The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-06-17
NORRIS
AND
ROWE'S.
Aggregation of Dogs and
Ponies will Show Tuesday.

"The affectionate careeses our loidy
friends, as Chimmie Fadden would say,
bestow on their shockingly dense pugs,
which IL they know anything, effectually
refrain from betraying it, has always
been looked upon by men with intense
disfavor, not TO say disgust, said Pro-
lessor @. l. Norris. of Norris 4 Rowe e
Big Trained Animal shows. If the
woman we're not too prejudiced in the
matter to look at it reasonably, they
might perceive the error Of their ways
looking in at Norris x Rowe's Big Train.
Animal shows, which will exhibit in this
city under their enormous waterproof
tents. which will be located at tre cor.
ner of Commercial and Bellevue.
They will eethat if dog must be had,
the pug is excusable only when the
others of the genus dog are extinct.
There are ugly dogs, and there are stupid
dags, but there are no other dogs tnat
are az ugly and at the same time stupid
as the pug, and yet women,
who are the gaeatest stickles for
intelligence end good looks, willingly se-
lect this atrociously thick headed brute
from a race which at it nohlest limits
rivals some human beings for intelligence,
and surpssses most of the for effection.
Why, dog trainers give up the idea Of
teaching pug dog anything as almost
hopeless. |, who have been training
animals for the past seventeen years,
have gotten only 80 far with only speci-
men that he will walk very gingerly
across tight rope, which most Of the
other dogs with the show can run across,
and he is probably the most intelligent
pug dog extant, and he doesn't know
anything. But the dog in his highest de-
velopment is truly noble creature, and
shows an intelligence, next, probably,
to man. 1t is not the dog with the
select ancestry. either, that is the
wisest. 1t is the mongrel car that
makes the best trick dog. The best
dog with Norris & Rowe's shows
is an orphan, found on the streets of
Kansas City, Mo-, and he didn't cost
the show q cent. He took liking to
the show dogs and has stayed with them
ever since. II helps dogs understand
ing TO get knocked around bit in the
world, and the cur whose parents by
chance left him on the streets of Kansas
City has grown up with breadth of
understanding that is astonishing. II is
1orbtiul, however, il pug, under these
VI 2 favorable conditions, would be any
tnore intellectual. The spaniels and
pcodles are best for trick dogs, and they
can be taught to the limit of canine Ca
pabilities. The greyhounds do some
fine jumping, and collies and others are
good in their lines, bnt for all round
work, these and the nondescript speci-
mems of caninity, the cur, are the best.
And dogs vary more than human
beings in their respective fac
ulties, some OF them learning in few
lessons, while others take months of
careful teaching TO accomplish. The
best results, have found in my long
experience, can be obtained by taking
dog just after the frisky days of puppy.
hood are over. He doesn't know much
then, but be learns quickly. In spite,
however, OF the proverb that you can
not teach an old dog new tricks, a dog
that is almost greyheaded can be made
a very good trick dog. 1t takes longer,
and it doesn't acquire quite the faculty,
Of the youths, but he can learn If
handled right. The best way TO train
animals is by kindness. Some trainers
10 it by whipping, as it is a quicker way,
but prefer TO treat them kindly. The
best way TO get the best results is'to
make the animal think what they are
doing is fun, and If tie trainer can
keep them thinking 80, his success Is as
sured."