New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-23
people have proved that they can nave an
honest city government if they resolve 10 40 So
TIE UNPORTUNATE DOG.

| Tho mad dog season has opened in this city
with great activity and already dozen citizens
have narrowly escaped being hit by pniicts IN
tended for dogs supposed to be suhcring from
hydrophohia 1t is now no longer saie LOT any
dog TO proceed along the street at faster gait
| than n slow walk since speed is a sure lndlcatlon
! of madness Nor must dog indulge In that not
weather pastme so dear TO all wcil-reguii'eu
| dogs of opening his mouth and pantng, since
that is another sign of the last stages OF Madness
| If he must cling 10 this habit he would Det'er
pant between his teeth and I've very sly ABOUT IT,
Nor must the dog that would be SAFE from thc
| ready police bullet snap at ny, or ron o'er OIL
| the grass or hold his head down. or stop waeglhg
| his tail for above thirty seconds since all OIL
| these things point TO violent canine inadbea''
| Between dog-catchers who will take MN IL ne
doesn't run and policemen who Will shoot MIN
if he does, the Ncw-YorlS dog just at present Is
| in no cnviabe position.
morning contemporary in which you see
| things that are so prints brlef account OF the
| heroic rescue of the community from the Jaws OF
| one mad dog which illustrates how it is often
done 1t appears that millSman was driving
| throurh Park Row at an early hour in the morn
| ing when a full milk-can fell out Of his wagon
| The milk ran out on the ground and a small yell
| low dog weighing ABOUT SIN pouh"S DVs"" """''e
. meal out of the puddle wandering gentle
man with n tin can also thought 70 secure por-
tion. and TO facilitate matters, struck the dog
| with the can. Not being much hurt, inc do2 se'
| nm \ wild cry and started down Park Row. Inc
wandering gentleman with the tomato-can ypHeu
Mad dog!" az a matter Of form, and the police
man on duty fired two shots and killed the dog
Whom the ofllcin news reached Police headquarters
il WIS 70 the effect that Officer So-and-so ma
shot . fcrorlons mad dog in front Of such-and-
sucb y number Park Row. II was whispered IN
official circles that the dog was as big as yrnr-
line calf and was very mad, and would probably
h,vc bitten half the people in town but for the
| ,ruc aim and calm bravery Of heroic officer 80
,nd-so Brave Officer So-andso may Yet he
promoted for thus looking into the jaws Of death
| and Kidding the trembling ncighborhood Of sin
pound yellow dog yclping because he had been
| driven away from his milk; and when this hap
mems we hone the gentleman with the tomato-can
may not be- forgotten, and that lie may be given
a life saving medal
The fact j. that these times when the best
thing n dog can do is to stay in the basement and
look healthy Outside he will have TO run to gee
away from dog-catchcrs. which, as We have said.
is positive proof in the police mind that he is mad
and must be shot IA for the unfortunate dog
| that hasn't any basement 20 stay n the safest
thing he can do il 70 20 out into the country the
nr>t dark night, walking with n slow and dign-
fed tread Till he passes the city limits and then
stay there I'LL the season arrives when dog may
safely 1T down on the sidewalk and scratch his
ear with his hind foot without raising herce,
wild cfy of Mad dog"