The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-26
DOGS MUST QUIT.
They Are Ordered to Let BIZ
cyclists Alone.
Prohibition Is Included In q
New Ordinance.
FINE FOR THE OWNER.
Must Keep the Offending Brute
Tied Up.
Should He Fail May Be Fined
So to $50.
FINE FOR THE OWNER

Dogs must quit chasing bicyclists.
The new dog ordinance says it, and the
ordinance became a law on December
%, when it was published in the Off
cial city paper.
This provision of the new dog law
has been almost overlooked, but 1t is
without doubt one of the most imDor-
tant things in the ordinance. especially
to every bicycle rider in Topeka. There
is nothing a bicycle rider hates worse
than dog swapping at his heels-un-
less it is Officer Dusenberry. The BIZ
cycliSt is defenSeleSS against the dog.
He sometimes can run away from Du-
senberry. L
Any dog which has ever BEEN known
to chase any person or animal on the
public streets, must according to the
new ordinance be tied I'D by it's owner
and never allowed to run at large. 1t
is equivalent to a life sentence to a
dog to bark at the rear wheel of a BIZ
cycle. If the owner of the dog refuses
to keep his pet tied up after it has
once chased anybody or any animal.
he Is liable to fine of from s. to $50.
This is likely to convince him that it is
a good plan to obey the ordinance.
But that is not all. Any dog which
has ever been guilty of biting or chas-
ing anybody, must be muzzled. and
kept muzzled all the time, with a good
LII oOl4lSASIIl NAe Vi 1GdlUeT u1QZZlG.
When every swapping cur in town is
muzzled and tied up, it will add con-
slderably to the joy of living in Topeka.
1t won't augment materially the joy of
being dog. It is the first time in the
history OF the town that dogs have not
been able to just about as they pleased.
The following are the muzzle and anti
chase sections of the ordinance:
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of every
owner, keeper or harborer of any dog
in this city that is vicious, or has been
known to bite, chase or run aft my
person or animal on the streets, eyS
or any public place in this city to keep
the same duly muZZled with a good and
sufficient wire or leather muzzle Sc
curely fastened SO as to wholly prevent
such dog from biting any person or
animal.
Sec s. 1t shall be unlawful for any
owner, keeper or harborer of any
vicious dog in this city, or any dog that
has been known to bite, chase or run
after any person or animalon the streets,
alleys or public places in this city, to
permit such dog to run at large in said
city whether muzzled or not.
KILL COLLARLESS DOGS.
Any dog without a collar is liable
to be killed by the dog officer. This
is new provision of the ordinance
which will bring grief to a lot of peo-
pie, no doubt. Not only must the dog
wear a collar, but on the collar must
be dog-taX tag, of the latest issue.
The law requiring every licensed dog
to wear a collar will probably make
more kicking than anything else in the
new ordinance. Some dog owners claim
that their dogs are so constituted that
a dog collar slips off over the animals
head. In such a case it would be
very good idea for the owner of the
dog to buy one of those little harness
arrangements that go back of the dogs
front legs. This will hold the collar
on, and it will be much more healthy
for the dog than to go without a col
lar.
If any dog is found on the street
without an owner in sight, and with
out a collar, it is prima facie evidence
that this dog is stray and has no
license to live. OF course dogs which
live outside of the city are allowed to
come to town without getting a collar
or license. but they must be accom-
panied by their owner, or they are
likely to become target for the dog
officer.
In order that people may know exact
ly what the collar and tag part of the
ordinance is, the following is repub-
lished:
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owner, keeper or harborer of any male
dog to permit the same to run at large
in said city, without a collar carrying
the metal tag herein provided for, or to
permit any female dog, whether spayed
or not, to run at large in said city at
any time or under any circumstances;
and any male dog found in any of the
streets, alleys or public places in said
city without the collar and metal tag
aforesaid, and any female dog, whether
spayed of not, found on any of the
streets, alley or public places in said
city under any circumstances shall be
deemed to be running at large, and it
shall be lawful for the officer herein
provided for. or his assistants, to pur-
sue and captude such dog or kill such
dog, if they cannot otherwise capture
the same; provided, however, that no
dog shall be held to be running at large
when the same is merely passing along
the streets of the city while in the
charge, care and control of its master
or xeener''