Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

All students of the habits of dogs have OBJ
served how the home dog In front Of his
masters premises will meet an intruder
dog, and walk with him along the sidewalk
or in the street until the boundarte of
| his masters premises are passed and then
return to his position In front of the house
gate. II the intruder dog enters the In
closure there is usually a fight at once And
an amusing feature of this sense of guard
ianshtp Is that the intruder dog shows
by all OF his actions that he Is aware that
ne Is the intruder, and his demeanor is
Vlsloly inherent from that of the home dog.
"Or course. Mig Is the dog boss of the
southwest corner of D and 18th streets and
pennsylvania avenue. and in front Of the
engine mouse TO which he is attached as
regular member of that fire company
though he works for nothing and his board
Occasionally an intruder dog disputes his
right of guardianship Of this particular
truder, as Mig. being a very muscular and
| hardened half-bull. is a terrific fighter
though AS gentle as kitten to the men In
the company, and showing no particular
preference nor favors.
But Nigs right of guardianship in
his estimation, extends over the streets of
the city of Washington within the limits
OF our eompany's fire call. quite an sx-
tensive territory for one dog to cover but
Ms has defended this right against all
Corners for about four years, and is still
| open to all corners in the dog. or man line
for that matter, who disputes his preroga-
| tives.
In responding to q call to fire all We
| hicles get out of the way of the hurrying
| apparatus. The hose cart precedes the en-
| CINE, and Mig runs with the hose cart It
| Is in this cleared space on the streets that
| Mig asserts his right of absolute guardian
| ship. The ringing OF the bells and the
| excitement of run to a FIRE infects the
| dogs on the route to the fire as well as
| the spectators. When any dog on the route
| jumps out into this cleared space In front
| OF the apparatus and essays run with
/ Mig, Mig Immediately gets busy with the
intruder. He usually gives a couple Of
warning barks and snap or two, but IL
| these are not sufficient he asserts his boss-
ship OF the streets by sailing into the In
| truder dog right on the spot and fighting
| him TO finish: There are no halfway
| measures with Mig When he ticks the
other dog he takes I'D his run to the fire.
| finds No. 1e among the other pieces of APP
paratus unerringiy, but often torn and
bloody from UNFOLDING his honors as the
| champion of the downtown streets OF the
| capital.
| mo. / won't lie about Mig There may
| scaling ladders and rescue women and
| babies before an excited. palpitating popu-
face, but Washington's boss fire dog allows
| the men of the companies to do that After
| a fire his place ON the return home run is
on the seat of the hose cart He pays no
| that 1t Is his duty only to clear the way to
| a fire. Ii he Is not allowed on the hose
cart coming back he takes 1t as an insult
| and yisibly grfeves over the slight He is
| great climber. and can climb up lamp
post to the top after a piece OF meat like
| a sailor. At the Metropolitan Club fire he
| climbed up one OF the ladders to the sec
| ond-story window. This Is fact. though,
he had TO be carried down by one OF the
men