The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-01
SOME STORIES Or DOCS
They Are offered Apropos of the Imminent
Opening Of the Bench Show Season.
Especial Correspondence


Opening Of the Bench Show Season.
Especial Correspondence
CHICAGO, Jan 29.-The bench show
season will shortly begin, and then the an
nual wave of dog stories will surge through
the land In fact, it has already reared
Its awful crest, as discovered yesterday
during two hours ride in the smoking
car CT an accommodation train.
AS is always the case on such train,
the personnel of the passengers was con-
stantly changing, but there were two men
besides myself who remained in the car as
long as / did, and they both had a few
dog stories to tell 1 started the trouble,
innecentiy enough, by speaking OF Strip,
the dog that was employed in London two
or three years ago to insert electric wires
In subways
That's good story, stranger" said
the man who was sitting in the seat with
me as be bit off big chew Of plug cut,
but femme tell you about dog know
sbout This dog was in New Jersey 1--WE
or six years ago. and he was just naturally
the knowingest dog on four legs. He be-
longed TO a man named Young in Flag
town, Somerset county. Ever been down
there? Well, if you had, you'd have heard
of Young's dog Frank. Frank is liver
and white notified, full bred Ridgeway
setter, and Young has trained him till you
can't rest. As a sporting dog he's the best
] ever saw, but it's in other things that
be is really great When Young gets up
in the morning, ne yells to Frank.
"'Get me my buds, old chap, Young
says, and you ought to see that dog gather
w the clothes.
Whenever Young wants to 20 walking
he lets Frank know, and the dog jumps
OH the rack and gets his masters hat
He'll carry a note to any one and wait for
the answer, and when Young is cutting
kindling wood the dog carries the sticks
into the kitchen and puts them In the
woodbox More than one man had tried
to buy Frank when I heard about him,
but Young used to say there WASH t enough
money in Somerset county to get that
dog"
'.When was up in Winnipeg two or
three years ago." said man wearing a
fur cap who sat in front of US, Il beard
about dog that went out with his master
'hooting There were plenty of prairie
chickens that day, and the dog pointed
'em all right, and the man shot every
time, but for some reason he didn't hit
airy bird Well, finally he quit and start
ed home The Cog seemed to be awfully
downhearted, but when they got almost
to the house ne got excited and grabbed
the man S coat. like he wanted to lead him
somewhere Well, the man had TO so,
and where do you suppose the dog led the
fellow? Well, sir, it was straight to the
market, and when he got the man there
be gave one lock at the hundreds of prairie
chickens there for sale, and then he just
pointed, and he wouldn't 60 away till the
man had bought. I"
The man who was sitting with me seem
ed to take this story as a direct reflection
on the truth Of the one he had told and
straighsway retor:ed with another, which
was n,anifestly invented, and then the
man with the fur cap told Of dog that
could chew tobacco and expectorate as ac-
curateiy as Dickens Mr.. Challop, whose
exploits were recorded in Martin Chuz-
dewitt i am not sure how long they
would have continued their rivalry il /
had not silenced both by telling about the
swimming races between dogs that We're
carried On near Boston two or three years
ago Although this story of mine was
perfectly true, and the result of the races
was printed in the newspapers the day
after their occurrence, both my compan-
Ions evidently thought me ronancer
whom they could not hope to outlie, and
the conversation was abruptly changed
+ G. NoyES