The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-16

rat like, hairless little beasties from
Mexico. For a long while breeders
have realized the existence of a mar
ket for tiny fluffy dogs with pluny
tails and gay coats, and in England a
well directed effort has been made to
produce an animal of ultra fashionable
character. A dog that could be drop
ped in the pocket of a raglan, or worn
costly up among the frills Of a Louis
Quinz sleeve, or tucked into a muff and
made happy in these dainty, but linn
tied quarters, is the dog for which
Duchesses and Countesses and Prin-
cesses stood ready to pay almost
any price This set the amateur and
professional breeders off on scientific
lines, and the results have been enough
to take the mere observers breath
away. Already in England there is
talk of a miniature dog club with an
annual show and the smartest breeders
talk confidently of the one pound dog
of the future.
Dogs Worn Ornaments.
The two and half pound Poms in
spotless white coats. blue eyed and
black nosed are at the present the
limit, and on the Riviera they are
known and worn as sleeve dogs. Some
exceedingly small black Poms are ad-
mitted into the blue blooded circle
where CANNES worth their weight in
gold are literally worn as ornaments,
and those women who do not affect the
pocket dog pride themselves on the
ownership of something strange and
rare of the small dog species. Five
years ago the Belgian Griffon sat in
silken laps and licked lily hands and
slept the sleep of the expensive in
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lace. For five years his unique ugli-
ness. his rarity and his high price
maintained his social position, but the
dog market is almost overstocked
with Griffons and they can now de-
pend only on a few of the honestly
fond and faithful feminine admirers
for the partial maintenance of their
once lofty position.
Griffons have been largely superseded
by the two new and very captivating
breeds of dog, five specimens of which
are at present as rare and as coveted
as black pearls. These are the Vol
Pine and the Chen Ecureuil some
times called the Spanish Butterfly. A
good Volpino is no bigger than an
ordinary toy Pom and he is in reality
a German Spitz crossed on an
Italian Lupino. The result is a rarely
dainty bit of dog flesh. His coat is
a glorious rudy orange, increasing
with his growth in silken richness, and
in the full flower of his beauty he
develops a white waist coat that the
most gilded Incryable would have e~-
We'd him. Toes and tail are marked
with white, and the latter. which close
~ resembles a fine ostrich feather, is
carried with snowy grace. The face
and eyes of a we'll bred Volpino are
far more intelligent and engagingly
pretty than those of the average wit
less toy dog. and his thickly furred
well shaped ears are dropped or lifted
with coquettish expression.
The Chen Ecureuil or squirrel dog as
he is sometimes entitled in honor OF
his true squirrel tail, or the Spanish
Butterfly as he is more gracefully call
ed because of his ears, that are shaped
like a butterfiy's wings, is a Spanish
grandee, descended from a long line Of
pure Iberian ancestors. His coloring
is a rich chocolate, relieved with golden
tan tints, and his disposition, cud-
ding, sweet tempered to a fault and
modest to the point of diffidence, is one