New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-07
SOME FELINE PRISONERS.

are engaged salary. have no 20 20 30 cents head
stimulus to make tAcm grab pct DOGS from "omen's
arms.
No,w,thstand'ng President Ilalness opinion. the
ambulances. as the dogcatch.ng wagons sent oIt
bv the society are now called brought IN AN IN
stalnent few days ago that spoke wei for tho
prolncncss OF the dogs which escaped tho caich"rs
in former years. AZ against daily average returns
OF Is to 30 dogs and cats captured 10y all four wag
ons up to last week. each wagon brought ia almost
az many dogs alone on Wednesday. Three dollars
as formerly. IS the pr.cc one must pay l. redeem
his pet dog or cat from the Ncw-IOsh shelter with
this difference, that there s. now 10 charge for IL
ccnscd dogs when claimed hy their owners nor for
cats with collars All animals except those con-
signed to the pound kept forty-eght hours. and
are then placed in a vault. where they are quickly
and panlcssly put ont OF the way by gas
SO successful has been the experiment Of placing
the capture and destruction Of stray dogs and cats
in the merciful hands Of this society, that other
cities are about to follow the example. President
Haines says that ne has even received applications
from abroad for copies OF his bin. and he believes
that IA fouritrc" in Paris. ana Ike cstab-
nshments In other foreign capitals viii soon be in
the hands OF tho societies for the prevention Of
cruelty animals. Mr. Iaines believe. though.
that the success in New-York city IS chiefly duo to
the large number Of members. assistants and OIL
GERS of the society hero. and It's perfect organlza-
ton. He is doubtful whether the same arrangement
would be equally successful in smaller city whcro
the same advantages could not be found
THE SHELTER.
A neatly painted long low building. bearing its
| rldgepole the sign shelter for Lost and Straycd
Animals" with a cool, refreshing BACKGROUND Of the
waters Of the East River IS the picture that grccs
| the anxious owner OF lost pet or the curious VS.
| itor at East Observation-Disclosures The
! comparison OF an Indian dugout to modern man
of-war illustrates no more striking difference than
| tho one between the old dog-pound at tho foot Of
| East Sixteenth-st. and the present shelter. The
J former New-York City dog pound dirty, dis
gracefully brutal In all Of IT'S appointments and
WAS the scene OF constant recrimnations and quar-
rels between the owners OF captured pets and the
ruiiians who had captured them or the officials In
charge The writer has repeatedly under the
old condition OF things n basket. half as big as the
| bottom OF "A wagon, full Of helpless wretched,
frightened injured and famishcd creatures big and
| little together emptled over the top Of the hlgh
| hoard fence .nciosng the run" i'm the old Six
teenth-st pound, on the hard board floor below.
Some of them broke their legs in tho fall. others
were stunned and remained for hours lying where
! they fell moaning pteously. And then the fcro-
clous brutality OF the old eXccutons Any one ac-
ouainted with the intelligence OF the dog cannot be-
| ueve that the poor creatures didn't know what was
I'm store for them, as they were driven. kicked and
| crushed into the big iron cage which would lower
them into the water and san forever their halt
| human plants.
Those old keepers, heroes OF dog-ps and rafting
matches, only enjoyed one thing more than tort
| uring 'ash-barrels" as they called the m0ngrels
captured that was, securing fine specimens. which
they never let get to the pound. where they might
DO redeemed The cries Of pain and distressed howl