The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
VILDDOG ON A FERRYB0AT.
, cBErHOuND ENLITENS TRIP TO
JONG ISLAND CITT

,,.r soaring Passengers to the Cabins and
,,rv Great Distress OF Mind and
n,.truction Of Clothing, the DOG Jumps
o,.rhonrd md Swims to New York.
,,ig greyhound had Mt on Th'rty-iourth
.,r.., f.rrybOat aud badly scared boatload
~ ta-senEsrs. horses. truck drivers. boot
o,I leckhauds Yesterday morning.
ia, ,bey we're about to rally In force to do
49,, to death the dog jumped overheard and
.yo,, - the New York slip. where he was
,oL.r out Of the water stone-ccld sober anu
was recovered 10y his owners
When the ferry boat Flushing left her slip at
,,t,,y fo,,rth street at o o'clock yesterday
r,-,p there we're two young men aboard.
- l.,ding an unusually large greyhound.
su, stond at the New York end OF tho wo-
AN. SIDE Of the boat. The dogs seemed
r,th.r oyerheated. but we're otherwise quite
..,ro.ssssed Soon after the boat went GU. OF
~. aim one Of the dogs began TO act as II IL
wsr, in great distress. A woman persuaded
M. If the dcckhands 10 bring basin OF water
N ,hc dog The dog didn't want to drink out
nj III. basin. which was not an overattractive
,hi,, to nut before an animal OF such apnar-
,,ly high lrseding The dsckhand was some.
.h,t.cysllasi-tent and the doRsnapped at him.
Tn another second the yell Of Mad dog" was
oissd and wa, taken up all over tho boat.
T,cryr,Gy .n tie rear deck made q wild rush
tor the cabins aud skirts were ripped and coat
tau, damaged in the struggle. The young
man who had rcen leading the dog let go Of
tba ,.Lpiu when tho alarm was first raised and
na,.sl through the folding doors at a pace
suggesting that he might have been the val
ned m,wher Of some college athletic team.
0r.e inside. lie lifted .up his voice In protesta.
tiop that h- DIDN'T believe the dog was really
mad that 1t was only u little excited and that
II often acted that way.
He was cordially aud unanimously invited
n 20 out and take control Of his aminhle
though eccentric animal. but he said he didn't
care 10 de- that. The dog. YOU know. said he.
wa. letter let alone to tire itself out at such
times.
Meanwhile there was whirling free-for-all-
catch.as.rau game Of tag going on outside
with the dog continuously 1T" The beast.
once i; was released. made u dash for the end
NJ the boat and look cd out over the foaming
wake to the Manhattan shore, Seeing moth:
irgattractiye there, II wnirle about and was at
once salu,ed wttha flight OF canes. brooms; and
lambs OF asuhalt from a cart In the carriage
way Even tin luncheon pail was among
the missiles The dog, assumed. upon this
New ork end of the boat ano let out its legs
IN q dash through the carringeway.
York iyrryEoUse One Young man with a
Tar of pua!e-cently lovely tiarnel trouser!
dye.pe them With large ;ab,ta,ta spots s Of
footing was soon DISPUTED Gy the driver, two
IootGiacks, a deck hand and 0 colored lady OF
SsSFf he sat 5sn in The warm IN AZ asphalt His
language was such that the colored lady said
him arrested, Tor he was certainly, not At Tor
respectable folks TO associate with. BY the
lin. the dog reached the Long Island City end
Of the boat there was no one on either OF the
open decks except those WHO every moment
or two sIipted from precarious perches on
hadly back again, pulling down other tugi-
tves by the arms and skirts as they climbed.
couHt.nanSe expressed acute anxiety. created
something u diversion by announcing from
M seat "a to M6o woad bebS
the black handbag she had drorped on the
deck near the rear gate. An Italian boothlaek
The second dog the one that was still calm.
cabin. The sane dog which he wasrstil l lead
&c. % IN ssss air dos E snd hST Tor .hss
he {oor slammed; the dog dSdSsd bu, o i1s
lady, the yelpsTot the dog and the wild chatter
Of the cIamhering bootblack rose in inharno-
caused him 10 Re viewed with alarm in the
mems cabin; and there was rising murmsI
m6b 6sbna he.csnes Of Bow
Another bootblaek was prevailed upon to
For the rest Of the trip the middle Of the boat
was resonant with arguments between the boy
had said So or 81. She was disposed to COM
promise for quarter OF dollar. y seemed
Meantime had the tns5 mSdI me
Island Oily end, OF the boat; his steel chain
Was whippnn about his legs and i hurt He
bn4 with every yep the women in the cabins
md on the WAGONS Gasped and Rugged them
The people in the cabins were perfectly safe,
put every m0ment or two false alarm To 1lhi
G Ire headed for the middle Of The boat a.
their whp. at it. This did not tend to restore
IL comrosures. The dog finally seated itsst.
The boat was heading straight for the Long
in speed when they move S4't at ali. and sppeais
from tho passengers for more speed were
some m align influence moved the dog to
start for the other end OF the boat perhaps it
vas si1s support q a truck that one OF the
WIN sGpeai Of anger and showing q the
teeth and leaped at the, passageway;. 4 Whip
shot through, the dark covered way in a
llght gray streak. Nearly everybody had q
The do: didn't stop atall when It reached
Ire gate hut cleared 1t with r long bound and
1aa q ont on The he. s ys n md dd ar
Other what they were Just about 10 do when
the dog lumued. II became apparent that
every individual man and hoy on board had
thought NJ. a rlan to kill the dog single handed
HnHd alone within another, thirty seconds
Which would tend to show that the dog was a
mnd reader and lumned with full knowledge
oil what was to come II il stayed aboard.
They watched its head hobbing over the
waves until 1t was. near the New York shore
Inc boat was In its Long Island City slip by
that time. The young men who had brought
the dogs aboard went back on the same boat
ana found that the greyhound had gone
straight back to the Thirty fourth street ferry
house and had bsen pulled out OF the water by
eWorEman on a ferry boat laid up there under
gong rel4irs. The dog was calm and almos
rIaytul when II came out OF the water. I
tetmed very grateful to the man that hat
taEen.!t out Of the water The young mel
gave the yescuer half a dollar and started bacl
over Tho ferry with their two dogs.
Standing Up, But FAST ASLEEP