The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-09
TRAITS OF LOST DOGS.
Easy to Tell Whether an Animal Is
Pnmpered or Homeless.
New York Commercial Advertiser.


Any one walking along Northumberland
second street, near East river would have
his attention arrested by the complaining
bowls of many dogs. These bowls come
from the low wooden dog shelters, for ii is
here that all the vagrant dogs picked up
by the men in the dreaded red carts are
taken, well sick dogs and lost dogs
that of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals is asked to take away
and dispose of.
Once inside the shelter the noise is al
most deafening. Dogs snarl and howl their
loneliness in every key. But the official "A
the desk merely asks the visitor politely,
Have you lost dog?" as though a hum
dred or more dogs were not whining behind
the closed door back of him. He does not
mind the noise in fact. he says that he Is
so used to 1T that he would miss it if the
dogs should keep quiet. When the visitor
enters the dogroom the barking stops for
moment: large and small dogs. ours and
well-bred dogs crowd forward to the bars TO
see who ii is. each one hoping, undoubtedly,
that the new conner may be his master
Then, as one passes along the line of pens.
the yells of the disappointed dogs break
forth again On the opposite side of the
room the cats sleep calmly in their sepa-
rate cages. They have enough to eat and
they barely blink at the visitors; their in
different attitude implies that they have
learned to wait, unlike the impatient dogs
opposite, that are upset by the mere open
ing of a door. The pens scrupulously
clean and one of the men explains the divi-
sion.
1.-The dogs in this first pen. their time
is short; they'll have to die this afternoon.
They're Fridays catch. Wen save that
one" pointing TO bright-eyed Irish ter
rier, that alone had not rushed TO the side
of the bars. He had watched eagerly, had
seen that we were not his people, and then
dropped his head between his paws. He
lying where he could watch the door.
Each one OF EN- takes II different the
man went on. Now that there terrier
that didn't get up has hardly moved since
he came, an he won't eat. There's quite
- Il.
here's Saturday catch. They got until
tomorrow. You see that yellow pup maxi
ing all that row? He amt stopped min
ute, hardly. since Saturday. Here, you
am yourself he said TO the dog. The
yellow pup in question sat in the middle OF
the pen and barked and yapped persistent
thetic paw, that had been hurt. But his
yelps were not of pain, but of indignation.
He wanted to go home. and did not intend
that any one should forget that for a mo-
ment
Most of the dogs in this pen were ours of
the worst description. Yellow dogs. monde
script black and tanS Scraggy and UNI
kempt But most of them showed by The
way they crowded toward visitors for SYM
pathy that they had belonged to some one.
while the little, thin street dogs that had
been lost so long that they had forgotten
they had ever had homes lurked distress
fully i'm the back of the pen. Among all
these mo dogs stood a magnificent black
and white setter. His whole aspect was of
deepest grief. He could not understand
why he. who had always been such an oh
ject of care (for even after two days at the
pound he looked we'll groOmed), should be
shut up here. and he stood on his hind legs
against the bars and poured out his trou-
bles in low whines
HE needn't feel so bad" said the man.
Some one'H come after him. sure. He's
too fine a dog to lose. Here's the Satur-
DAYS catch at Flushing. Some o them
dogs don't need license We got pretty
good haul there" he said, compacently.
They'll be kept till Thursday to give their
people plenty of time to get EN-. Here's
the licensed dogs and well-bred ones
Then he darted forward, for in the aristo-
Gratis pen a fox terrier had killed little
in his side In the meantime the other
cogs, a st. Bernard, a beautiful grey
hound and several good terriers looked on
while the fox terrier made his unnatural
meal The dog guardian took out the body
of the other dog.
at don't happen often" he said, 'but
now and again they kill each other before
we can get here. AS we know a
dogs quarrelsome or has got spite
against another dog we take him out"
When the visitors were returned. they
found the setter dog had lain down in
corner. and half dozen short-haired little
mongrels had settled down on top Of him.
grateful for the warmth of his long hair.
Now that dog there's "A fine home dog.
He was picked up outside this morning"
said the guide. pointing out fine coach
dog. THE boys up to his place1l come
DOWN In Dody Wnen tney get our HotlnCd-
ton. Seems like he knowed Ii, for he amt
worrying none. No, we don't get many
cats. except what we call emergency cats
they're the sick ones that people asks us
to take away. Inside here is where they
meet a painless DEATH" and he led the
visitors into a room where a big box stood.
The dogs are placed inside, and illuminat-
ing gas is turned into it.
ooh, they get homes lots OF times" said
the man reassuringly. "A lady came the
other day to get her dog. and took away
three others with her. paid their licenses.
of course" And as the visitors went oft
they heard voice demanding: Il want a
smart dog fur watchdog. Can you gift me