The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-22
East Side Sportsman Gets Bogus
Pedigrees on COllies and Has TO
Pay for Injured GreyhOunds.
COUNT C0WLEY A C0URSER.
Tailless Hound Kills Seven Belgian
Hares in a Night and Eats
Them at One Sitting-Cus-
toms High on Dogs.

John VI. Trendiey. superintendent OF con-
struction for the ST. Louis Terminal Rail
way Company, president of the st. Louis
Collie Club. well-known collie fancier. all
around sportsman and good fellow. has a
lot of trouble put on his hands by two of
his fine collies and like number of grey
hounds which -.lskefs:he purchased stor
his brother-in-law. John S. Bratton OF East
st. Louis. recently. The dogs were bought
in England and imported to this country.
Mr.. Trendley was buying prize colies for
himself In England. He told Mr.. Bratton
that he proposed TO buy two fine show
bitches. Haywood Supply and Barwell Mys-
Rugby, England
Il see" said Mr.. Bratton. IT tell you.
John. There is a fellow In Rugby named
Spencer who has some good greyhounds. /
want to get into this coursing game across
the river You might write him to buy me
n brace of frst-class prize winning grey
hounds. money no object, so as the dogs
are AL
Being a good fellow by occupation, Mr..
Trendley wrote for the greyhounds and ac-
cepted a price on Count Cowiey. a blue
dog. by the great coursing sire, Herschel,
and Sweet Polly. brindle bitch by another
great sire. Old Boots, a SOB of the famous
Herschel. S.
He made arrangements with the American
Express Company to pick UP the four dogs
In England and deliver them in st. Louis.
This was done IN due time. The two colles
arrived in fine shape. Unfortunately, In
transit. the blue dog. Count Cowley, was
Careless with his fine. long tail. He left ii
lying around loose. and some sailor cut a
chunk of it. Sweet Polly came along al
riGht.
AIR. Trendley took look at his eoliies,
saw they We're all right. and got ready
TO pay for them. The express people want
cd him TO pay for the greyhounds. as they
were shipped in his name.
BeSinning Of Nr. TrcnJley's Troubles.
..oh. those slim skates said Mr.. Trend
lev cheerfuly, as he eyed the long hed
and beautiful eyes of Barweil Mystery WITH
admiration; they belong q Bratton he u
an Irishman. crazy on foN-huntlng, c.urs-
ing and such outlandish sports lake tnenl
up to him I will sign for them. and he
So Mr. Trendiey signed one of those legal
looking, illegible documents. which made
him say that the greyhounds arrived IN
perfee5 ba9 be nd H. eaes by her
collars and asked what the charges were.
..Oh. si40."E ."Erepled the clerk
What" gasped the ast0nished AT.
TrendIey. How do you make 1t that
"There is $50 for transportation and $50
custom duties on the coiieS' Saio 'he
s.Cus,oms, nothing" cried Mr.. Trendley.
'.'rhese dogs are pedigreed animals import
ed for the purpose OF improving the Ameri-
can breed of coliies. and as such are enti-
tied TO free admission under Inc customs
laws of the United states
The customs officials say that the ped
ierees given with them are are bogus @ an ana r,,S nS
Mr Trendiev dived after the pedigrees
sent with the dogs. Sure enough, instead OF
the clean collie pedigree he thought ne
had there was A pedigree OF short-breu
sheen dog and a cur bull terrier, which
were sent to stand for two thoroughbred
colles.
Suffering cur dogs" moaned the irate
collie fancier What can l do?" He
thought it over paid the money and swore
he wo,.id seek redress from the customs Of
ticials He has been doing So but when the
United States lays hands on money it has
a droll faculty for hanging to It.
As Mr.. Trendley led his prizes home he
was figuring how he would get his money
back.
.Some fly people who had dogs on the
beat switched pedigrees on u.s." explained
Mr. Trendiey. "They got their ours in free
under my pedigrees. and had TO pay duty