The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-27
JOE cOE Is a FINE YER.
He is n Dog, Trained TO Pull n Bicy-
Gle Up Hin.

From the Springfield Republican
Steadman Coe of Ware thinks he has the
best all-around dog in America. bar none
he is remarkably large. heavy English
pointer, of very high breed and rejoicos
in the concise and barky name of Joe
Coe' and he has made his short three
years Of life in one grand endeavor to dis
prove Prof Shaler's recent theory that
canine intelligence must be looked for in
mongrels. Already he is a splendid watch
cog, an earnest, enthusiastic and success
IuI hghter and without a superior in the
surrounding district as a bird dog, but
ms chlef claim to reputation, so Tar, is
based on his fine qualities as A driver
Nhen Joe was small dog, his owner.
VINO is an enthusiastic bicyclist, becom-
ing discouraged by the many hills around
are began considering the problem of
securing some sort of a portable dynamo
TO aid him in his hill climbing Being
quite expert in handling animals he de-
clded 10 use Joe in this capacity. He had
special harness constructed for the dog
and began training him Immediately. Joe
TOOK Kindly to the idea and the exercise
agreed with him. He was fed freely and
grew with great bounds, the work Caus-
ing his hind quarters to increase with
with Jumps of well-hardened muscle and
appeared more after the general pattern OF
a smalI horse than dog. Under this
rigid course of training he soon became
much larger than either of his parents
and celebrated the first anniversary of his
birth by. giving his father the walloping
OF his life. Since then he has been ack-
nowledged king dog of the town. He
IS frank and peaceful in his dealing with
his fellow-dogs, but insists rigidly on
his rights, and for good, sound teaming
qualities he has probably no equal in this
The method of operating Joe is very
simple. His harness consists of a breast
plate surcingle to hold il in place and
a strap extending down the backbone and
ending in a ring at the base of the tail.
The rest of the apparatus consists of
strap about four feet long with a snap
hook at the further end. the strap being
attached to the steering post of the BIZ
around the handle bars. When a hill is
reached Mr.. Coe whistles to Joe and the
pointer comes up alongside and allows
the hook TO be snapped into the ring on
his harness without compelling the rider
to dismount. He then jumps forward and
pulls up the hill, dropping back at the
top to be loosened again. The hundred
odd pounds of active dog is a wonderful
assistance, and with a fair amount of
work by the rider deprives the steepest
hill Of its terrors. The animal takes the
parently to use his weight better in sue
cesSive lunges and also being evidently
anxious to get his work done. In this
way hill is taken at rate almost as
fast as a level between the dog and the
rider; and in fact, the dog will take a
moderate sized hill alone, with the rider 8
feet on the coasting bars, though Mr..
Coe rarely subjects him to such a strain
Mr.. Coe has often taken his dog with
him on trips of twenty-five miles or more,
often coming to this city and returning
over the same distance the next day,
and the dog apparently is not at all tired
This year Joe hasn't been used so fire.
quently because Mr.. Coe having been re-
Gently married, has been rejoiced with
a son and heir, and has had to take his
exercise otherwise than by bicycling even
ings, but whenever he does go out he
takes Joe with him. Besides the dog has
been out hunting considerably this fall,
his record of partridges shot over him
in one day so far being thirteen. Mean
while, being considerable of a dog around
town, he takes his leisure wandering
around the streets of Ware, where he is
very popular among the townspeople. He
has habit of opening the doors of stores
on the main street whenever he cares to
go~in, pushing down on the latch with his
paws. When once in he shuts 1t after
him by throwing his weight against 1t,
and usually does this part of the trick
with vigor and enthusiasm that threat
ems to knock out the side of the build
ing Mr.. Coe, who has had considerable
experience in animal raising, having edu-
Gated a deer and buffalo among other
pets while he was a boy in Kansas, is
fonder of Joe than any of his conquests
up to date He says 1t is generally adj
mitted in Ware that Joe has more friends
and knows more than his master.