The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-03
CRAZE FOR UNIQUE PETS.
HILL HAS BUFFALOEs. MORGAN
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HILL HAS BUFFALOEs. MORGAN
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The very rich of today are going into (
rivalry in pets with a vengeance. Never /
has there been such craze for new T
pets. unique pets. or for sports in which +
animals play leading roles Nobody IS T
anybody whose lawn is undecOrated by +
pair Of white DeacOcks or a nunpet +
Of golden pheasants; or who is unapie
20 pit against such striking beauties the
destinations of a pack Of beagless or
even invite to dinner, as did MRS.
stuyvesant Fish. wel-nehaVed
monkey
Fauciers are more than usually dis
concerted by the difficulty involved IN +
securing the courted white peacocks. T
raritics from japan. Their talneneSs, f
and the males fine way of making love, /
as, overcome by emotion he spreads, +
waves and shakes his superb tail for the
admiration of his mate both amuse ard
plQue the interest. To the unsoph1stI- (
Gated, however. it may in kindness be
whispered that a white peacock means +
an unusually long purse says the Bos-
ton Globe.
James J. Hill whose taste in most
things is f0rceful. keeps on his place
near St Paul two tame butfaloes as
pets while j. PierpOnt Morgan has one
of his country homes situated i'm wilds
so remote that deer from the adjoining
forest nibble the honeysuchie decorating
its veranda. Tt is to Richard Croker.
however that the honor is due of pos
sessing the best lot Of WhiDpets in this
country. dogs which may justly be re-
garded as the novelty in pets
The fifteen or twenty whiDDets now
in the states came from England. They
are small dogs, standing but IL or Is
inches high and are built ON the same
lines as the greyhound. their heads be-
Ing. perhaps not so long ina proportion
% the length of their bodies. In color
again. they resemble the greyhound;
also. they are Of deer-liNe brown, less
often reddish
Along their backs runs line of
Coarser. longer hair than that which
covers the rest OF their bodies. sugees-
tive of a similar feature along the back
or "a hog Large and uncrOpped ears
decorate their heads. while the express
sion of their faces. instead eff being do
Cile and sad. as is the greyhOund's is
ugly dispositions. Those who have
whiDnets delight in them mostly for
COursing.
They are the fastest dogs i'm The
world. In the pursuance of this sport
six or eight of the dogs, or as many
as are matched against one another are
brought to a starting post where each
IS held by am attendant Here they
bite and snarl at one another like
pack of wolves until a the other end %
the line man droDs an uplifted white
Handkerchief At this signal the dogs
start running in a straight line of per-
haps 100 yards.
The speed they show is phenomenal.
Jennie" the most famous and fastest
wniapet in this country. is Of reddisf.
color. and is owned by the sons of Rich
ard Croker, who possess SIX dogs of this
breed. She is very thin, because she Is
kept in racing condition.
While whfppets are monOpOlizing
good deal of attention among smart peo-
pie. there is an old and exciting sport
ClamOring for place in America 1t is
falconry. In France and England mod
eTn falcOnrY now throws strong lure
to American residents.
soon they viii bring it nearer home.
the American. in his search or adven-
rure, may offer his gl0Ved fist as the
true perch of the falcon. for the sport is
one easily self taught by those that have
an innate knack of things; q hand light
enough to hold a hawk without fright
ening him. def enough to slip and tie
the jesses The falcOner must possess
also the tact and courage to take from
the fierce victor the quarry after the
KILN other words, to substitute the
lure for the prey.
Happily there are a goodly number
who now recognize that no country in
the world offers the abundant and
varied opportunities for falcOnry that
are to be found in America. Awaiting
the peregrine hawks. those trained for
the high flights, are partridges. quail,
even the wild ducks. and for goshawk-
ing, when one uses birds trained for the
low flight range of game may be con-
sidered from wide awake hares and rab-
bits even to suarly wolves
Hawking is, beside. the sport of all
others likely to stir chivalrous and
gamy instincts in both the seeker and
the sought The fight is made In mid
air. the participants being two repre-
sentatives of the feathered TRIBE. The
bird is not numerically taken advan-
tage of by a cunning invention of man
that splits fire at him, and against which
he has no weapon of defense.
Tt costs little to keep a hawk. his ap-
petite being more moderate than that
of coed setter; moreover. he Will take
and. if allowed, feed on his own prey.
Indeed. there seems to be every reason
TO think that before long hawking will
have become quite as popular in this
country as any of the other practiced
ways of taking game.
Other women there are who care moth
ing for stalking game. but who keep
their pets with them constantly With