New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-20
A WILD NE WJERSEY YARN.
THIS DOG GOT RID OF HIS RIVALS IN AN
INGENIOUS WAY.
yp PATTERSON WHO OWNS HIM. SAYS HE
1NvE1GIED THE OTHER DOGS ON THE
RAILROAD TRACKS IN FRONT OF
TRAINS AND THE WRETCH
SHOWED 40 REMORsE FOR

HIS CRIMES
A huo melton setter owned by James Patterson,
ubo has a house at Nutlcy, n. j., recently dis
PLAYED such phenomenal and fatal sagacity IN dis-
posing OF canine rivals In the aHectons Oh 'he
household that Mr.. Patterson has sent nlm away
The dog is afrectonate. morbidly jealous ana as
the owners statement would show, OF wonderiui
intelligence combined with an utter lack OF moral
principle His first rival bright fox terrier
The setter resented the intrusion OF this stranger
and showed his displeasure In several ways ne
repulsed all attempts at play by the terrier and
was greatly distressed when any member OF 'he
family noticed caressed the terrier.
The Paterson branch Of the Erie Railroad runs
through a at Nutley short distance from
Mr. Patterson's house. There Is a grade crossing
AT Nutley-ave. one day. not long after the arrival
OF the fox terrier the setter suddenly became
friendly with the terrier. and the two dogs scam.
nered off along Nutley-ave. toward the railroad
track The setter shortly afterward returned nome
alone He seemed 10 be retoiced. ana fIskea aoSnt
in way entirely different from MS deJecIea u
mcanor since his rivals appearance. voi ar home in
the early afternoon and started out TO seaTcn tor
him He was told that the dogs dead Dody iay pc
side the railroad track near the crossing, re IN
vestigated the accident, and 10 MS astohlshhenit
terrier were PLAYING together on the tracks when
a passenger train approached and that the seI.e ,,
the engine was close to him. and then bounded 70
one side leaving his unfortunate rival TO De siaugh
by an honest laborer, who apparently nad no op-
,ect in deception. When he got home MI iatIsI :
son regarded his setter with "A new lnterest. nc
guilty dog showed no remorse, ana tnrreax ", e
was full II lyeness and overlooking with aHecuofl.
\ month aferward friend gave 10 Mr idt,s, s "a
% Nutley The advent OF the new stranger, nad an
insfan,a naous effect on the setter VINO refused 20
cat AMI dll not touch food for three days ne
gradually recovered his appetite. but MS iveHne,'
was gone and he mopef about the place. Mr. "a,
,orson looked the big size Of the nsw acquisition.
and reflected that II II true that the setter
hal caused the death Of the terrier in the way ue
scr,bed here WIS dogmeat than the setter
could handle He mistaken one DAY IN, ser
Ter made I'D 10 the Newfoundland, and the latter
recprocateI the friendly advances. Inc TWO uoes
seemed 20 be the best Of terms for several "a
rh.n the setter came frisking home one day, ana
few hours afierward the family was informed una
the Newfoundland dog had been Killed on thr ran
road near the Nutley-ave. crossing MT. patterson
found that the dog mad been struck by me engine
md apparently faced the engine. The setter was
seen By neighbors In the company OF the VICTIM I'M
mediatey before the train passed.
Mr. Patterson told The Tribune correspondent
that he thoroughly CONVINCED that the set,e,
had caused the dea ~ OF both his rivals
He could not hold tho big dog said MT. faIer,
son "and he must. therefore. have used some kind
Of persuasion or hypnOtism 70 make the Dig dos
lard on m. track and face that engine when IL
was approaching. ! can explain the mystery IN no
other way. The dogs in Nutley do not play on me
railroad tracks. which away down In cu'.
and dogs generally are too spry 70 De run over
hv tho cars The first dog was killed six months
ago and the second followed about two months ago.
| have the setter away or he mlSht mare
matted Tho head OF fine 81. Bernard which was
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