Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
PET DOGS OF QUEENS
SOME OF TIE weIl-5s LOVED ouMo
FRIENDS OF ROYALTY.


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Dogs have been great friends OF
queens Among them no lady sovereign
has shown greater affection for dogs
than Her Majesty Queen Victoria
The dog houses OF Windsor afford ex-
cellent examples OF miniature arcni-
lecture. They are on n beautifui siope
by the home OF the keeper When the
Queen drives up, and the fasoritee
have the freedom of the snAootn
shaver lawn. gambols. races ana
barking heggar description
One pet collie rejoiced In the name
OF Sharp. He had all his meals Win
his mistress. being seldom away from
her. Though such n favoritc. the popu
larity Of the quadruped had hunts.
The household used 10 retreat before
him. for Sharp not only harked with
vigor but could bite with spite Even
the Queen mentions thai the pet WAS
fond of fighting. Referring 10 him
after a ramhle. she mentions that the
collie varied the monotony Of the Walk
by numerous collie shangies. -
the Highland phrase for a set-t0 be
tween dogs of Sharp's breed. one OK
them, pure white. LILY. always travels
with Her Majesty. SNOWFALL. par
ticularly graceful collie. Is. rs his name
implies. OF snowy Wilderness This ami
NAL was presented To her on the Oc-
casion of her jubilee.
Marie Antoinette's Jet lives In his
tory. 1t is one of the most graphic
points In Dumas .'Cheyalier OF the
Red House." where the Queens pet
il introduced. But for the noise made
by the dog in n prison corridor devO-
tees of the unfortunate Queen believed
that they might have carried her on
In safety. Tenanting a house near the
goal these loyalists had burrowed .
thoroughfare under part OF the build
ing in which the Queen was kept. Al
lowed To walk in a passage outsiQes
she shared the exercise with Elizabeth,
Nine. Royale and jet. His acute ear
caught sounds beneath one of the cor
ridor trap doors. turkeys atten-
ton was drawn to the extraordinary
noise of the pet and an alarm was
sounded. A search revealed the sub
terranean excavation. but the conspira-
tors had escaped. After this Jet was
taken from his mistress. She shed
bitter tears at the separation.
That extraordinary woman, Queen
Christina of Sweden. with her love OF
had in her time as many favorfte dogs
as Queen Victoria. Caesar, dashing
wolf hound. always during his life sat
with her at church. Having been
famed he was left alone one Sunday.
but leaping from the window he hob
bled to the cathedral and rent the air
with cries for admission. They were
heard by the Queen. Soon Caesar ap-
peared. Christmas finger pointed to
her feet. The dog reposed there like
a stone effigy.
Catherine OF Russia possessed q love-
ly French spaniel. which she called
Babe. He literally cost her his weight
in gold. hi owner being q capita. fell
low at driving n bargain. Catherine
used to comb and dress the pet herself.
Good Queen Bess was lover Of
hounds and all sorts of dogs. When
the Princess was undergoing imprison-
ment at Woodsto ok. Sir Thomas Bed
ingfield won her heart by the present
of hound. She found him such q
companionlble fellow that she named
him Friend. When she returned to
Hatfield Friend was her constant play
fellow. BY coincidence the incar-
ceration OF Mary. Queen OF Scots,
cousin OF Elizabeth. had a ray Of sun
shine in the latter part Of the time.
1t was the gamboling affection Of .
little French dog. He was in the hall
at Fotheringay on the memorable oc-
casion of the execution Eebruaryl.
1887. "All her beauty had gone,
wrote Dickens, but she WINS beautiful
enough to her spaniel, who lay down
beside her headless body.