Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-12-19
Fashions IN DoGs.
To BE Really in the swim one NJ ust Have a
Japanese Spaniel

Japanese Spaniel.
The fashions change year by year,
and with almost the regularity of the
alterations in dress the society woman,
be she OF elderly or youthful age, is
compelled to indulge in the latest fad
in dogs, whether it be the house hold
protector or the dainty canine that is
carried in the arms while shopping, or
that occupies a seat of honor beside
his fair mistress while driving. The
new year generally witnesses the change
in this particular direction, and its
recurrence will be no exception to the
rule. Dog shows, held in this and
other cities at different periods of the
year, all help to stimulate the interest
in this direction.
1t would be hard to define what will
roally be the popular fad in next years
fashions with regard to dogs hut one
thing is certain, the black and. tan
will be practically nonenity. No
one wants them any more for the
reason that the breed has deteriorated
on account of too promiscuous breed
ing when the demand was pronounced
in their direction, only few years
ago BY reason Of this, tho little ami
NAL has been declared unsafe az COM
panion, and especially where children
form portion Of its circle of admin ers.
In direct contrast there is decided
leaning toward return to the pug as
a family pet In fact, the claim is
advanced by the breeders and handlers
of dogs of the toy order that the pug
is the only safe dog for children to
play with, and their temporary retire.
ment from tho position OF fancy favor
ties has had the effect of epurring
breeders to securing purer strain of
the animal.
The Japanese spaniel is really tho
proper caper for popular pet in the
family just now, and importers say il
is really the true representative of the
pug. They arc beautiful little crea-
tures with long, silky hair, but they
are nearly all imported, and the posses
sion of one of them of the pure breed
means an outlay of from $500 to $500
at this time, the Japanese war having
somewhat detracted from the dog in
terest there and thinned out the sup
ply. They are great pets with such
American women as can afford such
luxuries as $500 dogs, and are commonly
called ladies sleeves, - for the reason
that the fashionable women of Japan
usually carry them in their flowing
sleeves when promenading. They arc
capricious and stubborn little animals,
and cannot be whipped into submis-
sion, but can be cOaxed and petted into
anything.
For big house dogs the Great Dano
lBismarck's Deutsche dog) has come
into great demand. Aside from being
magnificently proportional animal,
there is no dog bred. according to
dealers and importers, that can equal
4 as n faithful and reliable watch dog.
Ohe OF this breed has kept guard over a
big saloon in the Seventh ward for
more than year and half, and no
one has ever presumed during that
time to interfere with the establish
ment during it's closed or open hours
Naturally, Danes come high, and r..
T. Harrison of the New York Pug Ken
nels, prominent importer and breeder
has Il pup of this class only two years
old that he holds at $500. In fact
the usual price of these grand dogs
ranges from 5000 to $500, according to
age and size.
Schuppert's little black dogs that
are born without tails have been
somewhat of fad, but it is not
strong one and is rapidly dying
out. One dog that will come high,
but is likely to become popular, espe-
cially with the fair sex, is the Java
dog, somewhat OH the style of the
Japanese animal. Mr.. Harrison has
several on the way to this country, and
describes them as being long coated
little pets that will only weigh three
or four pounds when fully grown.
Chow Chows, Chinese dogs, looked a
short time ago like coming into vogue,
but they had too much of the Spitz
disposition to become popular, and
they have retrograded SO much, princi-
pally for this reason, that they would
now hardly bring what il costs to feed
them on their journey here.
The ordinary animals that have be.
come so popular by familiarity With
them will, of course, hold their accus.
toned positions in the circles that do
not look for continual change. But
bench shows have decreed, or have
been construed to decree, that there
shall be a cenine aristocracy, the
rule of which, however, shah only exist
so long as the tickle fancy of its crea-
tors ordain.
The works of the Weir Plow Co., at
Manna4.,kh 4