The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-21
A Bull Dog That Stops
Runaway Horses.
Canin.s Dig Their Owner Out
of a Big Snow Slide.


Az Q rule, the bull dog Is not much
ADMIRED except by those who enjoy that
brutalizipg sport. dog lighting. Occa-
sionsliy q canine OF this breed dispiays
qualities that make him superior TO his
lass and of some real value to human
kind. such an animal 10 that owned by
Councilman Bungsy Of Spokane, Washing
ton. "Pat" IL the dogs name and ne mas
won Q widespread reputation for his sue
CO.'S In stopping runaway horses. MI.
Bungay has Q store In Spokane, and In
front of this place OF business, whenever
the weather would permit, Pat has been
in the habit of taking up mis- station.
IEds original task was 10 guard the store
from all the nuisapces that walked in that
airsctiop and in this capacity he hss long
teen unequsled. Mr.. Bungsy had spent
NO little time in teaching him that when
. horse and buggy were left in front of
the lto,e 1t was the intention to have
them remain thsrs..until the person who
left them returned and took possession.
Several times horses which have been
temporarily stationed In front of the store
have taken the notion to wander on.
Each time Pat has interpossd an objec-
tion that always had weight, for he iss
stocky dog and weighs good deal more
than his looks would lesd one to think.
The climax In Pst's career came . few
7ays ago when, 40 he was lying onkths
stsps Of the store apparently asleep.
horse and buggy came dssbips down the
street. The 6buggy was empty, for the
horse had broken his hitching strap,
which wAs swinging wildly In the air ~
the frightened animal tore down Sprague
stree. Pat comprehsnded the situation
st . glance. As the horse neared the Bun
gay store, Pat gathered himself together
ON the sidewalk sno waited. A moment
later, the spectators saw Q white dog
-swiuRins In ell directions at the end OF
that portion of the hitching strap which
remained attached to the horse. For q
few seconds the horse did not seem to
mind the animal that clung like grim
death to the hitching strap. Pat would
swing wide OF the morse and up In the
cir, and then come down with tbud that
made people who heard II sorry for him.
Every tims he came down, however, he
bracsd himself and gave the horses head
. vigorous pull. 1hs result OF Pats
methods was that within Q comparatively
short ditance the runaway was brought
TO Q standstiIl.
The dog. somewhat scratched and .
good deal bruised, sat calmly down by
the fosming horse pulling the strap at
intervals, as II to ssy: "You might just
% well stop frst a. last whel get hold
of the strap" OF coure there were any
quantity of men ready to hold the horse
after Pat stopped 1t, although none Of
them had exhibited the least inclination
20 set In its way while 1t was on the run.
Pet, however, 10 not Q gotistic nor vain
glorious. for just as soon % he saw that
there were enough persons about the
horse to take care of 1t he dropped the
hitching strap, shook on the dust which
be had accumulated. during bis perilous
trip, wandered back to the store without
. sign Of excitement, and calmly went to
sleep or the same spot where he had
been lying W hen he first saw the run
away.
An equally interesting story about dogs
comes from Mountain Home, Idaho. A
Ahort time ago Mr.. Frank Andress started
from the mine to 60 to the blacksmit h
shop located q considerable distance
swsy. He Was caught by big snowsfite,
which started about 200 feet up!the. noun
tain. He was carried quite distance, and
lodged against the gulch ana covered
over with four feet of hsrd-packed snow.
His two dogs, which are qusrter st. Ber-
nard. escaped the avalanche. Thoy soon
located their master and began to dig
away the snow. BY the faithful work Of
the dogs and the use OF bis left arm,
which wss fortunately In an uprig ht posi-
tion, Mr.. Andrsas soon gained q small
opening, which enabled him 10 breathe.
He declared that q few minutes more and
be would have been dead. One hour
picking awsy the hard snow from his
body and throwing II out Of the opening
made by the dogs, brought q most well
come relief, and one that will not soon ps
forgotten. The gulch proper was filled
with snow 10 feet deep for distsncs OF
- ssst.
some very interesting facts relative to
light producing cresturss nave been dis
covered by Prof. Dubois In IN elaborate
series Of studies just completed by him.
MANY ieiIy-nshss and some stsrfisbes ere
luminous. So sre few srtbworms. One
kind OF shrimp hss Q brilliant circle
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