The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
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Fate Of a Remarkable Dog That
Tried to Go Three Ways At Once.

Fate OF q Remarkable Dog That
Tried to Go Three ways At Once.
New York Sun: ''The most mlxed-up
dog ever saw" said Mr.. Goslington.
twas one met yeiterday on the block
in which live. This dog was a grey
hound. Standing stu. the greyhound
seems very tail and very long; running.
ne stretches out amazingly; the grey
hound at play becomes one Of the most
extraordinary objects the eye ever
saw.
THE greyhound ] saw was playing
with another dog: q smaller dog. 1t
was a bright. frosty day, and the dogs
skipped about In the most lively fash
ion. The smaller dog was swift rum
ner. and he would start OFF with the
greyhound following. 1t was wonderful
to see the greyhound run; but far more
wonderful to see him turn while rum
ming, which he sometimes did. The
smaller dog would now and then turn
at sharp angle and run in the other
direction. The greyhound never failed
to follow. and when he turned he pre-
sented a wonderful sight. indeed, being
bent like a long-armed letter v laid
horizontally; his long front legs and
his head end the forward part, Of his
body going one way, while the rear
part. with the hind legs, was still going
in the other direction. up to the angle
or elbow where he was turning; some-
thing astonishing to see. But this
greyhound. presently did something
more remarkable still; he tried to go in
three directions at once, thus forming
himself in sort OF figure 4. 1t was in
this effort that he came to grief; but
all came about in the simplest way in
the world.
1.-THE smaller dog had doubled once.
and then almost Instantly changed his
course again. crossing his first course.
thus forming triangle; and the grey
hound tried to follow. He made the
frat turn all right. and then. before
the rest Of his body, and his hind legs
had got up to and around the bend.
he changed course again and tried.
with his forelegs and head, TO pass
under them.
gwen now I can't tell exactly how
It happened. because 1t was all done SO
suddenly: but the first thing l knew
the greyhound lay there on the ground
in kind Of bunch. with legs and tails
and heads and necks sticking out all
over him. He was all mixed up in
trying to pass under himself in this
way while going at full speed; his long
flying legs had got, In some way, most
curlously interlocked. and, what with
the bendlngs and turns of his slender
head and long neck and body and tail
he looked az though he was tied up in
about fourteen double bow knots, with
ends sticking out everywhere.
"The smaller dog. when he realized
that he wasn't being followed, came
back and stood beside the greyhound.
and wagged his tail In sympathy; and
went over to see II could untangle
him. As came up near him, the grey
hound lifted his slender head and look
ed at me with queer sort Of a look
as much as to say:
"'I did make fool jump that time.
didn't I"
And 1 said to him, out loud: We'll,
you certainly did manage to tie your
self up pretty well, anyway
"And then set about untylng him;
1 pulled out one leg, and then another,
and so on, and soon had him all right
again; and he stood It all with perfect
docllity, glad enough to haze my help.
When had got him all Strengthened
out he got up himself; and he was all
right. He turned his head around to
me and looked his thanks; and then he
turned and trotted slowly away, with
head and tail rather down. But a
moment later, the skIppy little dog had
ranged himself alongside of him and
made one or two Jumps at him, and
then turned and ran; and the next in
slant the lean greyhound was after
him again, humping and extending
himself with movements faster than
the eye could fully follow. going like
n skeleton stepladder worked by ma
chlnery. SO soon. like men, do dogs
forget