Evening star., 1896-07-25
he ame. One gentleman has held tag

the hme. One gentleman has held tag
number 1 for six years.
A record ts kept of all tags issued, to-
gether with the number thereof, the kind
name and address. This has been found
necessary to trace stolen tags and supply
duplicates There Is a set of people who
make business Of stealing dog tags. All
that is necessary is to catch licensed dog
and twist off the tag with patr Of pinch
ers. The tag Is then either sold or applied
to some poor dog whose master IL not able
to expend 81 upon him. Last year over
four hundred tags were lost or stolen. At
least that is the number of duplicates is
sued. The practice is to issue q duplicate
tag for % cents which sum must be ac-
companied by an affidavit to the effect that
the tag has really been lost.
The Canine Population.
There are in Washington about 5000 dogs
that are annually licensed, and about
5000 more that are not.
The blue book kept by DR.. Clark gives
the name and address Of every licensed
dog. The book contains all manner of
names. There are any number of Growers,
ana the majority of them are big New
Ioundland dogs. There are several Frankies,
and they are for the most part dainty fox
terriers or toy spaniels. Then there are
Jim Blaines, Garfelds, Bill McKinleys and
Grants. They belong almost entirely to the
'yaller."
Among some Of the finer dogs may be
mentioned Admiral Selfridges fox terrier
McHenry; Mrs. r. r. Perry has a magnifi-
cent st. Bernard in ector, Prof Fanciulli
owns Pasquale,a blue skye terrier, and Fal-
staff, greyhound; Senator Mcmillan has a
real sporty dog in Piper, white bull ter
rier. He also pays license on Peter skye
terrier John Adams owns Major, and he is
regarded as one of the best Newfound-
lands in the city. Mr.. r. A. johnson owns
a handsome bull terrier, Prince, while VIM.
Ramsay mas Clyde, thoroughbred Collie
Miss Gertrude Lawson thinks the world of
her black pug Ubi, and T. N. Page is the
owner of Bonnie, collie, and Darby, fox
terrier.
H. N. Spofford owns Beauty, a fox ter
rier, and r. B. Lewis has a fine setter in
Lee. H. A. Vale prizes Cedric, his collie
and Mrs. MetZerott has a fine collie named
Mike. Chris. Heurich owns a Great Dane
named Tyrus, and Snoodles is the name of
fox terrier the property of Mrs. +. B.
Stockbridge. that lives at the Arlington J.
NJ. Green is the owner of Dorrit, fine set
ter and Rev. DIR. Hamlin has Fan, a fox
terrier. Mrs. N. Y. Acosta has fine York
shire, and w. s. Andrews pays a license On
Ginger and Coquette, pair of fine fox
terriers.
These Are Fnvorites.
Garlic a real King Charles, is the prop
erty of Mrs. H. G. White, and n. Tilford
owns Toughy a brindle and white bull
terrier. The legation Of Sweden and Nor
way receives tag gratis for its setter
with an unpronouncabe name. Philip H.
Sheridan owns Jinks, and Senator Matt.
Quay has a choice black poodle named
Dandy, and a fox terrier named Teddy
presumed to be named for Teddy Roose
velD; r. D. Dalzell owns a fine collie in
Rob- and VIM. McAdoo has Rex, a first
class setter.
John Lee Carroll owns Roddie and Tom,
a brace of fine settlers, and S. S. Rowland
has fox terrier named Lady Cupid, and a
dachshund named Tiny. Senator Hawley
owns fox terrier named Dandy. Robert
B. Bowler owns Brownie. a fine spaniel.
John A. Vanderpool puts his faith in fox
The Russian ambassador has gray dog
named Drong. Senator Chandler owns