Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
CHIPPY'S DEATH.
THE DEMISE OF A DOG WHO HAD
MANY FRIENDS.
No Other People-Some of the Traits
of Most Interesting Animal

'Chippy," the yellow dog, has de-
parted this life. He over-heated himself
last Thursday while chasing jack rabbits
on the Whittier run and died in a fit in
the baggage car OF Conductor Perkins 3
train. Chippy was not handsome
dog nor did he display any particularly
attractive accomplishments. In fact,
his education had been sadly neglected.
Nevertheless, this yellow dog had many
friends, and his loss will be deeply re-
gretted by people all over Southern
California. .Chippy was intrinsically
and by habit railroad dog. He was
intimately acquainted with every con-
ductor and brakeman south OF Tehacha-
pi. Not that he had no acquaintance
north of Tehachapi, but that his feeling
seemed directed more to those who bask
in the sunshine of the southern cline.
1t is not known when or where Chippy
was born, but it is supposed that he
first saw the light OF day in San Diego.
He was from early youth an intimate
friend of Tramp, the three-legged dog,
vino was awarded by the town council
of San Diego the freedom of the city of
baynclimate. Before Chippy was knee
high to a grasshopper, as the saying
goes, he began displaying those Bohe-
mian qualities which forever afterward
were his characteristic. He showed a
decided fondness for newspaper men,
policemen and railroad men, and soon
acquired profound contempt for indi-
viduals travelling in other walks of life.
His first travelling was done on the
Santa Fe, between San Diego and Los
Angeles, and the dog soon had as many
friends here az he did in his native
city. One OF his strangest traits
was his impartialiry as far as individ-
uals were concerned, and as long as any
one was connected with the professions
which Chippy loved, he was entitled at
any time to a kindly wag OF Chippy's
tail.
One of the earliest friends made by
the late lamented yellow dog in this
town was Bill, the big, good-natured,
sugar-loving Clydesdale horse which
furnishes motive power for the police
patrol-wagon. Chippy, until his very
end, made it habit to look up Bill as
soon as he reached town, and both an
imals reciprocated the most unmistak-
able signs of mutual friendship and af-
lcCtlOAs OAlRRy always tOOA CNAOCAU
pleasure in licking Bills muzzle, and
the enormous horse showed his appre-
citation by gently nosing the yellow dog.
The pleasure displayed by the two when
in each others company had furnished
amusement for the officers at the police
station for several years.
Something over year ago Chippy
made his headquarters in Los Angeles,
and from this place as headquarters took
runs over all the roads radiating from
here. When he was in the city he
made his home at the HERALD Office,
where he had chum in the person Of a
reporter who had formerly worked in
San Diego. On one occasion since then
Chippy made trip northward without
consulting anybody, and was given up
Tor lost. He rode on trains as far as
Ventura and walked back to Los Ange-
les, stopping at every town and hamlet
en- route. He had fine nose for
printers ink, and in each place where a
paper was published the yellow dog
visited the printing office. He was of
course received Hospitality everywhere,
although his distinguished identity was
not known.
Chippy's reporter friend left Los An
geles for Chicago about six months ago,
and since then the dog has lived almost
entirely on railroad trains. He visited
here occasionally, however, and never
missed looking up bis friends in the
HERALD Office, OF his old pal, Bill, the
patrol horse. Only last Wednesday he
was with big Bill for half an hour, and
the two caressed each other most affec-
tionately. 1t was for the last time, and
the big horse has of course not as yet
realized his loss. The railroad friends
of Chippy gave the yellow dog q funeral
near Whittier and intend to mark his
grave.