The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-12
PLEA FOR THE CUR DOG.
ONE or LOW DEGREE THAT Is 4
GENTLEMAN AMONG DOGS.

a Mem Yorker who Loves Dogs Because
They Are Dogs Tells Why he Does Not
Take the Word of q Dog Fancier In
Making q Choice Of Pet for Himself.
81 wonder" said New York gentle
man whose love for dogs Of all kinds.
but chiefly for those that nobody else
seems 10 care for, makes him rather IN
popular in his neighborhood, what con-
st.tutes we'll bred dogI / don't mean |
from the fancier's and breeders point OF /
view. We all know that the long haired, |
silky Skye, the smooth. bright eyed !
black and tan and the aesthetic York !
shire are supposed TO be born In the |
purple and have nothing in common !
with the yellow and white creature with |
a black badge of demerit over one eye |
the animal we call cur.
But what would the dogs themselves
have to say about it if they could speak?
They ought to be the best judges, and
their opinions, so far as | can gather
them by watching their actions and bear
ing toward each other, do not corrobo-
rate human sporting sentiment IN the
matter at all The question l want 10
hear fairly answered is: Which Is the
gentleman and which is the blackguard
among dogs?
You see this dog beside me, and no
doubt you wonder, as ali my friends do,
why keep such a cur in the house.
We'll, / keep him because / believe him
to be canine gentleman. Appearances
are certainly against him. but / have
seen gentlemen with ugly faces and I'M
calmly figures, shabbily clothed, before
now.
"Can he fight? you ask. So far as his
| own personal inclinations are concerned
he would rather run ten miles than fight
! for ten seconds, but if an ability and a
willingness to fight are necessary quail
/ fications for gentleman, then John l..
Sullivan's name should stand high on
| Ward McAllster's scroll of social fame.
| THE BUTCHERS DOG.
''Can he hunt rats? allowed one to
| escape from a trap under his nose few
DAYS ago, and he wanted to play with it.
He will harm no living thing, and in
that sweetness of disposition, | hold, lies
| his chief claim to the rank Of gentle
man.
''Of course, 1 don't expect sporting
men to agree with me, but that all the
dogs in the neighborhood share my opin-
ion about him is plainly indicated by
his extreme popularity among his kind.
Being utterly unsuspicious, he is frankly
fearless of them all, and only once have
l seen his trust betrayed. That was
when the butchers bulldog Gan animal
that is called well bred, though he Is
brutal in appearance and disposition
seized him, without particle of provo
cation. and would have killed him If the
butcher had not interfered with the
cleaver.
do you suppose that Lazarus Chat is
my dogs name) harbored any malice
against that ugly, vicious beasI Not an
atom. AS soon as the first soreness Of
the attack had, in some measure, abated.
he trotted back 10 the big dog without
the slightest appearance of distrust, and,
| suppose, in his guileless way. reasoned
with him. His gentle nature prevailed,
and be has. in a great measure, refined
that rough savage character.
They are good friends now, and the
bulldog shows a certain subserviency to-
ward Lazarus, and when he is present
will refrain from exercising his great
teeth upon the flesh Of any other dog.
TWO DOGS COMPARED.
al have no doubt at all that he recog-
nized the true canine gentleman in
stinctiveIy and bowed before him. That
he did not detect it before it was almost
too late was due to the we'll known in
tellectual dizziness Of the bulldog, whose
small modicum of brains is usually car
ried in his faugs. All the other dogs de-
fer TO him at the first meeting, and
though. marketably speaking, be is a
cur of low degree he has become the
guide, philosopher and friend Of every
animal around us whose friendship IL
worth having. And if You imagine for
a moment that they have been mistaken
in choosing such leader you know very
little about canine intelligence.
Now, look at that self satisfied fell
low taking a sun bath Ia the garden.
He Is said TO be a pure Dandy Dinmont,
though he is a little too large 70 nave
been what the dealers call finely bred,
but even from their point o. view he IS
none the worse for that That dog cost
seventy-fve dollars when he was pup,
and / have been told re is worth so
low. But, though | Won't eel him, /
have 40 affection FOR hin. because Ls 70
not a gentleman. He is qUarrelsorne,
without much power 70 fight his own
battles. and he Is intensely greedy ard
selfish. lie growis al tae tiale ns Is
eating 4 meal, just with tns general
principle Of lettering any animal within
tbs sound Of his voice from trying 20
share il with him.
why, if the cat wants % eat OF the
plate with Lazarus, sds Is always vel
come 70 . scare of the food. OF even %
all CT il if sne is IN particularly grasp
ing Mood. Now. which Of those two
don Is tie BLACKBOARD and which the
rert.s1uaut Let TIE dogs speak AID the
dealers hold taeir tongues. New fors
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