New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06
NAPOLEON OF FIFTH-AVE.
MAD DOG HAS BEAUTIFUL TIME AND
RUNS THINGS TO SUIT HIMSELF.

TREES WERE THE POPULAR RESORTS OF ESCAPE
FROM THE BRUrE-NUR>E GIRLS, NEwsBoYs,
HORSES AND POLICEMEN WERE ALL
NHAPPY-NoBODY WAS HURT-THE
ANIMAL FINALLY KILLED.
His name age and previous condition Of scrvi-
tude could not he learned. There was nothing in
his personal appearance to suggest his ancestry.
Perhaps it would he more correct to say that
that there were too many kinds Of ancestors
apparent in his makeup to enable to form
opinion of his parentage. He was just "yaller
dog small, homely and probably homeless.
But he was the rcigning sensation in Madison
Square for fully quarter Of an hour yesterday
forenoon.
1t was about 10 o'clock when he was first seen
at Twenty-ffth-st coming down Broadway His
movements were not particularly graceful but they
were decidedly energetic. There seemed TO be a
bull and bear encounter on the Stock Exchange,
a conference Of parrots and monkeys and a meet
ing of Kilkenny cats all incarnated in the little
fellow. He was foaming AZ the mouth ana his
wake resembcd that Of "A Sound steamer
The street was crowded with people when the
dog was first seen, but in Iliiy h" had clear
field Mad dog" tho cry, and there was
instant rush for doors and side streets. Past
the frightened throng swept the dog, never d"gn-
ing 10 turn to thc right or TO the left. Into the
Park he went, rou,ing the loungcrs there, some
Of whom worked harder in their attempts to get
out Of the way than they ever did before at any
thing. Nurses grabbed mp the children they were
tending and ran screaming into the distance
Everywhere that IN" dog appeared there was a
skurrying 10 got into the next block. The Paris
police would have turned green with envy if they
Lad sccn the ease with which that "yall"r dog"
dispersed the crowd.
Tho dog followed the path around and came
back to rifh-avc. directly opposite the Fifth
Avenue Hotel BY this time there was crowd
in pursuit composed of those whose curiosity had
overcome their fear. Then came an obstacle
race across the street. which was filled with
trucks omnibuses, horse cars, cabs and carriages
Of aii sorts All that could be seen for about
ten seconds was q white and yellow streak, zig
tagging between the spollcs of wheels, dodgng
about beneath the feet Of prancing horses. leapnS
across open spaces. 10 plunge rcck'Tsly into the
mae again. Confusion reign"d. Drivers yelled
and passengers screamed. teams back'd INTO each
other, and everything got badly tangled up
With an "Nultant bound, such as II winning
racer gives when lie clears the last hurdle, the
dog emerged from the chaos and shot into the
Dl
Fifth Avenue Hotel building. The clerks had
heard the chase outside and the cries OF Mad
dog. mad dog, but they were not expecting
personal call from the wild animal W lth
hoars, masculine whoop,. and with shriIl feml-
nine screams, they jumped npon rountcis. climbed
upon shcl,cs. got hchind cl>'-. and made th'hi-
selves general, IS small and nconspIcuoiis ~
POSSIBLE ~ many rs could do 50 ran down stairs
INTO the cellar t1kng good care 10 shut the door
behind them The dog was allowed absolute pos
sr,,ion lie was the majority, and the minority
employed no obstructive tactics
The onIy debate there Was went on outside.
There a big crowd collected. including a number
n noliccmcn and several agents OF the Society
for the Prevention oi Cruelty to Animals. TWO
clerks. F. IT, Dan ana Arthur Gay, finally volun-
t.crcd to caprur. the animal They tooN Oh
ttoir coats aud holding them IN front, IN ordrr
In nrot.ct Themselves aud 10 throw them over the
doc If they succeeded ia cOrn"rlng him. they boldly
entered the store. There l. window IN ~ ark
OF the store. which opens into ~" airShait ~
the middle of tn" hotel. In" Ssh WAS mp ana
the de-. wls making frantic efforts 20 get through
,Ic iron eating II was ilnpo-Sibl" TO throw
coat over hm. but one Of ia" clerks ru'N'N up
and seized him by the neck with both han l..
Then holding the dog out at arms length, IA"
brute squirting. kicking, and ioamlng AT the
mouth. the courageous clerk made MS way 10 ''
sidewalk.
How 10 Kill the animal serious question.
william Smart of the aforesaid long named
-oc-ty'- agents. got ont his revolver, bnt IT wiS
4 difficult feat to shoot the wrIthlnG beast with
out injuring the pucky clerk and without en-
dangcrlng the lives OF the bys'anders with y
glancing bullet Finally, however. "A rop" was
fLtown over the dogs head. and the shot was
fired which ended his wrctchcd life
The whole chase ard execution did not occupy
more than fifteen minutes. and after th" danger
had na-scd many were inclined 10 laugh AZ III"
mum berl,.-s ludirou> incidents of tl" scramble.
They could well AFFORD 10 laugh. perhaps. mt IL
WAS almost i miracle that no on" wah bitten or
hurt in thn scrimmagc There w"r' many words oi
prais. for the plucky clerks and for Mr.. Smart.
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