Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25
ABOUT THE ~YALLER- Dog.

| Aeo&A nm AAkAER DO0s
The Street Ours OF = City and Whist Becomes
| of Them.
ssCoT A TAG FOR YOUR DoG2"
" "No."
Soon ter 81. one?'
| "No."
Ever git tag for dat dos7"
Ever have him run in7"
| "No."
| Slows dat?"
''He amt no fool"
This was the charming dialogue overheard by
reporter for Tur STAR few days ago. The
dog in question was Of the breed known as
waller dog" lie had been born and bred in
! an alley way. He lives in an alley way. He is
not good watch dog. He sometimes snaps at
children and is dangerous to women. He never
fights, except with little dogs and puppies. lie
Is not affectionatc. He will leave has master at
any time TO SO after bone and he won't come
when he is called if he is out Of reach.
he is daisy, this dog. Tho old
man who OWES him calls him a
good coon dog, but he never caught coon in
his life. and nothing is further from his inien-
lions than coon hunting in the future. Yet
aItnough he is no sport. he enjoys life. He likes
70 lie In the sun when II is cool and in dark
shady spots when il is warm. He likes TO 20
ABOUT the streets and visit the other dogs, and.
ABOVE all, he likes to hunt for bones. He never
had bath in his life and he is covered with
neas, and he Is proud Of il.
IN TIE POUND.
III You ever go to the dog pound you will find
that 'yaller' dogs are the predominant class
there, with occasional exceptions in the shape Of
pei coSs that are pretty certain to be baile6 out
me WALLER dog is very rarely bsilcd out. But
considering how many '.y1iler" dogs there are
In the city, and how few Of them have tags
II is quite extraordinary that more Of them
DO not get caught by the dog catchers.
lhey arc, moreover, regular street arabs.
and IT would seem that they put themselves in
constant danger. 1t is probably due TO the
lact OF their living so much in the streets that
.ney are SO knowing pet dog unaecpstomed
TO going out alone will stand still bsyildered
| ana allow the dog-catchers net to be thrown
over him, but yaller dog runs back to his
aiiey way as fast as his legs will carry him as
soon as he sees the dog catchers coming.
1here are not nearly as many of these street
ooSs In Washington as there are in large cities
further TO the south OF us. In New Orleans.
Tor instance, the ours about the cutters and
vacant lots are thick, although large numbers
OF them are poisoned every summer. They
reed on what they can pick up. and IL thev
were allowed TO increase naturally would soon
become scayengers, as they are in Constants
nople.
THE ''YALLxR" DOG
An investigation of the waller" dog revealed
the fact that nearly every poor colored family
has at least one. 1t has always been q puzzle
for the scientists to account for the connection
between poverty and children and poverty and
yale" dogs. Sam Weller was much worried
to account for the fact that in Lon
don wherever the people were poorest there
were numerous oyster saloons. Poverty
and oysters, he rightly surmised, must be de-
pendent upon one another. If he had lived in
Washington he would have been struck with
the coincidence Of poor colored families and
'.yaller dogs. "a fool for luck, poor man
for children and a yellow dog for Coon" is a
country proverb that seems to be true one,
except that the waller" dog in the city never
has chance to catch coon.
what mixture OF breeds produces the WALLER
dog was asked an exper; dog breeder the
other day.
Il am inclined to think that he ought to be
classified as breed by himself" was the reply.
When tho Washington Kennel Club has it's
annual bench show next year there ought TO be
class for these dogs. and IL only a small pro-
| portion OF them should be entered there would
be very large exhibit indeed.
SPECIES IN HIMSELF.
When you come to think about il Won must
confess that there is no combination of recog.
! nized breeds Of dogs that could produce the
conventional waller" dog. A Scotch terrier
and mastiff might bring forth something
near II If it were not that the dog in
question clearly has something of a hound
about him. There is a dog breeder here who
has Notwithstanding animal that is a cross
between an English greyhound and York
shire terrier. Nobody would ever suspect that
there is anything of either breed in the dog.
but he isn't a waller" dog, nor can any one
| point to single instance where Q cross of
breeds ever produced one.
THE POINTS.
The points Of . waller" dog are these: FRS,
his color is important. The greyhound il
seldom gray, the blue bolton setter is often
white or coal black, but the waller" dog mus,
be ''yaller" or he is not good. The yellow ID
brighter than mastiffs dun color and lighter
than tan. 1t is rather the color Of ordinary
| light earth. The tail should be long and thick
like foxhounds and carried well up in the air
with graceful curve. Upon the approach of
anu thrust far between the legs. The back is
long and bony and the body is thin. The ribs
must show and SO must the backbone The
head Is carried down toward the ground Con-
siderable latitude should be allowed in the
shape OF the nose. some yaller dogs having ex-
ceedingly sharp foxy noses and others having
blunt noses, like clumber spaniers. The
ears should be penduious and of medium
] length The coat should be coarse but not
shaggy. and should be worn away in spo.s
where the dog sits down. He should weigh
not less than thirty pounds or more than fiftv.
and should demonstrate his disposition by
mindinS nobody, chasing chickens, sucking
eggs, and, II the opportunity presents itself,
tearing down inoffensive sheep.