St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
QUEEN vICTORIA's DOGS.
Canine Lords Who Form a Part of
Her MajeSty'S Household.


Her Majesty's Household.
Dogs were first admitted to the Court
of England in the reign of Henry VIII,
at least. so we are informed by pub
LEGATION just issued in London, entitled
1.-The Queens Dogs" The decree which
conferred 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 admit
ted. and, as for mongrel ours, they must
stay out forever. But they don't care.
They are firm believers in the equality
of all dogs before the law, and they
wouldn't give the wag of a 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 aristOcratic
families and their own peculiar merits.
The names of this aristocratic trio are
Marco, Roy and Spot. The latter. we
must say, is a rather common sort of
name for a 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 fayOrlte, 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
Pomeranian, 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 tOadS ism on the
part of the dog ShoWmen. They growl
out loudly enough that if he was not
the queens dog he wouldn't have re-
ceIyed a leather medal. They have q
bone to pick with him, but they will
have to wait rather long. He never
gives the common pack chance to APP
proach him. SO they must content
themselves with showing their teeth
when they can't bite.
The other favorite, Roy,is collie, and
Spot is fox terrier with record OF
twenty-five dead rats in quarter of an
hour. Other Spots have often done as
well, and even better. but none OF them
is such lucky dog as the queens Spot
Like all the great creatures of the
English 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 UNI
brella court. The veranda is the prin
cipal one. Its a covered gallery around
the kennel. and the queen likes to walk
there.
Each kennel is composed of parlOr,
or dining room rather, and bedroom.
The floor of this dining room is separat-
ed from the veranda by an iron grating.
1t is paved with red and blue bricks,
and the furniture consists of trough,
always full of fresh water. The bed
rooms have two large windows, gener-
ally kept open for the purposes of
ventilation, and in very snug corner
of each room there is very low bed
with mattress of fresh straw.
Umbrella court gets its name from the
big umbrella in the middle of it, under
which the dogs may shelter themselves
from the sun and rain. A host of ser
ants wait upon the canine nobility, and
the queen is very severe with the Off
Gals who do not pay proper attention to
her dogs.
A chef is provided for them. and his
instructions are to vary the menu of the
dinners of her majesty's pets and to
consult their tastes. Medical service,
of course. is abundant. Dog cake is
the dessert with which the banquetS
are closed.
The average age of the queens dogs
is about twelve years; but some of
them, thanks to the care they receive,
live to old age.
Happy dogs! Many Englishmen might
well envy their good fortune! God save
the queen!