The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-19

beautiful greyhound, and New York mas
some of the very best of this breed. Inc
accompanying cut shows Champion BAL
kis, owned by H. Z. Huntington, OF BROOK.
Ign. Balkis is large, well-built oog rnu
famous bench show winner, botn In TINS
country and England. He is SAID 20 re-
semble Walter Scott's famous Mazda, tho
pride OF Scotland.
general impression prevails snAt .ne
greyhound is q timid animal, lacking
heart and courage. One would only nave
to study such q dog as Baikis TO come
quickly to the conclusion that sucn ID nos
the case. A greyhound properly trained
to tackle . wolf SINGLE handed or even
mountain lion and get the best OF the tus-
sle.' There is probably no breed OF dogs
now in existence which traces back It's an
cestry so far into history. Herodotus re-
cords that when . greyhound oieo tne
shaved their heads and went into mourn
ing.
New York has fewer deerhounds OF hrst-
rate quality than Boston, where million
aire John +. Thayer has almost monop-
DIV Of winners in this breed. Among New
Workers, Albion L. Page owns Champion
Olga, q very fine animal with full. inteill-
gent eyes, short and powerful in the ioin.
standing about 30 inches at the shoulder
and weighing nearly 100 pounds. Olga Is
one of the speediest dogs in the city, and
if antelope or black bears were accustomed
to roam about Manhattan island she would
be quite capable of overhauiing and dis
posing OF them.
When it comes to bloodhounds, New
York has even less to boast OF. the best
specimens OF this breed being raised in
Vermont. The question has arisen lately
whether in these days of peace blood
hound would really be able to track o man
as the brutes are supposed to have done In
times past. A well-known authority on
dogs showed me the other day that it is
more than doubtful whether the country
contains any bloodhounds which would
really be worth much for that purpose.
The signal failure of the London police in
their attempts to use bioOdhOunds upon
Jack the Ripper is fresh in the minds OF
every one.
Coming now to foxhounds, such as
George Washington used to possess. and to
the music Of whose baying the sage Of
Mount Vernon rode in many a stirring
hunt, there are very few in New York OF
tirst-class quality outside few owned by
H. w. Huntington, of Brooklyn, and N.
G. Pope, of the same city. None OF these,
however, are remarkable as prize winners.
The city can boast the presence OF sew
erai Great Danes, those noblest of all the
canine race. with their beautifully shaped
heads, their bright eyes shining with
courage and fidelity. their broad. deep
chests and long, powerful legs showing en-
durance and speed. OF these }. w. Ge-
rard's Caesar is one of the BEST and Tirus
H., belonging to l.. Pine, who has also
been a prize winner.
Probably the oldest looking canine in
the city is Janet, dachshund, the prop
erty of +. A. Nance and valuable dog.
Janet, like all dogs of this breed, stands
on ridiculously short legs, which look
about as much like the legs of a bullfrOg as
anything else with an enormous head re-
sembling that Of the hound, only more
wedge-shaped. The popularity Of the
breed is its great power of digging after
rabbits or other game, and when once on
I the scent there is no possibility of holding
them back, though they have to dig for
yards under the ground and spend days IN
the search. They are quarrelsome and re-
fuse utterly to submit to training, but
their bravery and endurance are so great
| as to make up for these Deficiencies.
| One of the queer things about the dachs-
| hund is his intense aversion to furs or
skins Of any kind. A lady visiting at the
| home of the Rutherfords, who own num-
Der of fine dachshunds, had valuable seal
skin cloak torn into tatters by one of the
! animals.
In the matter of pointers Thomas Terry,
, a well-known New York real estate dealer
! and an enthusiast on dogs. has some OF
! the best in the country at his Hampstead
| farm kennels. They are all liver and
! white in color. Among these the Duke of