Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-10-13
CATS ANp. DOCS.

The Enm1ty That EEhAs Baexveen
Them aud thr R>assa, Of II.
Why does the dog hafe the, cat? Sci
enttas have been irrrestigatei ,ys the en-
nifty between thase azrfnHan, and they
hitsge that the instructive hatred
which cert1fn breasts feed for ssch, other
is dus 10 inheritance from Gmhnt
times when the animals INST IN q Wild
stHt0AAnd p1srnd ON each oftner.
T9ss snGnlty botyseen cats and dogs
seems b DO due more To hsISsds ON the
part of tbs dog than OF thu cat. The
kttr sniuHa a1N,a1ana3y ,hatsss dogs
heca1lp ,dags chase lnac. with. ttaSdng
hates the cut becansess aoe. tasascat.
a cat via feed at plncs where q
dog has been wdthna1t betmytng any
signs of anger, but a. dog GENERALLY be
comes excited aud wSh Il he scents
the tail of cat anywhere near his
food or sieeting place.
Nov this eIl1nity is not to be ex-
planned by anything that Happens be
tween dogs and cats In dpuestEtty OF
anything that ever happened between
them us long ago as hnman history
goes. In all these thousands Of years
dogs and cats have been kept as pets,
and of all animals they are the two
which should be the most friendly
But the reverse is the case One nat
uraliSt, Dr.. Zell. seeks it in the fact
that the common cat not only looks
like but smells like, the great cats of
prey. And of those cats of prey there
is one, much like domestic cat in
many ways, which hunts dogs by pref
erence. This big cat is the leopard.
The domestic cat and her larger rela.
tive, the wildcat, have never harmed
the race Of dogs, but their great spec
kled cousin is and always has been the
most ferociouS Of dog mllrderers, and
the cat must pay for 1t.
Authorities agree that there is nc
animal that the leopard would rather
eat than the dog. AS result there are
many villages in the districts in which
leopards are plentiful where nobody
can keep a dog. The great cats viii
not hesitate to break into the houses
to seize their favorite dish.
But, says the doubter, the modern
dog certainly could not have known
leopards in many thousands Of years
He has been domestic pet in regions
where there have been no gleopards
since man first appeared
That is true, says DR.. Zen. But h.
points to the fact that dogs have /,
habit of turning around several time
before they lie down. This, be says, i
due to the fact that when they wer
in a wild state they had to do this t
press down leaves and twigs in orde
to prepare bed for themselves, and q
they have not overcome this habit In al
their years Of domest1city it is quit
natural that they should still inheri
fierce hatred Of any creature tina
smells like a leopard.
Dogs and cats are not. the only an
mails that still show inherited fear O
hatred Of other beasts which they hay
never seen themselves. Thus the. rhl
nocefos, is frantically In fear of any
thing white, and natnralists say tina
this Is because once upon time som
big white animal hunted him But tina
must have been long ago. for there ar
no big white animals now where tn
rhinoceros dwells.
Chickens that have never seen a TO-
will cackle and run in fear II the
come across the place where the an!
NAL has passed or where his carcas
has been dragged. II a fox has bee
anywhere near cat's drinking dis.
the cat Will not approach it-New Yor
praSa