The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10
AN ASTOUNDING DOG SHOW.
A Troupe of Mongrels That Set Paris
wild With Wonder.


All Paris was laughing recently at an
exhibition of trained dogs in the Champs
Elysees. such as, perhaps has never been
seen anywhere since the first dog stepped
from Noah's ark. The feats which they
performed were really extraordinary. The
scene with which the show opened, as
described in the French papers is as fol-
lows:
A little street is shown on the stage.
The night is dark and the lamps are all
lighted. A hrebug-of course, a canine
firebugy-sneaks along the wall ap-
proaehes one of the houses, and sets it
on fire by throwing a match inside In
a moment or two the house is in flames.
The audience hears the cries Of alarm,
while in the distance the horn of the fire.
men can also be heard. The firemen-
dogs, of oOurse-in their regular uniforms,
arrive with their engines and life-saving
apparatus. They attack the fire with en-
ergy, handling the hose Ike veterans
but it is already too late. The roof of the
house falls in, and at the top story a
mother in her night dress appears, mold
ing a child in her arms. one brave fire.
mana sort of white mongrel, with a good
deal OF the bull dog in hm-approaches
the ladder which the others place against
the wall. He climbs up the ladder rapid
~, grabs his precious burden and brings
IL down to the street in safety. But his
courage is fatal to him. Wounded in his
perilous enterprise he falls down and
dies almost Immediately afterWard. His
comrades stretch him out upon a bier and
send for the ambulance, which arrives
upon the spot Just then his widow comes
dressed in mourning from head to foot
She filings hereSef upon the body of her
dead husband ana goes through all the
emotions Of the most violent despair
Three times the "hremen" drag her away,
but she returns again with gestures Of
terrible grief At last the body is put
into the ambulance and the procession
moves away.
his part without any visible command
ana the Parlsians are perfectly asIounded
at the intelligence displayed by these phe-
nomenal acrobauc feats, others mimic
the danseuses, and enc of them goes
through the skirt dance, or serpentiae
dance without being any more troubled
with his robes than the celebrated Loie
Fuller herself
A well-known Partisan newspaper man.
NJ Guy Tomel, interviewed Prof Rich
ard, the owner Of the dogs In regard to
THE education of Intelligent dogs" he
said. sis an easier thing than people gem
erally suppose ii to he. 1t requires great
patience and absolute kindness. Kindness
is the key of success. If an animal is beat
en- or hurts himself going through his eX-
ercises he gets a horror of them and it is
impossible, at least for a long time, to
coax him up to the mark again. One OF
my most brilliant acrObats hurt his nose
last year in one of his jumps. 1t was i'm
possible TO get him to recOmmence the
next day. and what is stranger still. he
refused to perform three other feats that
he knew perfectly well and which were
not attended with danger. 1t is only quite
recently that he has gone to work again.
THE great error of amateurs in dog
training lies in the notion that every dos
can be made learned dog. Now. as a
matter of fact there is not more than ] ner
cent. of the whole dog population that is
susceptible of thorough training This is
! a pretty good proportion after all: proba-
bly, more than the human race can boas
Of.
But you ask how we are 10 distinguish
the one smart dog from the ninetv-nine
stupid dogs. Well, in the first place Won
must avoid aristocrats. There is no use In
! looking for a wise dog among them. Dogs