit Of information Mr.. Bers
said people who were afraid Of burglars
should buy small dogs "Small dors are
noisy, and there isn't a burglar alive bu,
would prefer 20 have house protected with
81 the patent devices IN existence 20 HAVING
one small dog domiciled therein. Chicago
Tribune.