New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-07
From The London Field.

nlGcOuS coats
posed to wear in the French capital; We very
eh 99 6rSc on o b 9i any knf b are eu IN
tom. and Therefore the fashion TO use them on
Ereyhounds when in training and on the more DELI
tirenai fri nds make their tile canine companions
look foolish in their jackets and pantaloons. and
when they deck out ,her Great Danes and Russian
Sd IN Ren on b cp sg' Bsrn aaH p as
thcy do on their poodlcs. The clown in the circus
W wh u, tied frs round his dogs nccs and placed
comica-ookng clothes on their legs and eod,.,s;
Morryman" has been usurped by those who would
be in the fashion with ne result tnat me pr,
and curious contortions 70 amuse his patrons Per-
np The P29S Wa n a h a that had dIs
20 the straight shot Of his masters gun than ne
is now when his role IS either that of the fool or OF
the dandy.
DECLINE OF THE BULLDOG.
Fifteen years have. in the matter Of doss;
brought many changes. and so much has happened
during the most recent canine generation ana a
h 4a %9 MS4f m w Prod If mo- asoey new
varieties Cf the dog have been manufactured SOM
front while 9thGrs formerly in ah9n are are
removed from their high estate me Scotti.r CO.,
society though socially he Is not quite 40 much
y wS enc en6onraged by clubs and shows, and made
valuable by the oXtraordinary prizes ne cah VIII
cause ne IS a marketable commodity ana can earn
his living ana much besiGes nat ne II voc " nno
,5ousond bounds" seems to i, lot Of money TO
give FOR any dog but as We write thsre Is c ,ha
that for him and this because. IN fees and prizes
9r dog has on ma 6 oyer e moG & naue Of % A.
a companion he T. not WORTH more than Ten
Similar Implication can be made; neither is fash
lonable" for itself alone but because OF re IN
come it can produce The St Bernard Is arsc,ea
to smaller extent by similar state OF ait hin5
and although it may be saia taGt fSsy t DOG wns
attained by Sir Bediyere. Of this VARIETY ne auiie
failed to prove remuneratlye investment even III
America, where luxury and money are IN SUCH
plenty ara many norsons who would place the
bulldog high the pinnacle OF fashion. Dut ne ~
low on the ladders rungs now ana ms a ,,inn s
the National dog of Britain and none Know asis
better than themseyes once o nd W eermination
with certain amount OF rough SnT wny mproye
him. ~ They succceded in producing an animal yith
| a huge branless head protrudng teeth EN-, wnuch
! tured-if they have not done 50 hefore-and 90,
normally crooked legs upon whlc9 me Wsslking
or gaoping is another question a''ose'p Follow ana
slow-trotting pony or walk a mile in 2 Quarter OF
an hour he writes to the papers ind2rWns onS
s sFaoS and % fought the lions at Warwck beans
is in fact. the mdes; in disposition OF an our m,c
dogs His courage ana ieroGlg n"se rnoweds
gCoa 700 he wonId have died before allowing
y Yea kin s" of beasts to be his equal Fashion for
he beads and other exaggerators has thus almost
b h9 seen his worst days and that in ten years
time it Will not be new TO d Io1sn miles after his
owners inotor-car, If that be the vehicle OF the
iU'U'e' FAD FROM CHINA
The first Russian wolfhourd or Borzoi by which
name we now know him. introduced TO ms couh-
about thirty yeaIT,s ag2 Thn b Ie the Prnce OF
Wales They made no progress ior coisluthl any
9Gw Pfob ne easily obtained and in due course they
! reached that position fashionable dogs Whcn
/ they now maintain. though their life Is changed LOT
here they are fancy article. while in Russia tn nc.
are kep ana bred FOR purposes Of sport DoaotIess
they par excellence the iaShl0h now anu ,
beauty and grace and as rule kni'y or 80 a.
Will doubt enable them TO sustain LhsT Riace ,r y,
society until some oher pis d2g, pgaS niaIlv an
| autocrat he was discovered in greatest periecuon
, b e ESn@es 10 S the ns avoe Of the Princess
Wales and other leaders OF society nor IS TINS Iopu,
larity 20 be allowed to decline II IS likely snow 9i
Borzoi Will shorty axe PbSs Newcastle The
naed WIN h ho L fashiona be on account OF his
! appearance and not because he is medium OF com
mercial enterprise To 90 20 extremes IN the matter
Of Size and we reach the japanese spaniel who too
donate he is The accepted of royalty and finds inter
6smes than p the sleeves OF the japanese mobiles
The latter said 10 be the kelhys OF me ILL
! dogs in their native country, ana hehce tne more
dimnutlye the Jap dog the better Many 100 are
| found in about The native temples whence
Tho 0thv lucre of the "barbarians Is the means OF
their change OF surroundings. We DO not know that
9se fbnn our Benhems and other English toy
snaniels but there is no doubt the former have done
o,St Fashion has done it all for the foreigners
are not so handsome as the ,bIighter-coiored and
n has beer said that are Isolated in our ideas
and bigoted in love for home products This
can hardly be true for we are oYerrun with foreign
walters ioTegn inIrcnFs' w e ri Areadv
fls. -tO "a IS %
The most fashionable % the canine race and not FAR
tni,inS ,boro comes another Eastern production In
esn9 form nT Of tbe Chow Chow~which really means
something TO eat-that of China. lie gives himself
airs now that we have adopted MN, ana Is no
5}Ic no carries a better curl I'm his tail and has
= brirhter GLOW in his color, and a hufficr coat here
d EngIish or wZealandl beef as his ancestors
did TO- rice and other vegetables. The Chow
is something OF a mystery, for. without for mo-
,mI o how he has been introduced and accept
ed There Is nothing loving about him. he Is rather
9uarrelsome and his greatest admirers cannot call
him beautiful lie just fad. and although he has
had a show OF mis- own-a position which neither
n' VIII np' not last and in the end viii be forgotten
or neglected, as Is the Great Dane when compared
with his position a few years ago.
ROYAL. AND ARIsToCRATIC DOGS
still another little foreigner appears. he OF the
crooked legs long body and yelyety SKIN me dachs-
hund by name. a Continental sporting dog, de-
ycioped under British rule into a fancy or COM
royal and aristocratic. and so have those OF the
Pomeranian or Spitz dog-"made in Germany" but
developed here-once white snappy and ill-natured.
now black chocolate and fawn. amable and some
what dminutive. No change IN the fashion IN
ouady7ipeds is more marked than in this variety.
BOT long ago white specimens were only to be
found blacks are the rage and on canvas at
burlington House last year the Princess Henry OF
Pless appeared fondling tiny black Pomeranian
, an admirable painting by REGINALD Arthur. II
must not be forgotten that a little earlier one of
3 the pictures Of the was that by Luke fides
B az oilr Princess of Wales, In whose arms reclined
a charming japanese spaniel; No wonder. then:
/ that these varieties the height OF fashion. y
The Relgian schipperke enjoys certain amount
OF popularity but Is not actually fashionable PROB
ebly because his origin is pebeian and OF his ip-
ability to grow out Of the surroundings OF ms birth
, on the Dutch canal-boats. His amputated tan Is
10 say the least, not quite chic. Black pugs nave
during the last decade become pretty numerous,
and care having been taken In their production, IN
| nr,nearance lheY are more nearly approachng inc