The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-06
A CEMETERY FOR CANNES
New York Follows the Example of
London and Paris.

Burying Ground for Pets Which
Is Being Well Patronized-NearIy
Seventy Inte-meE.ts Already Made.
Costly Baskets far Cats and Dogs.
NEW YORK., April 6-Two carriages
entered an enclosure in Westchester
county the other day and drove to
diminutive opening in the ground be
side which mound Of newly dug earth
was heaped. From one carriage a tiny
casket was taken and inferred, while
those who had occupied the conveyances
stood rnournfully around 1t was
strange funeral. No robed minister was
there, no prayers were read, no hymn was
sung, yet sadness was on every face and
tears in every eye.
1t was not the burial of a member of
any strange, un-Christian sect, however,
but of dog New York has followed the
example of Paris and London. and has
canine cemetery, twenty miles distant
from the city This happy hunting
ground for dogs, which covers an area
of three or four acres, was established
at Hartsdale by the New York Veterinary
Hospital q few months ago, and already
nearly seventy buriaIs have taken place,
showing that the managers Of the hospital
were justified in their belief that the Gem
etery had become a necessity.
The expenses Of the funeral are regu-
lated by personal fancy. One Angora cat,
for instance, rests there in a pIush-lined
casket of mahogany, with brass mount,
ings, bearing the name of Toby" on d
silver plate. Expenditure on such scale
is not uncommon. while SO ard S15 are
the lowest sums paid for these novel cof-
fms.
Each grave is marked and each coffin
numbered, and while some of the mounds
are distinguished by marble headstones,
others have slabs Of wood. each showing
on the background of black a white cir
Gle. within which is repeated the number
of the coffin
The deceased canine is robed for the
grave generally in a blanket, and the col
lar and leader are placed in the coffin
One French poodle wUs buried with the
adornment of a silver bracelet worn in
life.
The march Of surgery has been attend
ed by much cruelty to animals. vet even
they are profting by the extension Of
knowledge. The lives Of many diseased
and injured cats and dogs are now saved
by wonderful new methods Of treatment,
and within a month the dog hospital has
added an operating room, with all the
latest Improvements.
We take q good deal of pride in that
operating room said the superintendent
yesterday TO a reporter. 1t Is on the
same plan as the operating room for hu-
man subjects, with Bellevue taken as the
model On this zinc table are performed
operations for tumor nd fracture, as well
as the putting in Of glass eyes and den
tistry practice"
1t is only within recent years that ca
hos
average Of three thousand dogs to hos
pital-in many cases valued OF thousands
of dollarS-are now treated annually. and
cats also enjoy the privileges OF the mod
ern veterinary hospitals. Not all board
ers at these institutions are III need Of
medical care, as the owners Of valuable
animals sometimes prefer, if going away
to leave them in skiIlfuI hands during
their absence
An interesting adjunct Of q veterinary
hospital IS the dog ambulance sent for
patients when notified II is constructed
with glass panels IN the sides and has
every comfort possible Cases of tract
ure are said TO be most Common. and
sometimes a compound fracture may
make amPutatiOn and a cOrR leg necessa-
~. A simple fracture IS generally amen
able TO a plaster cast.
IN one hosrit-I the most co-nicalIy. sor-
rOWfUl looking patient is q Boston bulI''
Just recovering from the grip. 4 cat has
Just been discharged as cured that was
sent there because she had swallowed a
needle and thread. The operation OF ira
cheOtony was performed successfully. the
obstruction removed and the cat cured in
a week and a half
\ fox terrier IS in the same hospital
under treatment for St NiJUS' dance.
| Other patients have rheumatism. gasJri-
tbs, or laTynglJls- Indeed. nearly all Eu-
man ailments seem 10 be represented.
/ Even an isolated ward is necessary as
some Of the diseases are coutag i0us-
Twice a day the dogs that are able 10
/ go out are taken by an attendant for out
I roof Of an extension part Of the build
| ing for this purpose. transforming II in
! summer into q roof garden with plants
and awnings.