Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-21
ORDER TO MUZZLE DOGS
ITS RENEWAL NOT REGARDED AS
NECESSARY.
Untneged Animals to he Taken in
Charge by POundmaster-View
of Citizen.

Charge by Poundmaster-View
of Citizens.
The order of the District Commissioners
requiring dogs when funning at large to pe
SO nUzzled as to prevent the animals from
swapping or biting. which expired by linn
itation Tuesday, will not BE- renewed un-
less the Commissioners are ofiiciaily in
formed that caoies exist here to such an eX-
tent as to make such action necessary. AS
Commissioner Ross explained to reporter
of The Star the Commissioners know
of no existing case Of rabies in the District.
Therefore it appears to them that con-
tinuance of tn. order which expired Tues
day is not necessary.
While dogs may now run at large with
out being muzzled, the Commissioners de-
sire dog owners to understand that the
Work OF the p0undmaSter5 force OF dog
catChers viii not be disc Ontinued. These
men have been instructed to continue the
Work of im9oLnd!Hg all dogs found at large
without the tag required by law TO be worn
ny the animals.
The presence Of the tag on a dog is prima
facie evidence that its owner has paid the
tax on the animal, and the absence of the
tag Will be taken nrima facc evidence
mat the law in regard to The payment of
the tax has not been complied with There
to ~, an u"SS louIlp al large Wilhuut Tag
VIII be lTnpounded, and can only be recov-
cred by their owners by the payment to the
pOundmaSter of - for each animal i'm
pounded. This payment is required to De
In ~ . - 80 u's iI. ~ 80
nlisSioners hold that they are not author
lied to permit the return of an impounded
t2Eiess dog without such payment being
made.
From a report made by the poundma ster,
Mr.. Samuel Einstein, to the health officer.
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,,'SlaS ana duflns which .'e
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p; uos9 ~, hnt"uh"e" tiLh.i
t,I,iSo1 ,,,z.I' - w. a, 10 Hth az tbaSe
tu!i ~ mo- ~ as 81 t'''"' " cav -
the animals not redeemed . l@7 were killed
by the poundmaster as required by law; ~
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i"oeS sun ~ eNt'ilS III ''e ''et'io'' II ms
ne true Single rabld animal may lniilct
"il'Hh d ie" h""FS AhedIeu'a'l' INJURY ~
Ir... ia r.,.,
blu, sentiment should not e1lrr into The
consideration Of the subject. for it is sim
Ply a question Of law ana i4ctS- II II De
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a4e 80 ,,'.''.',e -, '9 az ''>''''
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- sfr,fIa7. .,,,,l.,ia,.I,. bTIt Win n ri~id ard
impartial enforcement Of the law the cpl
defnir ma preh STAMPED out no ohe can
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but thr ba1It1 officer The hurrau of animal
industry and The medical profession have
done lheir duty ana IL Is |" ne h"pea thal
MI VIII nS ~ "Ic"aso.i i"s .bo
leather strap muzzIe. and consider the wire
basket r1llzZle much more efficient and
humane ' N''
h""'es wen De"heu'
Il have not followed the question of
rabies in the District closely Of late" said
DIR Henry ID Fry today ..b,1t If if is true
mat RABIES sun eNis's mere 'he "iu|zie
should not be taken oil the dogs. Rabies
Is as well defined as any other disease |
have a connie of dogs of nv own. but do
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no. 80 81 thi III my ',iiI i'',, " ,it,h
as 10 MINK ma .iitil c'iii'o' can compare
" 'iie LIVES vi pe'i'''
A Curious Craze.
Oft is y most curtains crane. said DIR
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i"i" iHoi''i9'H' 'i"' ''i'"'0"l i'i''i Si'''''
take the ground that there Is no Sucn thing
as hydrophobia That disease is as We'll
esta hIisbed ~ ,vnbn,d r.ve, If has hee,
,,roI,nrf cIini.,liy pronf ~ tho ,vist4,c,. nf
b,,dronbo,ia is s,,cb ;bat no human h.ins,
would he iI,stitied in dnuhtjne th.t il a.
e,,ist i'm hoth animals and mon
Or. >. >. ADAMS views.
'iiiih ihe uosS sh""'u oe hhuZZiso or
cPailea uiitn 'heie Ia ho RABIES III the
i'i7'iic' 'i ''4Ii''''''' S'' ~ D . AL
'lihs' Every u"s 'hat 'e c""sht WITHOUT
ihu""ie' II" mater u ""'iil II peiohsS'
Si'"u!d pe iihpo"i'"cu' Nv 'i"uolc no" i
tEat AT Snhoo"h 'he HuZ%'es are taken OF
ny ""so s,,,,, 60 ais,,,,., ~, ,i-
once Of rabies as A disease. |, is well es
tahlished While do not know from per-
SCnal investigation that there Is rabies in
the lh'tiict OF Ecl1 a!,' "hch man Oh
~ 800 ,cicnt his -ayo,lt,,i+ %
fact iusr ms | do not doubt The. presence
of smallpox here today. although l have
never seen a case Oh smallpox.
The m'!ZzieS mat nave been used mere
have generally been OF niue use. with
many OF them on the doss can open their
mouths ana can bite so that IN erect the
order has not been enforced as II should
have been. The wire muzzies, TO permit the
dog to breathe and to eftectualiy prevent