The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
HER DOGS KEPT IN LUXURY.
LIVE IN A WARM ROOM OF HER
SPLENDID MANSION.

Have Their Horses and Doctor-Ex-
traordinary Lover of Pets is Mrs.
snow, and to BE Her Spaniel il
Like Being Rich.
From the New York Press.
Valatie. Columbia County, N. Y, Nov.
22.-In this village the smallest dog in
creation dwells in pampered ease. 1t isn't
bigger than a half-pint measure, but it
has its daily carriage drive behind thor
oughbreds and a charming woman to con-
Germ herself about it's health and comfort
She is Mrs. F. S. Snow, who lives at
Brightfields the handsomest house in this
part of the state. The house is at the ex-
IRENE end of the village, and stands in a
grove of magnificent trees. Mrs. Snow
is an extraordinary pet fancier. She owns
twenty Mexican dogs beside the dimnu-
tive spaniel, and provides entertainment
for them in a room in her mansion, where
there is steam heat, rugs, sunshine and
baskets of soft down. Her stables, ele-
gantly fitted. contain eight bIooded
horses, that have nothing to do but eat
Mrs Snow is lovely and gracious She
is exceedingly fond of pets. A short time
ago she had fifty or more cats, but they
died off until now none are to be found
about the place. But what she lacks in
cats, Mrs. Snow makes up in the way of
dogs. With single exception all the dogs
came from Chihuahua, Mexico. She pur-
chased them when in that country seven
or eight years ago. They bear a marked
resemblance to prairie dogs. from which
family they are originally descended.
There are about twenty of these dogs,
ana they manage to make life about
Brghti1elds extremely noisy. Mrs. Snow
places their value at about $500 each.
These dogs are better kept than many
chloren OF good family in New York.
Ihey are given verythirls THAI they
can possibly require. Although they do
NOT have daily carriage ride, as is the
case with Midget, the smallest dog, they
receive the most careful attention and
get plenty OF exercise. They are per
Iectiy healthy, eat well, sleep like tops
ana can bark and yelp as shrilly as any
thlng that wears four feet
The room set apart for Mrs. Shows
dogs is heated by steam, has a southern
exposure, many windows and is alto
gether very attractive. 1t was once
DllIlafd room. Scattered about the room
are clean wicker baskets. In. them,
when weary, these aristocratic dogs re-
pose. some of these dogs are wonderfully
beautiful. Their hair is soft and silky.
Airs. Snow also cares for horses. She
has eight in her stable, each in splen-
did box STALL and provided with every
thlng that horse can possibly need, save,
perhaps, exercise Some, by reason of
their close confinement and high breed
ing, are more spirited, but that makes
the stalls of all and the knowing beasts
would not harm a hair OF her head. The
horses are all blooded. and have been
in her possession about eight years.
While consumption has killed a number
of ner delicate dogs the horses have
lived on in the full luxuriousness of their
pampered careers.
Mrs. Snow disapproves the use of the
check rein. She rides behind no horses
whose heads are checked Neither will
she stand by and let horse draw an ex-
tremely heavy load If she can by any
means prevent IL. Once. while at the
Columbia county fair at Chatham, she
noticed that most Of the horses on The
ground wore check reins. She immedi-
ately went 10 each of them, and without
a word of protest from the owners loos-
ened the reils. Her views IN this respect
have attracted attention hereaboutsl and
nave increased the esteem in which she
Is held by her neighbors.
Early the other morning Sunday
Press reporter went to Brighthelds. A
huge masliG lay ia the sunshine and
blinked sleepily a pressure Of the cleo
urlc button brought Or. snow 20 the
door.
Want 10 sse our little dog, eh?' he