The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-16
FEEDING THE DOGS.
Sixty-eight Heads Scramble in the
Scrap Heap for Their Supper.

Sixty-eight Heads Scramble in the
Scrap Heap for Their supper.
The cold weather did not keep the
people away from the dog and pony show
last night. Over 5000 people saw Prof
! Gentry manage his trained animals.
One of the best parts. if not the most in
terestlng, OF the show is to be seen, not
at the tent where the CANNES are on their
| best behavior, but at the stables after
they have completed their performance,
where their supper, the only meal they
get during the tWenty-four hours, is
awaiting them.
THE ASSISTANT TRAINER.
Mr.. w w. Weaver has charge of the
dogs after the performance, and they fol-
low him obediently from one place TO
another. The show is usually over by 10
O'Clock, and supper time for them comes
soon after that hour Last night the canine
troupe was brought into the stable of
4ounglove x Goodman, where they
are quartered, a little late, and those
which had been left behind in the stall,
knowing that the feeding hour was at
hand, began to call for their supper in no
unmeaning terms. The late arrival was
due to the fact that Monroe, the dog that
does the barrel act, had been lost from
the crowd, and it was some time before
he could be found. Several of the men
went out TO search for him, and he was
found about IL O'Clock making his way as
well as he could towards the stable.
When the dogs come in from the show
they all line up and knowing that they
must go into their stall before they get
their supper, they wait for their names
to be called. As Mr.. Weaver calls them,
one after one, each responds to his name
and goes into the stall. When they have
lined up he calls Grover" "Glenwood,"
"MOnon," Bismarck" Omaha" and
all the rest of the sixty-eight and they
enter one after another, each dog respond
ing only TO his own name For while
there is quite little bowling and bark
ing, but as soon as he enters the
stall with his whip the banks change to
whlnes and there is a general begging for
the supper that is to follow
The floor is swept clean and barrel of
not meats, bread and scraps from the
hotels IS rolled out in a long line. Again
the names of the animals are called, this
time the lean ones coming first so that
they can get a better start. Then the
latter dogs are called out and they get
what they can. The floor does not have
10 be swept after those siXty-eight dogs
have finished their meal. If the food had
been poured out on a carpet it is doubtful
whether there would have been a stain
left. For the most part they eat in
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so close together that one can hardly help
at times encroaching on the rights of his
neighbor. Then there is a nip on the ear,
or the skin, a howl a lash from the whip
on the back of the offending cur, q whine
or yelp, and quiet is restored The food
is gone within few minutes and then
the fast for twenty-four hours more be-
gins. The dogs are taken for a short
walk and airing after their meal, and
then back to the stall, where, after few
little spats, they are soon asleep.
In spite of the fact that they are fed
but once day, they are for the most part,
fat and hearty. The lean ones always
get the first chance at the supper, and
they generally get the largest share.
They are named in various ways, some of
them after the cities or towns IN which
they are obtained others after men, and
to answer to their names is one of their
first and easiest lessons.
In view of the interest that is taken in
the show, Prof. Gentry will givea special
matinee performance tomorrow after
noon at O'clock