The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-03

DOGS OF HIGH DEGREE
Canine Pets Of Our Society
Bellies and Their
Bright Ways.
"'TooDLES TIDDLEYWINKs."
Miss ColIard's Setter and Mrs Sher-
rill's Handsome Greyhound
Social Notes.
''TooDLEs TIDDLEYWINKS."

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country dog is a s~elf-supporting citizen;
he earns his bread. not by the sweat OF
his brow, since his respiratory system
does not permit, but by the energy OF his
bark. or the vigilance of his care over
cows and children. II supplies are sus-
pended for a meal or two, there is always
somebody's else chicken yard to fall back
on, and il he is threatened with ennut,
there all the palpitatfng delights of trying
to bark a w~oodchuck out Of a stone fence.
Not so the city dog. He is either a
we'll bred pauper or a gentleman OF
leisure, however. you choose to call him..
He could but starve to death should his
purveyors forget him for a season. Burr
lar alarms relieve him of the necessity of
barking o. nights, and barring a cat or
two to chase, he must spend his days In
elegant repose. There used TO be a dog
WHO lived somewhere near Pavonia ave-
nue. aud Erie street, / never could find
out Just where, who was sent out to walk
each day with a great colored nurse,
selected probably as a proper background
for the dog, who was white. curly, and
given to blu ribbons. 1t was n sight to see
that dog. who may be on view yet, for all
/ know.
SAILOR sHERR1LL.
Mrs. George Sheriff. lives on Mercer
street and owns a beautiful greyhound
whose given name is Sailor. Sailor can
cast a shadow when he stands sideways.
When he fronts you his aristocratic slen-
dernes5 prevents you from seing him. He
is a beauty, Il sort of mauve in color, with
a delicate head and that air of sinuous
grace that suggests beautiful drawing
rooms and palms and pretty things, all CT
which am bound to say Sailor enjoys.
The last time l saw him he was walk
sn1 IO - Maraar QtrQat with an QdmlrlnP
friend when a cur of low degree came
walking by. There was ~effrontery in the
very breath of the new dog. Invitations
to combat were fairly written all over
him. I trembled for the delicate, languid
~grevhound, quite needlessly, 1t proved.
There was d sudden whlzzing souEd as
he shot through the air. a canine PIN
wheel revolved a moment in the street.
and the mongrel He'd, using what little
breath he had to howl. hen Sailor fell
back into his bored expression and
walked on. I longed to express my adj
miration. but he was too far away. Ii he
remembers such an occasion on the
morning of January 25 he will kindly
accept it now.
There is one Jersey City dog who is to
have his "picJure took" soou by one or
our greatest American artists, George de
Forest Brush. MI. Brush is painting a
portrait of Henry George, which is to be
something very wonderful indeed. and
he wanted an especially beautiful dog to
lie at his feet. So it comes that Fritz. a
beautiful berghund, owned by Mr.. Robert
G.. Lyle of Suydam avenue. is Co go down
ON canvas. Fritz is a B%ernardine, not a
St. Bernard, coming from another Swiss
peak, and a relative of the late "Miggles, !"
whose death was mourned not long since.
Fritz looks like a graceful Polar bear
who has been exploring a bottle of liquid
AI,otrin~ u 10 nuy n oro finnQd with hluok4
his fine sharp nose as we'll. His face Is
pretJier to look at thar the st. Bernard,
which. as u rule, looks as IL someone had
fattened it up against something when
it was soft. He has the most captivating
way of putting his nose into your hand.
and such a confiding nature that he
would be no terror to evil-doers. l fancy.
TooDLEs T1DDLEYwINKS.
Toodies Tiddleywinks is the name of q
clever little fox terrier that lives on York
street, and is the property of W. II.
Turner. Toodles is not so large as an
elephant, but the bes5 goods are done up
in the smallest packages, you know.
Toodles is just enough move from a
human being, in point OF Intelligence, to
| retain his dogs fidelity and ~unbounded
powers of loving. Little Miss Emily
Turner thinks that Toodles is exactly
| right. and Toodles cherishes similar feel
ings with regard to her. But he is a dog
with a sense of humor, as this will show.
1t was at Br.elle, at NJ. Turner's
| country seat. last summer. Miss Florence
| Turner aud a lady of this city were
| seated on the rocks. while Toodles n
| Miss Emily played on the sands. Sud-
| denly Toodles decided that his playmate
must go into the water. So he caught
her by the skirt and began to pull her
| backward into the briny deep. He was
TOO strong for her. and although she fell,
| ii Ia. - c,1 ~ ~ m thoI ofinpory qond cha
| was dragged almost into the water, the
| spectators too much amused to go to the
rescue. But finally they did ii, and
| Toodles retreated up the beach, sweetly
| smiling at the ruin he had wrought in
| Miss Emily's tori and soaked gown.
| This, however, is not intended to show
| his usual dis 2osition. This was when he
| was in a humorous vein.
COLLIES N Settlers.
When Miss Agnes Co.lard of Clinton
| avenue goes ont on her trusty bicycle,
one may often see a magnificent red irish
| setter bounding along beside. He wears
| a leather collar with his local habitatiou
engraved upon it. and make friends with
everybody. On Pacific avenue there is q
| dog VINO enjoys all the comforts Of a
country life. His name is Laddie. he is a
| thoroughbred Scotch collie. and he Is the
| property of Mr.. Alfred G. Leetsel. He is
| the ioy and pride of every small boy in
| the neighbol hood, and the terror of all
| the cats. Last Wednesday, however, he
| met his match. II was u little cat, a very
! little black cat, with extreme self-posses-
| sion. She watched Laddie from a point
lust eighteen inches distant from his
| nose, and SO mesmerized him that he
| didn't dare jump. How she did 1t, |
don't know.
Around the corner lives Rex, the prop
!, erty of Mrs. Margaret Lindsay. Now he
is old and rheumatic, but he has more
prize medals than any other dog i'll the
CITY. He is a thoroughbred collie. There
are several such dog show dariings In the
city, but 1 doubt whether they are more
mongrel pets for whom it would be
NECESSARY 10 arrange a dog show like Mrs.
Burton Harrisou's, with ali the rest
cats, so that Friar Tuck might get q
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