The Washington herald., 1908-07-29
That Dog Affair.

Editor the Inquirer ard llt--1--
As the custodian. fer the tine bes-r q CoI e
K Austia's Newfoundland eoE. uhi-h on a rec-ut
lameutahle occasion s1bia5-ed most uuforta1ats
lack q discs-umeut b. biting z. K. Willard q
Washington. D C.. perhaps ! nay b permitted
sTacs your valua5ls Taper % STATE the c--su-
E-ancss immeiiateIy preceding the biting as they
were narrated 20 ne b 8Ir- willard. togsther win
scue iuferences oF uy ovz whlci lead me 20 b.
leve that sute-ce q death should not Be ITO
uogncsd cn the animal as de11audcd By that Es-tie
zasR iE y0ur columns Jas; week.
Mr. WIZARDS st1ry q the acair vas sahsta1tially
as follows
I vas starting TIP % Walpole y z. %
ET wife ard baby. and AIS Ts- ah1ut 70 board
The steamhcat when the thing happened ] had
reached Ire wharf al SIS q. r. and having de-
posiled ny valise oa the boat- had soue ashore a.
Tie last moment % kiss uy little boz e1o1tT- I
-emh-ucsd him hu-riedly. and thsu. the asn we're
f-srarirg % haul away the sang plank made dash
fCr the bc4-- Ny thoughts were fLled with the
rss=i-y q catching She beat in order that uiiEat
D. with my wife and baby that sane night Con
5eluertly. J did u1t see the coE ] fsl- his tech
taking SIP my leg before I resc1ed the gang
plank but managed sC1lehCW 20 shake hlll OF and
slccecied iu getting aboar1-
NCE isn't 8 Tust pain as Daylight that cnc 0f
The two explanations Ulich suggest themselves in ex
te1uation q the dogs TTecIirzre behavior Eust Be
nc oorrccr Cuc.
The hrst-aud - happens 70 Be- s-ts-antiated b
the sr1-y q b0y who claims O have been AZ eye-
witness % The rra-ety-is that M willard IN
aware q the ANIMALS proximity, s-e7ped heavily on
'ts foot ard promptly received u-ocf q rs Trssut-
mcut Ihrolzh The tlreef1ld aruor q t-ozser-les
sock. and Hight haIH-zsgan-
In spite Of rs plausihiiity q the element q
poetic 11stce that II contains and q the weight q
the evidence borne % the yCl-hful witness. how
ever This czpianar1u Is less satisfactory tha1 TIE
os-ler one. and firmly believe. less c1Trect-
Col A-sti-'s dog belongs % a bred which has
furnished % the world many 7smsrtahls inS-a1ocs
e fidelity 20 children This particular doE had
grown zap The SPECIAL playmate e snail chil5rvu
and seems % have felt 70 a degree unusual esen
among NeufCu-d-aud dos that - life lad been
consented % the rrUtecri0n Il Children. What
rc7e natu-7l then than. seeing strange r-sn rsssh
from the bolt. apparently attack Young boz
anl race fer the boat again, that he Should exert
his inheTltancp and attempt 20 detan the Supposed
u-alefscz1rs
Shoot such a doc7 sooner shoot policeman
who mistakes an innocent bystander for a boub-
t1rcwcr ard splits opCu an un0feudiug scalp
Col. Austin brought the dog 20 nv fam The
afternoon after the catsstuophe During the rhree
weeks that ! have had him under observation
have been unable 70 detec- the renotest indication
that he Is either vicious dangerous as des--ihed
hy AIr. Willard gCutler. kinder. more Affection
ate animal have never seen, and I don't mind
saving that have become god deal attached 70
nm myself.
Probably. If he had ranged the island from
Sccnset 20 Maddeluet. he cluifr-t have made
rore unfortunate selection q victim That seems
. have been his worst fault. though 7 caunot see
such DTaoonian measure the nuzzliuz orJii-
nance which the selectEcu have seen ri 10 uro-
Hulgats. Very respectfully yours
r b AUSTIN