Evening star., 1901-07-06

ants. and then, no claimants appearing,
they are introduced TO the animal world TO
come by means OF the charcoal route. which
Is quick and painless. To guard against
mad dog scares. and likewise TO prevent
the outrageous abuse to which dogs en-
tirely free from Fables are often subjected
when they are thought to be mad. the SUI
pertntendcnt OF the board of health issued
a notice the other day virtually request
ing the population to behave with some
sense during the mad dog scare. The no
tice set forth the fact that only one dog
in a hunered that is supposed TO be mad.
and. after being chased for a few miles.
is finally brutally clubbed TO death by
policeman. Is really mad. The instigation
of the notice was furnished In the trials
and triou ations OF a poor mutt that ran
amuck in Broadway the other afternoon.
The dog got one OF his feet caught under
a trolley car at the Brooklyn bridge, and.
not being dog OF the mute variety, he
yelped loudly When he released his crush
ed foot he took across City Hall PARK and
down Broadway. and several thousands of
excited citizens took to the tall places. yell
ing Mad dog" and otherwise carrying on
like a lot of children. After a chase that
caused nearly a score OF fat cops to drop
with apoplexy and heat exhaustion. the suf-
fertng animal was corralled in a doorway
and pounded to death by a daring police
man neaily seven feet high. The health
superintendent's little ukase on the dog
business recites the fact that dogs are fust
as liable to develop rabies In December as
In midsummer. and II also specifically sets
forth the fact that only dogs OF q danger
GUS character should be muzzed during The
hot weather. for the reason that muzxiirsg
Is liable 10 superinduce madness.
A GIaring Contrast.
This is the age of contrasts. and New
York's the place where the huge ones are
furnished. The writer witnessed a mighty
powerful one the other morning. 1t was at
lo o'clock on one OF the recreation piers
tina jut into the East river. The torrid-
lty. even by the water. was almost unI,e-
lievable. At that early hour there were
some 4,UN poor women and children distrib-
uteo around the pier. Many OF the poorly
clad. anKious-looking women carried in
fants whose faces had the stamp of death
The tots that were able to stand up were
so cherries that they stood In one spot and
sucked their thumbs. inert as SO many
pores A few painting Ioneshoremen VINO
nau peen handling cargoes all night were
stretched out like distressed dogs at tho
eho OF the pier. The clothing covering the
forms OF those 1000 human beings on the
pier would only have evoked a bid from
the rag man.
beautiful snow-white steam Yacht an
large as some men-o-war. pulled alongside
the next pier. and all OF the 1000 eazed AT
ner as she was made fast. The decks were
OF tne last degree of polish. the brassworx
su.eered IN the sun, the awnings fiapped
ana the vacant wicker chairs all over the
main deck looked enticing enough. When
the yacht was made fast a fat man IN a
business suit stepped down the eangway
He was very ordnary-looking Individual
Inere was a carriage and a magnificent
pa.r awaiting him on his dock, and he
stepped IN and was driven away to his
once. TIE weary-looking women on the
recreation pier looked at each other and
looked again az the yacht. but said nothing,
Ihey did not know that the millionaire
owner or the yacht keeps her in commIs-
sion at a cost OF SIC. .0O0 month for the soIa
purpose OF fetching him down to the city
from his Larchmont seat every mornine
ana taking him back every evening. nor
would the figures have meant much to them
nae they known 1t: But the sight of the
barking. no doubt caused them TO think
many things. nevertheless.
Where He Was Well on,
A butchers helper over on Avenue A was
accidentally locked In one OF the meat re-
frigerators of the plant he worked for from
O'CLOCK on Friday evening last until
o'clock the next morning They found him
pretty comfortable. and sound asleep. when
morning. The man walked to the front
door of the shop. got a whiff of the terribIa
heaf, and gazed dreamily at a horse that
% nao iailen from the heat right in front of
the store. Then he walked back into the
refrigerator. N'
Hey. there. boss" he called out to the
proprietor. lock me in again. will youse,
ber." 'o''t o' oceo-
The Matter of Luck
You might as well endeavor to unrayeI
the puzzle OF the fourth dimension as tn
get at the bottom Of the meaning Of the
word luck. There's q man out at the
Sheepshead Bay race track today who had
such streak OF luck last week that he
nad to stay quiet In bed for twenty-four
nours afterward for the purpose Of think
ing Ii over.
This man has been foolins around with
race horses all his life. He used to be a
pretty successful N he
ne pegan to plunge-and he went the way
OF the plunger. About a year ago he got
down to the ownership of three horses,
none OF tnem Of much account. He had
these three horses at the Benning spring
meeting, by the way, and none of them ran
last enough to head bull up lane. He
tracks and entered them in as many rnces
as he could find the entrance money for.
put they did him no good. and always fin
isned In the ruck. Two Of the plugs fell
sick about month ago, and the man found
himself with one horse Of little or no value
apparently, and a few dollars for pIn
money. couple OF weeks ago he gave
his only remaining horse an early morning
try-out, and he was puzzled to find that
his animal did amazingly well. Last week
he determined to enter the horse in one OF
able feed bill, and he hadn't the money to
pay the entrance fee, so he mortgaged his
horse for s400-the outside figure that the
horse was considered worth.
The owner paid out $50 for feed bills and
Tor the entrance fee. and when his horse
went to the post at 100 to l. the rank out
slider in the betting, he put $500 on the plug
TO win with about a dozen bookmakers.
None of the sharps gave the horse a ghost
Of a chance to be in the money-but the
horse romped home easy winner by SIX
lengths. The man stood stunned when he
saw his horse flash first under the wire.
Then he plucked a blade Of grass from the
turf. chewed IL quietly for a few moments
and turned to a group Of men who sur
rounded him to congratulate him.
Well. said he then. signing like any
little child, Il certainly needed that
money. and he passed out OF the grounds
without collecting from the bookmakers,
went home and turned in for twenty-tour
hours to think it over. The result of his
deliberations was that he had had enough
He collected his $4,000 two days after WIN
ming 1t. let the man who had loaned him
the $400 on the horse take the animal for
keeps. anG he has quietly announced, with
a pretty firm Jaw that indicates his earn
estness. that he intends never to look
again at horse race as long he lives.
c. L. c.