The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-18
MARRIED DOGS EYES
An Explanation Wanted of the Presensa
of These Tan Spots

An Explanation Wanted of the Presensa
of These Tan Spots.
Can any of your readers explain ths
meaning of the tan spots seen SO com.
monty over the eyes in black and tan
dogs of most lasedsp
When in Melbourne last year, I went
carefully over all the dogs in show
with one Of the stewards, and we found
the spots In all the black and tan ter.
riers, foxhounds, deerhounds, collies
lurchers etc., but I could get no infoxA
nation regarding them from the ex-
parts.
In some of the highly bred toy dogA
rs the small black and tan terriers, :
found on inquiry that these spots, for
merly SO very conspicuous, were being
bred out and had nearly disappeared
Their persistence through so many
strongly marked varieties, except thoss
Of late date, is singular, t7g there IL
fairly good proof that when first domes-
hcated tha dog was req or brown, like
The pariah, dingo, etc,
As far as can see, we do not find
me spots white on a black or dark
ground, nor yet black or dark on 8
white or light ground. My explanation
Is that they have arisen as a permanent
marking after the dogs "sported" to
black under domestication and have
bsen preserved and developed through
natural selection. Possibly they are pro
sective and simulate eyes
One morning, just at dawn, I had 90
session to go out into the garden, and
while STOPPING to examine some flowers
near fence partly covered with creep
ers, suddenly saw an animals head
looking through, and what seemed to be
two seemingly large and ferocious
black eyes glared at me. Suspecting
that black leopard was about to spring
over, started back, olapped my hands
and shouted. tt my relief, however, I
saw tail wag and found that the spec
eator was a cooly's dog 1 knew very
well and which recognized me. The
use Of the tan spots-in this case at
least-then occurred to me.
May it not be that the spots thua
serve protective purpose and have of.
Ten saved the lives of dogs (blaok dogs)
from their enemies, the smaller felines
such as the clouded leopard, etop Per.
haps the matter is not new, but if it Is
It seems worth looking into
I have several dogs about here now
With black bodies and heads. The tan
spots, rather pale, are of the size of a
shilling have shot one, keeping tbs
skin of the head as curiosity. IS q
Peal in Nature.
One cannos travel in Ireland withous
perceiving that the so many horsepower
and perpetual catching of trains theory
CT life is not ode that is accepted by the
Irish people, and do not think it ever
will be. Their religion, their traditions
their chief occupations, their tempera
ment, all Of which I suppose are closely
allied, are opposed to it.
The saying, "Take it aisy, and if yoz
cane take it aisy take it as aisy as You
San, doubtless represents their theory
OF life and, for my part, if it were 0
question either OK dialeotios or OF NOR.
ais, I would sooner have to defend that
view of existence than the SO man.
horsepower one. So far from 3 wise man
getting all he can out of himself in one
direction, be will, it seems to me, rig.
Idly and carefully abstain from doins
10 in the interests Of that catholic and
harmonious development which requires
hat he should get little out of him
'elf in every direction.
One would not like to assert that the
bulk of the Irish people are "harmo
,iously developed. But neither, # !
nay be permitted to say so, are the
English Or the Scotch people, and as
q reality all three probably err by lob
ided activity or lobsided inactivity, is
till remains to be seen whether toe
much perpetual catching of trains Or to<
much taking it "aisy" is, ON the whole
he wiser course and tho less insane il
Of the purport and usea q
sfs ---Blankwood's Magazine
Notice to Taxpayers
For the collection of 1895 taxes my
flee will close on the evening of Sat-
rday November %.
The names of persons owing taxes
npaid after that date will be publish
according 10 law entailing addi-
onal expense.
LEVI OPENsHAw,
Collector for Utah County.