Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13

night" or a dog and be.r ssh, or !. eo,,sS,
between dog ana A h.aeer n. 60, a..
fighter In this city was Hsrr, Jenninss. Who
earned on snai KIND OF business for thirty
| - our sho,t ume ago quite
yiction asnin.t him r,.h .eyo-. rnos.h.,a,.
which 50 discouraged him that b. gave mn HI.
| old occupation entirely and took 10 c.,ching
rats in hotels. He said before hi. death that
| he made more money BY catching rate than M
anything else he had ever undertaken. The
maximum penalty for fighting animals in TN.
state IL tl 900 fine, or one year in the penisen-
tisry. or both The Law, section sss OF the
| penal code cover. ali living crratures oth.r
| than human beings No atssmpt has ever been
made % prevent the fighting of cockroaches Int
they would come under the provisions 81 the
enactment thew were trained or eauipped
with spurs for conflict The Chinese train
sparrows 20 fight thi. being A fsyorite form 81
| sport In their native country and Inc birds a..
| armed with steel gafFs their beaks beinr sh.rn-
ened as we'll Although 4, i known tina, snnrrnu
] fighting ia prarticed In New YORK ,he osgcers a,
| the Society for the Prevention az Crn,.ltv a.
/ Animals have tried in vain 20 catch the MIC
tailed orientals at IL. Overlooking them secretly
| for hours az a time from the hack building. an
| the rear of Mulberry street and Bsxter ,,reet
where the heathens are hacked together Ike
sardines Awhile ago there came from Chin.
| 10 this CITY n lannon's snarrow fighter Who
brought with him several chsmpion birds i'm
! the expectation OF getting sold bS them but M.
! soon went awav again probably because he Was
afraid Of the police
| EVERY y.currv xo,x,,a.x., xo,
r.. - =, = -, = 49,
"'"Ae' NO enhi ee ior siiihis sui
niA's' Livery one VINO desires To have sick
dog. cat or other creature disposed Of must
sign blank authorizing the superiuteu,lent 20
/ take such action the beast in oue.,iop h.ino
declared over the signature Of the applicant a.
be past use" tor causes duly stated For
| emergency work there IL a buyyy -shaned ratrol
wagon beneath the seat Of which ,s a drawer
containing banslages, sponges oakpm for bind
ing up wounds and s,,ch ,mno,,an, medicine.
IN bottles as landnnum 20 d.sssn main c.,hoIi.
acid for washing wounds ammonia Tor apnlioa-
ton in cases Of blind ,tsrrer. r.n,ei,e. Tor
sunssroke and cohc-in short .verythinr re-
quisite for immediate aid 60 injured animal.
! There are ten officers who renort N, haadou,,
tiers every morning ats Each !. ns,ispea far
the day 90 cover = certain district. taking a
different district every iay. because their opera
tions are extending all over the county a, Nv
! York aud INTO four other counties besides.
me. are required TO report TO headquarters
tsnasn, H.. a., 'i nus. .ne saPsIlh-
troll. and, il a horse !. he,ns ahnssd ~ !. a.,
has been run over or il there is an injured cat
IN gutter in any locality be can direct the
nearest man 20 90 and attend TO the case IN
I an ambulance L. wanted anywhere the officer
| telephones and Il is sent al once
| The ambulance for horses is a massive yehicle
with adjustable inclined plane at the back.
! up which horse Gun walk II the animal i,
not able 20 get upon its feet the bottom of the
wagon IL dropped out the beast IA dragged
upon il and the wagon bottom with the hors..
on il. is lifted into position again by means Of
! tackle. To pull a horse out OF the river an eN-
cayation or a manhule with patent derrick aud
sings requires only three minutes ON -n.h
occasions a veterinary surgeon L. nj hand To ex-
anime the animal which il ne thinks best. Is
mercifully shot A call over the telephone wire
/ from any citizen reporting an accident to a cat
/ or even a mouse in Distress will fetch an officer
to any part Of the city aud an ambulance IL the
latter is required. When Mr.. Bergh first inau-
gurated this WORK there was strong onpositiou
To it on the part of a large section of the pub
lie. No opposition TO IL Is exhibited anv longer;
the public is all on its side The officers Of tho
society are more feared and respected than are
the police. They often go where the regular
policemen dare not venture, though they carry
/ no clubs and are armed only with revolver. for
shooting animals.
pouvps 40 m uoys.s
uowev.- ,h.v r.. - - 10,
- VI
tneui mus morse tha' bears evidence oi hAN-
ing been whipped or oSer-used, he takes tbs
animal out of its harness and sends u 30 the
hospital on 25th street near sixth avenue. where
/ 1t is examined and record IL made of the eN-
animation. Ii the beast is reported unfit for
labor the owner lie ordered not Co use it for a
! certain time. and II ne Is found working t
within that period he II arrested Meanwhile
I he is warned that a second offense of the KIND
will occasion his arrest and prosecution Sup
posing that the horse l. in n very bad way, the
proprietor H. arrested at once An the express
horses. cab horses and car horses in the CITY are
examined every few dAys Al the hospital re-
ferred TO there il a regular apothecarys stock
of medicines for curing the sickness. Of horses
and other animals. az well Ms an elaborate as
sortment of surgical instruments of every con-
ceivable kind and for every imaginable opera
ton. even TO the Cssarean section. which 10
much more often successful with beasts than
with human beings. chiefly because thew are
less liable 20 peritonitis. In a stall the prem
Uses just now is a horse that was nearly burned
TO death in a stable the other day. His whole
body was one burn, not u hair being left from
nose TO tail Within week a will be discharged,
cured aud perfectly we'll Other horses are in
shngs with their legs mending and one with .
dlslocated hip similarly supported.