The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-08
A SMART DoG.
knows Figures and Recognizes "a
Portrait.

From Forest and stream
That the lower animal has the essential
power by which likeness as Wei as
reelection IS cognized IS made plain by
what ] have witnessed the dos mot .
show dog). DOJgsrdeid by name. of my
friend the actor. Mr.. W. +. Dalton. DO.
Pedestaued pieces Of TIN are placed en- dis
order on the floor. on which are painted
the Arabic figures ]. p 3, t. Name any one
Of these figures and DOdgerfsd VIII
bring 90 you the piece Of lin on which 30
is painted. This proves beyond question.
il it needs any proof-and / uul ,lat eve
erything In animal psychology BIAS % be
rroVcn-that DOdgerneld has One of the
lacui les essential 90 the perception of
likeness. the faculty of form. Without lt
L would De utterly Impossible Tor him OBJ
4-stinsul~h one figure from another hy
sitlt. anu have taken pains OBJ prove
tnAt he does not distinguish Do. Tins upon
M4lth they are painted 10y scent. The
Her FACULTY necessary % distinguish q
C1iored likeness Is of course trIt .uf color.
That Dodgeriieid has that is proven iu this
way; -Four handkerchiefs-Oue white. one
disorder on the floor; you ask for the one
you want, naming the color. and D1Iger-
held VIII bring ii TO you. Here again I
can assure the reader the lnCuislment
Is not through scent. Now YOU have
heefsteak painted by a competent real
istic artist. Show it 90 your dog See how
may not sink his teeth into THE picture
but this viii not be because Doe does moi
perceive its form and cOlors. but because
the mistake made by. his eyes IS corrected
by his nose. IT you could make the picture
smell precisely as a beefsteak YOU would
thoroughly fool the dog. as thoroughly as
greenback.
Under date of March z Mr.. Dalton saws.
Dodgerheld has developed a fondness for
sleepng on our bed i'm preference 20 his
own. His bed is a small cotton pad In "a
basket tie has settled himself upon our
pea every night after the performance OF
ldte ana has required quite a com
handing tone TO induce him TO 10 to his
own when The time comes for us 90 20 10
our. Last Thursday the climax came and
we sufmlse that he filled some of his doz-
ing moments through the day in devisiug
Sohe way OF attaining the desired bed.
Tor almost Immediately upon our return
ing from the theater he of his own frpe
VIII ana direction, dragged his pad from
nus basket which was i'm closet then
across "a i0urteen-tOot room 10 our bed
and jumped upon 10, Juggling the pad after
hlnl Then, spreading II out the best ne
could, he lay down upon &c and went TO
That Dodgerheld reasoned in this action
there can be no doubt. / have already
shown that he has two other faculties
necessary 10 the perception of a portrait
that OF form and that Of color. That
ne has the fOurth-that of power of tine
perception of the individual within the
persons 30 apparent that Mr. Dalton
thlnks MIN capable OF receiving impress
ions, even thoughts, through telepathy.
NOW, We're Mr.. Dalton or any one else
to tell me that Dodgerfield had known
portrait, | would not think the statement
wild But such "a thing neither Mr.. Dal-
ton nor anybody else has told me with
relation to Dodgerheld. Ut has been told
me, however with relation TO another
4og-Ilger by name-owned hy the Rev
Peter Claude Crevelihg Of CornNag n
Y: Mr.. Creveling writes me under date
of Jan %: ..af.I
My Wife does crayon work. Last week
she mad on her board two portraits. each
a striking likeness of its suh3ect-0ne OF
myself, the other of a friend unknown to
Tiger. When Mrs. Crcvcling had about
nhisned her work, and after my portrait
had been placed I'm a frame and stood on
an easel-the other being very near it,
niger was admitted to- the room (T0u
will please remember that some precau-
ton must be taken before admitting him
70 q studio, as his tail is not conducive 10
the GoOd order OF such1a plapeD ImmD-.
glalelE upon seems his master 10 .crayon.
ored 10 Kiss the face. IT was covered hy
glass A second attempt was made 10
snow his recognition of and love for his
master. lie could only touch the glass
| This trial was esseugh to convince him
that any further attempt to kiss the object
in front Of the easel, mis- eyes rivrted az,
the covered face thereon and over his
race passed an expression of cambinpg
disappointment and love that was truly
pathetic. lie would fain have kissed my
cheek TO tell ME OF his love. After a few
moments of mental anxiety. he rose. came
over TO me where j was sitting got On
my lap Che weighs 'f05 poundsJ Kissed The
living face, expressed ais love, and fully
showed his great delight that his master
still existed in tangible form The suu-
ject of the pencil, 1t is quite useless to tell
you, was as much pleased as Tfwer"