Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-05

sell Oh large Iedtner pillow, ready tO
sleep, while huge st. Bernard stood
guard over his room.
| noticed number of dogs very
much interested in performance going
on in far corner of the hall A French
poodle was being clipped. He was ly-
ing ON table, seemingly enjoying his
temporary notoriety. A carriage with
footman was waiting at the door for
the aristocratic pet.
The poodle's name was being cut in
to his coat across his right side. This
fad was new to me, but l learned it
was fast becoming popular.
AnSlets and bracelets and rosettes
were being formed or Strengthened into
shape, by the clipping machine, out of
the black wool that had originally been
given to poodles in Russia to protect
them from the cold.
Can you tell whether this is curly
poodle or a corded poodle?" asked the
clipper.
He explained that the corded or cork
screw poodle frequently had three
y
dropping out each year, as ON other
dogs. The second years growth twists
itself around the first, and the last
growth twists itself around both these
Tight corkscrew curls are the result.
Two poodles with this three years
growth can be sold in the time it takes
to dispose of one of the curly variety.
Many use dye to make the poodle's
hair blacker, but it is not advantageous
to the healthfulness of the skin. A good
dressing for poodle coats is one part
glycerine to three prats alcohol and one
part romatic spirits of ammonia. This,
rubbed we'll into the hair once week,
will keep the gloss.
When the poodle arose from his bar
Der chair he capered around as if en-
tirely pleased with himself. His bar
Der, who had shaved him for two years,
show his tricks off to me, until the liv-
cried footman came in, and paying $3,
the price of the luxurious young gem
tleman's $ shave, took his charge out to
the carriage.
As the door closed prolonged growl,
deep as thunder, made me start and
gaze about. THAT" said the land
lolrl, "comes from my man-eater. He
is as vicious bulldog as | ever want
to see. 4" He led me back to a cage un
der the stairs, where great speckled,
ugly body Immediately sprang up and
precipitated itself against the locked
door.
He belogns to swell who owns a
farm ON Long Island. The dog cut up
such shines that nobody would even
feed him. His owner brought him
over and put him here for me to sell,
but it was hopeless task. 1 can't sell
such a vicious brute.
This huge brute is rarely given raw
meat. 1t is too heating for the blood,
In fact, this is the case among the ken
nels. Raw meat as a constant food, is
not much used. Cornmeal is another
heating food commonly given to large
dogs in the country.
Mr.. Winchell, the owner of Victor,
the prize bloodhound, and Black Prince,
the prize mastiff, at the last dog show,
told me that a safe thing to feed all big
dogs on was biscuit made of one third
oatmeal flour, one-third cornmeal, and
the other one-third of ground meat or
bones He says too much cornmeal
produces skin disease. In such a case
vrey fresh raw meat fed to him works
cure.
Mr.. Winchell said he considered it a
good thing to give dogs the "leavings''
of table; they generally thrived on it
as far as strength was concerned. OF
course, when one is getting up a dog
for a show; he must be dieted like a
pugilist.
Come this way" said Mr.. Phillips,
"and | will show you the bathroom.
The place had large stationary wash
tubs, with running hot and cold water.
A lather of warm water and soapsuds
was made and the dogs put in it. Their
bodies were rubbed hard with soap, un-
til they were covered with lather. This
rubbing was continued twenty minutes
by the clock and then rinsed off in two
waters
'Not allowing the soap to remain
long enough on the body is the reason
SO many people fail to cure dogs of
feas. A good, strong dog soap must
be used, and the full time allowed for
this soap to do its work. If it is rinsed
off in less than twenty minutes, rest
assured the f1eas will not be killed.
AS came out | met a heavy bodied
little German dachshunde, limping
along ON it's short little bowed legs
with rheumatism.
Two of his legs were bound up in red
flannel and he limped over to the regis
ter and lay close to it.
"What do you do for dogs rheuma-
tism?" / asked.
Rub it with any good liniment that
is used for men and give it blood medi-
cine. Dogs have rheumatism from the
same causes as men. Dogs ought not
to sleep in damp places any more than
men. l always treat dog after the
,oanna, of man When their ewes RIM