The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
DOGS HITCHED TO CARTS.

. WGS HlTCHED TO CART
WAE2H NAM'S CANINE YRIxNr
DO THE WORK on HoRsEs.
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Selsinna Dssefibcd by a Unite
T IEGE. belgium. writes Unite
II II States Consul ,iichoIas Smith
n Ih . city .6f largo wealth AN
great industrial nctivity, pos
scss,ng g"o Ifsrgest manufactory @
machfns z and machinery in tho world
"nu en ying as many horses as an,
o'ner to,ei Of it's size in Europe, an,
yes LOT ory horse mt least two dog
n re 70 po seen in harness on its streets
hey arIto be met nj all hours Of tn,
aay pns I'D the early morning th,
Doulevs are literally alive with
tnem. Tfafiickefs (rnostly women
WIN GeN painted carts drawn by we'll.
.eo oo64Ara the:: seen striving TO be
hrss IN & market place. A pretty,
pare-ne4T6d Walloon peasant girl,
moving Hriskly at tho side of flower
cart drapln by q stalwart mastiff. is a
PieasinB vision to the early riser. But
hos onlyl lthe gardener, but tho butch,
ef' tne . ker, the grocer; the porter,
tme exPfeSsmah-common carriers of
ali kinds{ ,indeed-engage his services.
MS tepfts so much quicker than that
OF the hoirse that he will in an hour
cover tWIce the distance and carry with
-. 1
his size. - ''i Wv" W
Six h4indfetSr...nda il TIA Hs,.,
draft of 4as.ardinafy SS5sr.ir , .he usual
mastiff Often taxed wifSx
tched indiffcrently, in front
and are th; or behind the cart or
Of, benes esShen tho vehicle is loaded,
wagoniSE-,ks directing its course
the AIP encies laying his shoulder
aud IL Hrl; but when the load haq
to the JEfarged, he often mounts tho
been dlsc1 ushcs like Jehu through the
box and RI
streets. Not surprise those who know
1t will rkeam engine wus familiar To
that the 81 Us toy to be told that
the homa revolving cylinder used iii
the mono 3ses has been turned to nc
Bq"lrrei in tho movement Of light
count her by enlarginS its scale and
machineryI5 "Fido" for Bunny" ]
suDstltutie Cen him treading al endless
nave also service of wood-sawyer.
oelt In heSn of Liegc, retaining hia
seh'le-- lounging upon the boule'
iohuhessN losing the-usA ~c his leSs;
ward after s4,itor So constructed
had II hound which had been
his confnIeS,u for years could be
hitchctRa oanhnost concealed between
tho whe, 81 now appears rs regu-
larly in hisHold hnunts as any of his
friends. Tl& thound is not only us happy
ns when he loitered mt his masters
heels, but manifestly proud of the
service he,I Tenders him.
Let il id be forgotten that the Bel
rians ure bong the most refined and
cultivatS6 o0ple OH earth, md that
this new Ts Of the dog is ono of the
latest and y, Rost approved developments
of their civ lization. Thirty years ago,
have no tloubt, n dog In harness
would havek excited rs much remark in
this city al he would to-day in Louis
Vile or Me phis, though he is now a'
we'll recogn Eed an institution of the
people rs tf mule IS III either OF those
cities.
Rigorousl discipline and the long
habit of we4rinS muzzles seems to hav,
subdued lib belligerent instincts o
these dogs, erthey now meet MS strang
crs mt the kossings without those su
pcrcilious if6pections and hostile dc
moustratiof.s which characterize bot
men and doks till they have receives
the last touches of civilization. Their
remains, however, rudimontary low
of the chaseI of which the artful drive
often nvailS himself to quicken thci
speed though, rs Lord Chesterfield 1
his excessive refinement is said to hav
laughed without cachinnation, the
have learned TO hunt without barking
But more interesting incident c
their labor is tho complete oxtinctio
of the sheep p-killing propensity. Ger
tlcmcn bred in the country assure =!
that this offense against pastoral mol
tality is no longer known in Belgium
a reformation which would in itseI
Justify the harncssing of all the log
in America.
The expense of feeding them wher
n number are kept, or when placed
like horses, ht livery is from five t
| six cents per day, horsetlcsh and blac
bread forming the staple of their food
though here, rs elsewhere. tho mail
, t"nnnca of enc OK two i'll n family
practically without cost. The expcns
of shoelng, no small item to the keept
Of horses, is also saved.
Ali the experiments of brecdin
which have from time to timo bee
tried for tho improvement of hors'
are now beingruade to produce dc
ef-el'Tcial fiitness for harness: Ney
foundlands IE-d rouSh-coated 81. DER
ards are rulod out on account of the
long hair. The mastiff has been four
I too long in the back and legs, and
, is thought a. .desideratum to graft Il
{ splendid chest and breathing capaci
OF the bulldog upon this stalwa
stock. Markets are established, whe
they arc bought and sold like the
equine co-laborers at TattcrsalPs, III
it * no unnsna! thing for II compact