New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

An old gentleman asserted the other day that
dogs have divine right 10 urmuzzled freedom
Pressed for his authority, he said: We'll, perhaps
I'm wrong about the divine part Of it. but didn t
DR. Watts say: Let dogs delight bark and bite'?
The Board of Health has approved of the pro-
posed dog muzzling ordinance, but the officials
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Animals SAYS they are losing sleep over the
They all share in the opinion Of President John
Haines. who maintains that. although there are
such diseases rabies and hydrophobia. they are
exceedingly rare and that in nine cases out of ten
when dog is said to be mad" it is not mad and
death will not result from its bite
claim has been made that valuable dog
strayed from home and picked up by agents of the
long named society may be bitten by some street
cur at shelter and thus become fnoculated with
the rabies while awaiting redemption. This, Prest-
dent Haines says. cannot happen. since the best
dogs kept in separate compartments.
Probably dogs have been killed i'm Morris
town. n. !. the direct result Of a rabies scare
this season than elsewhere in the vicinity of New
York Despite the fact that wire muzzles
rarely used on dogs. being STYLED cruel wire will
have to DO the remaining dogs in Morrstown, since
the Mayor has by a special proclamation, directed
that they be muzzled.
Ever since d week or ago. when a dog from
the italian quarter ran around the town and took
death has been stalking among the dogs of Morris
town. About twenty-five dogs were bitten before
the animal that did the biting was killed II was
taken for granted that the Italian dog had the
rabies, and owners Of the dogs that bitten
made haste TO dispose of them The police
called To shoot a but the others were for
the most part turned to the agent of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
10 be killed. their owners believed. in a more
best people In MorristOwn, part with their pets.
put rather than run the risk of losing a single
human life they Gid IL.
Please please do il as-as quickly as Won can.
ana don't. Oh. please don't let him suffer" moaned
one Morristown she drove up 10 the
headquarters OF the local branch of the society
ana turned her pet dog over to the agent.
'GOodby, Carlo" Then turning the coachman
she ADDED: Drive home quick, John; / can't stay
here. and she shuddered at Carlos barks sound
ing IN her ears, as he was being led away TO be
choroformed
Altogether about fifty dogs have been killed in
Mofristown since the Italian dog amuck The
Dooy OF This dog has been dug up the brain taken
OUT and sent to Cornell for analysis The rest OF
Zies IN accordance with special proclamation
by the Mayor:
DR. Charles ". Dulles. of Philadelphia who is
considered an expert hydrophobia and "a bies
lation between the bite Of an animal supposed To DE
rabld ana what Is called hydrophoba in man is
rene OF ancient and medtaeval superstition. II
IS true that Illness and death have followed the
bileS OF Sucn animals. but this has in such an
irregular ana uncertain fashion that il is an al
most unknown thing for hydrophoba TO seize those
be the most dangerous dogs"
OF the treatment of suspected otes Dr. Dulles
said; i think that If any ore bitten by dog would
promptly cleanse the wound and 90 about his h1Isi-
ness he would have hydroDhobia This
method Is theatrical and does not appeal 10
those VINO are governed ny superstition who
bindly follow the ignis fatuus of the Pasteur
theory. but l can certify that If employed with
conscientious confidence il gives unxpeakahle com
fort the terror-stricken and saves life and that
Is enough to ask Of any method