New-York tribune., 1901-04-06
CEMETERY FOR CANNES.
NEW-YORK, FOLLOWING LONDON AND
PARIS, PROVIDES A BURYING
GROUND FOR ITS PETS-ROOF
GARDENS FOR DOGS.

couple of carriages one day this week entered
an fnclosure in Westchester County and drove 10
dimnutive opening IN the ground. beside 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 mourntully around II strange funeral.
10 robed minister there. 10 prayers were read,
hymn sung, yet sadness was on every face
and tears in every eye.
Il not the burial OF q member OF any strange.
unchristian sect, however but Of dog For now
New-York has followed the example OF Paris and
London, and has a canine cemetery, twenty miles
distant from the city. This happy hunting
ground" for dogs. which covers an Of three or
four acres was established Al Hartsdale by the
New-York Veterinary Hospital a few months ago.
and already nearly seventy huTials have taken
place, showing that the managers of the hospital
justified in their belief that the cemetery had
become a necessity
The expenses Of the funerals are reglldtd by per
sonal fancy. One Angora cat, for instance. rests
there in plush lined $50 casket Of mahogany. with
brass mountngs bearing the name Toby on a
silver plate. Expenditure on sucn scale is not
uncommon. while SO and si5 are the lowest sums
paid for these novel coffins.
Each grave Is marked, and each coffin numbered,
and while some OF the mounds are distinguished by
marble headsrones others have slabs or wood each
showing on the background Of black white circle
within which is repeated the number Of the coffin
The deceased canine is robed for the grave gen.
orally in q blanket, and the collar ana leaoer are
placed in the cofin. One French poodle was buried
with the adornnaent Of silver bracelet worn IN
life
The march of surgery has been attended by
much cruetv 10 animals, yet even they are proht-
ing by the extension OF knowledge. The lives OF
r1auv diseased and injured cats and dogs are no"
sro within q month the dog hospital has added an
operating room, with al me !9ITt I'M,
ro, 20 tbe s1,perntendent yesterday 10 Trib-
T1oA to- 80 ~ Is On the same plan the oper-
FIR SUBJECTS N'
taken IS the model. On THIS zinc laple az TRe1l R
formed operations for turnor ana iractuiie: as 49, 49,
as tne putting in Of glass eyes ana oehusus Pi"1
II IS only within recent years that canine pp1e be
r5ce has risen 10 importance An average ol tiii
thousand dogs 20 now treated annually,
md csts also enjoy the privileges of the m@dern
irsfi.IjfIo8s are in need Of medical care as the
owners OF valuable animals some l l',rirp
roirg AWAY 10 leave them in skful hahdS duIihs
II ystiI conducted canine establishment the
n he afe5 with stale bread nostened IN the Julce
Al times the diet varied by milk oatneat aid id
vegetables while puppies under fo1r NOUNS non - Gu %
valid dogs jncludes broth, eggs mix wines anu
an @ 9[etessi55F 5iance' sent for patients when
notified II is constructed win sIdsS CIasne NJ
frsctuTe are said to be most common, and some some
times COMPOUND fracture may & ir1ah fractSTe is
and q cork leg necessary. a SlinPie fracture -
generally araenable a plaster cast e,,
N one hos2i'.i is} "a ' diton bu just recovering
from he grip 4 cat has Just been dlscharged @ a.
cured that sent there peGause Si;T Tb % orera
,ior 81 tracheotorny performed succesSIu u
the obstruction removed, and the cat cureo III :"
FOX terrier is in the same hospital uioet u h
Yncnt for st. Nituss caIlce tC.liei j5 ,,carl,,
rEe,atfera eastrIris or laryngitis InGeed, hearIA
an human ailments seem 10 be represented: Etth
an Isolated ward is necessary, as some OF me us
eases are contagious -. IL ., ,o o,+ re-
Twice day the dogs that are aDIe 70 go ouS a. = =
tal,er ,, an attendant outdoor exercise some
bospj,sjs utiIize the roof Of an eXtenson part OF
tbe tJ9gding for this purpose, transforming 1t In
sIIrnmcr into roof garden with pants ana avn