The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
FOR CONCERT-GIVING CARS.
various Ways Provided by the Hardware
Dealer Of Heading Them on.

.Therr arc various kinds OF c~atguards. .
said a dealer In hardware and kindred
supplies, but this IL what we sell most of
and the sample he showed was a section OF
a guard that Ia made In yard-long lengths
and consists OF a board strip three inches
wide, surmounted 10y a top Of Zinc bent la
tho form Of an inverted trough and with
- lower edges nailed TO the sides OF tho
board strip. The zinc has at regular in
tsrvals OF an inch or two along its ridge
holes through which project foOt-long
spikes. This guard Is nailed on top Of a
fence.
IL is no, necessary the hardware man
went on, TO put the ~cstguard along the
whole top Of a fence, but only at the points
Of approach; that IL 20 say. At places where
the cat can get a. the top. Even tho spryest
cat Snnot 20 right up the Sheer face oi
a high fenc,s, and So along such a section
Won don't want the guard. but you do want
Il, for instance. ct the corners where n
cat could approach your fence alone some
other. and here you want IL for a little dis
taice along each angle,
This discovery was made for himself
bv a customer Of ours who put a section OF
the guard across the end Of his back fencs
whrre tho end Of the next yard fence
ioined. THIS section Of guard pro iected
out a foot and "A half on either side clear
~ the top Of his fence. and IL seemed i'm
~ ~ NJ - ~ -" sARaAA'A AAAsS
Nor could any cat get around IL, but tho
day this guard was put up n cat came along
the top ol the ueighhor's fence, halted
AZ that formidable new barrier aud looked
D. over carefully for a moment. and then
softly jumped over H.
That's why at fence angles we put UP
a strip along the top Of each 81 the fences
running from the corner; the cat could
jump over a strip PLACED simply across
it. path. but II can't jump over three feet
Of n placed lengthwIss on top Of a fence.
Then people put IL up on fence tops away
from corners wherever there ls an approach
10 any particular spot from the other side,
other than along a fence, a.. FOR example,
along hans running from fenco top "a fence
top across the neighhoring yard. such a.
clotho-lincs ara attached 70. Or there
may h. Ia the next yard against the fence
a. some point a flower stand, or some other
objeCt that would afford the cat a means
Of approach. II SO, you place q section OF
the glard there.
IN fact. tho cat may reach the top %
your fence In various and unexpected
ways And our customer who told me
81 has experience with the cat that hal
easily jumped his first erected guard said
that he had found 10 an interesting study
To- observe the several ways by which the
cats had reached the top Of his fence, somo
81 these Icing quite unlocked for, ana hs
hat found then a further and far greater
pleasure IN planning such arrangements
ut The cat quart a. would serve eneCtually
t. keep them out, which he had finally
succNsaod IN doing
There is. indecd. no doubt that with
thu. guard properly placed YOU can keep
the oaterwauiing cat OF tho premises, and
th.-p - demand enough for such things
90 rakc oG' guards In ono form and another
regular articles Of sale Ia city hardware