The record-union., 1899-07-17
PETS AND MASTERS.


Dogs Grow to Look Like Their
Masters.
It is said that when two persons are
a good deal together they grow to look
like each other, but the statement IS
just as true Of men and dogs. says the
New Orleans .'Picayune. The likeness
is sometimes so strong that one invol-
unfairly suggests the other. This SIM
tlarity is strongest in the walk
1 know a bank president, tat ana
pompous, who owns little fox terrier
which might be a bank president
among dogs. The man has heavy,
waddling gain, and the dog, partly on
account of rheumatism, walks exactly
like his master The lively nature
which is supposed to belong to dog
of this breed is utterly lacking In this
animal. His acquaintance is only with
the blue blooded dogs who wear col
lars. and it is evident that his CONVEX
sation is all on the rise or fall of dog
stock, the stringency of the bone mar
ket and the probability of plenty of
cats.
On the other hand, I have the ac-
uuaintance of two little fox terriers
who go to the other extreme. They are
very nervous and seem to partake OF
the nature of the mistress of the house
When she goes for a walk her pace is
very rapid, her steps short and her
sudden halts to look in store window
or speak to a friend give her harum-
scarum appearance which is shared by
the dogs They chase around the
streets with little pattering steps, stop
suddenly chase on again, get In every
ones way and arrive home GREATNESS
and happy. The mistress is a woman
who jumps at every sudden noise, ana
the dogs jump with her. They also
initiate her in many little fretty quar-
rels, which are over as suddenly as
they begin.
The old-fashioned man with the old
fashioned dog still further Illustrates
this point. The man is tall, rather
heshy and has long, thick hair and
full beard, cut in the old style. The dog
is large, rather clumsy, with shaggy
hair. a veritable picture of the old
school reading book Bruno. The man
seems to know no one; neither does the
dog make the acquaintance of his fell
lows 1t is evident that the life of both
is devoid of excitement and is made up
of a routine of placid little doings.
In contrast with this is the resem-
blance between polished courteous
man of the world and his little, shining.
spick and span poodle. They are both
small dark, silky and graceful. The
master has fine, wavy locks and the dog
a beautiful shining coat of hair. They
both move softly and easily about the
room and greet a visitor with quiet
courtesy When a stranger enters tha
little dog does not sniff at him, but
walks up quietly and invites pat
These two master and dog, are so much
alike in their personality that some
times l am in danger of patting the
master and shaking hands with the
dog.
"A homely yellow tramp dog attached
himself one day to an unattractlye
freckled, red haired youth, and the two
are now boon companions. alike in APP
pearance and tastes. The boy laughs
loud and harshly at whatever amuses
him, and the dog follows with an ir-
ritating. discordant bark. The dog is
no respected of persons and ambles
along with a devil-may gait. The
boy is not awed by any parsonage, how
ever great, and slouches along the
streets until some mischief arouses his
attention. ana together lie anu TIE uoS
go into it. So the two laze along
through life, irreverent and careless,
but rather liked on the whole on ac-
count of their imperturbable cheerful
ness
y little girl who owns big st. Ber-
nard dog has so impaired her very
feminine personality to the animal that
the big fellow is becoming most ridicu-
lous She walks with short. quick
steps, turning her toes out very square
ly This is a hard gait for the dog TO
initiate but he has done it with his
hind feet at least, and minces along,
giving a little twist outward with his
hind feet The little girl jumps up and
down with delight and the clumsy dog
attempts the same light springs. She
is a child whose personality is not at all
strong and whose voice is of the fine,
fussy sort. and the dog lacks that big,
commanding presence which belongs to
a ST. Bernard. His bark is not deep
bay, but sharp and indecisive, and he
is gradually becoming fussy in all his
movements.
1t would not be polite to say that the
master or the mistress partakes of the
personality of the dog. and so the dog
must be affected by the personality of
its owner.