The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-09
.HER0-WORSH|P IN
THE NAMING Of
THE DOG
Nomenclature of Grand Forks
CANNES Reveals Interest
ing Features.

AS the more dutiful of the dog own
ers file into the offices of City Auditor
w. V. OConnor or apply to Special
Officer w. j. Doty' for dog licenses
and register their dogs. the name,
breed and general description. and re-
ceive in return one of the little tags
that insures for the animal the i'm
munity of the law, study of the
names of the canine population of the
city is rather interesting.
In the first place, the effect that
passing history has upon the titles af-
fectionately bestowed by owners upon
their faithful pups is decidedly inter-
esting. Although there is no one in
the auditors Office today who can re-
member the time. there probably was
a day back in the late eos and the
early EOS when dogs were named
Lee" and Grant" and Lincoln" or
for some of the other big heroes of
the Civil war. At any rate, this tend
ency to honor Co the memory of he
roes by naming dogs after them is
very marked today.
There are only $50 licenses issued
up to date. but the effect of recent
events upon names is very marked
even upon this comparatively small
number. One might almost believe
that names had been changed in some
instances in order to keep thoroughly
abreast of the times and have doggie
named after the latest heroes.
Up to 1900 the Spanish war heroes
were all the go. "Hobson" and Dew
ey" and "Schley" and Sampson" were
repeated over and over in the some
what monotonous records of dog Ii
censes, but they soon fell into dis
use. In this years licenses one lone
Dewey" remains to record the great
ness of the hero of Manila bay. The
nine years which have interviewed
since the eventful day of the big naval
battle have proven too much for the
many namesakes of the great hero,
and they are, according to the records,
practically extinct.
The popularity of the president is
evidenced by the presence of nearly
dozen "Teddies' among the $50 Ii
censes issued. and the officials expect
to register nearly 200 of the presi-
dents namesakes before the city's
population of dogs is finally enrolled.
The thoroughly up-to-date animals
are named after japanese heroes. how
ever. and there are two "Togos" and
Marquis Ito" among the Grand Forks
CANNES already enrolled. Teddy"
seems to be the only statesman great
enough to inspire the naming OF a
dog after him.
There are other things than history
which influence the naming of dogs,
however. For example, John Christie,
with true patriotism which seems
to characterize the people of "the
banks an braes,' has fine specimen
of doghood named Bobby Burns" and
another named wallace" Another
canny Scot has named his dog Heath
err"
Titles of nobility are also common
ly used for naming dogs. of which the
most popular are Prince" Duke"
and Queen" That the war with
Spain has not prejudiced our people
against Spanish terms is evidenced by
the registration of several dogs named
"Don."
And then, of course, there are the
old familiar Sport and Spot and Dash
and Rover, the naming of which seems
to be done principally with a view to
getting short, convenient appellations
to use when necessary. OF these,
Sport is far in the lead so far, and the
dogs which answer to this brief and
suggestive nomenclature are numer-
Gus. Little Red Riding Hood" is one
of the odd mascots applied to dog.