The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16
A DOG AND CAT CEMETERY.
NEW YORK NOW HAS A PLACE TO
BURY r. DEAD PETS.

The Graveyard 10 at HartSdale and Already
Moro Than n Dozen lnterments Have
Been Made ~There-Some of the Funerals
Expensive-Sorrow Shown by Late Owners
Now New York has a dog graveyard OF its
own. It was high time. The London one has
been rather oyerworked. Returning tourists
have a way of dropping their consciences at
sea as II they were afraid the customs officers
would confiscate them, but they never fail to
bring In an importation OF large tales Of travel.
and the Londo dog graveyard has been q
favorite theme for these tales.
The new canine cemetery out at Hartsdale
cannot hope to rival the London cemetery for
some time to come. In the first place. it is too
young an institution. In the second place.
Hartsdale Is 30 much nearer than London. 1t
is too easy for the curious reader to jump on
a suburban train and. In half an hour. find out
that he has been bamboozled. Fake stories.
like views. need distance to lend them en-
cliantment. However. IL the new cemetery
keeps on as 1t has begun. It will be interesting
enough without the help Of the imagination.
The Hartsdale dog graveyard is said to be
the only one in this country. 1t has been in
existence only a few months. but already there
have been more than q dozen interments. The
credit OF the scheme Is due to three persons.
First. to the Superintendent OF the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals. for 1t
was he who urged the plan: second. to the
head Of the New York Veterinary Hospital. for
It was he who adoptedthe idea. and. lastly. to
q woman Of wealth. living near HartsdaIe. for
1T was she who made The cemetery an accom-
plished fact. She set aside three acres OF land
for the purpose and placed the veterinary hos
pital in control.
The graveyard has got along so far without
any name. The agents call 1t the canine
oAFnatarv and LAT IL no af that Aa aOnn M
they shall have made the place more attrao-
tive by carrying out certain plans for It's i'm
provement they mean TO give it some romantic
and appropriate title. This really ought TO he
done. 1t is almost an insult 10 the memory
OF any self-resDecting tabbY to bury her in a
canine cemetery" Cats are Just as eligible
to graves at Hartsdale az dogs. and. IN fact,
led there. No goblin scratching matches have
been reported. but 1t ID TOO much TO expect OF
q cat to slumber peacefully in a place labelled
The grPyeyard is not Q p@otterls field whore
an amin MI'h Al can O.I be st9Tsd away without money
ones deceased pet laid decontly at rest out
there. The prices are $5 for a single inter-
dogs. $10. for a small grave and SIS for a large
grave. When the grave is purchased outright
place, Up 70 date there have been pugs.
, poodles, spaniels and St, Demands buried In
t sass HsR IL sSs o aaS n EITen' ot "a sss ali s ssSdss
49, 49,
the Sc. Demands came under the head Of small
dog and were Inferred at the - rate. There
Is a yaRueness about this size limit which may
cause dissenBion In the future when some
medlum-slZed and not too much lamented dog
becomes a candidate for a grave.
Most OF the animals ara 30 loved by their
owners that the latter gladly pay what Is asked
and are thankful. for the chance. It. was never
q plea SAINT thought to any one who had grown
to love q pet that the loyal, II dumb. COM
panlon Of so many hours should be dumped
YET any other disposal OF the body was almost
Before the dog cemetery was established II
often cost SIS and almost endless trouble to
have an animal. taken TO the country aud
buried. Under the present system the aReuts
OF the cemetery receive the body at the hos
pital. prepare IL for shipment, send IL by ex-
press to HRrtsdalo, where the sexton" Of the
J dog graveyard buriea IL. Each grave III num-
bered and a stonecutter Is now filling orders
for several monuments to be erected by be-
reaved mattresses. II you ask the cemetery
agent whether these owners OF pets really
RrteVe deeply when an animal dies he will give
you. q look that speaks louder than words,
well, II you should come In here sometimes
you'd think 1t was bedlam broke loose. Why.
the women cry 80 they set all the dogs IN the
cages here 70 bowling their heads on. There
was q woman came In not long ago with O sick
parrot and when the parrot keeled over and
died she carried on 90 we had 20 keep her here
for an hour before che looked at to 60 out ON
the street, AS for the dogs and cats that are
brought here 70 be buri9A. well. i tell you some
Of them are. hxed up. DEcfty fine. We furnish
. plain Wooasn box for hem ~ the rate Of "