The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-23
QUEEN vICroRIA's DOGS.
Canine Lords Who Form a Part of
Her Majesty's Household.

O9AAAO hOFuS VINO FORM Part OF
Her Majesty's Household.
From the Chicago Times
Dogs were first admitted to the court Of
England i'll the reign of Henry VIII; at
least, so we are informed by publication
just issued in London, entitled 1.-THE
Queens Dogs" The decree which confer
red this high honor upon canine nobility
also put an end to all equality among the
friends Of man. No little yellow dogs can
ever hope to be admitted, and, as for the
mongrel ours, they must stay out forever.
But they don't care They are firm be-
levers In the equality os all dogs before the
law, and they wouldn't give the wag Of
tail for all the honors that royalty could
heap upon them. Independent fellows
Under the present reign three dogs
have been elevated to the highest
canine dignities on account of their
aristocratie families and their own
peculiar merits The names of this
aristocratio trio are Marco, Roy and Spot.
The latter, we must say, Is q rather COM
mon sort of name for dog of high degree
ANY common bull terrier might be called
Spot, Indeed, the Spot family in the canine
race is about as numerous as the Smith
family in the other race. Marco is the
queens favorite, and he used to be very
jealous of john Brown. His ancestry
can be traced back to the crusaders. He
is what they call in England Pome-
ranian, and at one of the recent dog
shows he won the first prize, the mug Of
honor, but all the other dogs are furious at
this piece of:toadyism on the part of the dog
showmen. They growl out loudly enough
that il he was not the quesn's dog he
wouldn't have received a leather medal.
They have bone to pick with him, but
they will have to wait rather long. He
never gives the common pack chance to
approach him. So they must content them
selves with showing their teeth when they
can't bite.
The other favorite, Roy, is a collie, and
Spot is a fox terrier with a record of
twenty-five dead rats in a quarter of an
hour. Other Spots have often done as well
and even better. but none OF them is such a
lucky dog as the queens Spot.
Like all the great creatures of the En-
glish aristocracy, these canine lords have
their residences with their special names.
Her majesty's dog palace is divided into
three parts-namely, the queens veranda,
collie court and umbrella court. The
veranda is the principal one. 1t is a Gov
cred gallery GROUND the kennels, and the
queen likes TO walk there. Each kennel is
composed Of q parlor, or dining room rather,
and a bedroom. The floor of this dining
room is separated from Lno VerdnQa DY an
iron grating. 1t is paved with red and blue
bricks, and the furniture consists of
trough, always full OF fresh water. The
bedrooms have two large windows. gener-
ally kept open for the purpose Of ventila-
ton, and In a snug corner in each room
there is very low bed with a mattress of
fresh straw.
Umbrella court gets its name from the
big umbrella in the middle of it, under
which the dogs can shelter themselves from
the sun and rain. A host of servants wait
upon the canine nobility, and the queen is
very severe with the officials who do not
pay proper attention to her dogs. A chief
is provided for them and his instructions
are to vary the menu of the dinners of her
maiesty's pets and to consult their tastes
Medical service, of course, is abundant Dog
cake is the desert with which the banquets
are closed. t1s
The average age of the queens dogs is
about IL years; but some of them, thanks to
the care they receive, live to old age.
Happy doRsl Many Englishmen might
well envy their good fortune! God save the
queen!