New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11
A STONE IN THE DOG CEMETERY.

by steel wire railing. "Our pet cat, smutty,"
also has a stone above her dust Plots in the
canine cemetery cost So, and the cost of
funerals for the pets buried there high
as The fancy of the sorrowfng owner permits
The story is told of a $500 funeral recently for
two valuable dogs. The bodies were placed in
satin lined coffins incased in wooden boxes
Some of the stones in the cemetery are said to
cost much as $3.50 apiece.
The idea of having animal cemeteries has de-
veloped rapidly within the last few years. One
in which any pet animal, however large, may be
buried has been projected near Coxsackie, N. Y.
under the name of the Dewood National Gene
terry, and the Idlewild Canine Cemetery Associa-
ton plans a cemetery like that at Hartsdale for
New-Jersey. Owners of large private estates
frequently maintain private cemeteries for their
pets. One of the largest of these is to be found
at Cranmoor, Toms River, n. j., the
country home of John P HaiDes, president of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Mr. Haines has about a dozen dead
pets buried there and the spot is cared for as
carefully as any cemetery. Each grave is
marked with stone bearing the name and age
of the dead pet. The walks are of gravel Lilies
of-the-valley grow in profusion, and on the sur
rounding fence is a screen of English ivy
brought TO this country from Kenilworth by
M. Haines's father Recently Mr.. Haines ex-
tended the privileges of his cemetery to a woman
this city who mOurned the loss of a fine
pointer dog and Bincks, as the pet named
is now resting in the little cemetery with flowers
IN bloom above his head.
Mr.. Haines, who may be said to be the father
of the idea of having cemeteries for pet animals
in this country recently said: II am advo-
cate of burial grounds for pet animals. per-
son having pet, especially any one living in
New-York City, hates to that pet thrown
into an ash can when it dies. Then, again, the
careless tossing aside of bodies of faithful ami
NAL friends tends to lower the standard of re-
gard for living animals. Pet dogs are to some
people more than children are to others. Several
years ago, when we were in the old building,
happened to be in my office at 100 o'clock one
evening The door into the outer office was open
and 1 heard a sudden scream. Going out
found woman PROSTATE on the floor and be-
side her a basket with a dead fox terrier IN It,
The animal had been struck by a car The
woman did not know it was dead and had
brought it to our office to have US recommend a
veterinarian When the officer duty told her
the dog was dead she at once collapsed. After
she had regained consciousness she said she was
alone in the world. and for years the little dog
had been her constant companion. She at once
asked where she could give her dead pet proper
burial
Concerning objections raised 10 animal ceHlc-
teries on the ground that they menace to
hygienic conditions in the localities in which
they are situated, Mr.. Haines said:
There is no danger from animal cemeteries.
Not bit; not much from human ceme-
teries. I do not advocate foolish expendi-
lures OF large sums for cOfffns but L do
think it right and proper to give pet animals a
decent burial 1t is a singular fact, but it is
nevertheless true. that seldom anticipate the
death of animals, and this is the reason why we
are shocked when they do die at the emergency
which compels us to think of how We shall dis
pose Of their bodies. 1t will therefore readily
occur to those who have never before given the
matter a thought that it would be very salts
factory thing to have some suitable ground set
apart for the burial Of domestic animals. Ger
tanly those of them who have toiled for us all
their lives and have at last died in our service,
are entitled to a place for burial And even our
little pets who by their winning ways have
added a great deal of sunshine to our existence.
deserve a better fate when the chill hand of