Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
One More Week Before His
MuzzIe Must Be Donned.
ACTION BY COMMISSIONERS
Board Gives Formal Approval to
Order for Muzzles.
CANINE LOVERS IN PROTEST
Declare Rabies the Exception and
That Muzzling Is Refinement
of Torture.

All dogs must be muzzled by neX
Thursday or the owners will be subjected
to fine In the Police Court ranging from
s. to SD. and the dog Is liable to bt
taken TO the pound.
This was ordered today at a board ses
sion In the District building. Commits
sioner Johnston. who returned to the
city today, and Acting Engineer Commits
sioner Markham passed DR.. Wood
wards recommendation without much
conversation.
A weeks time is given for dog owner.
to buy sensible. substantial muzzles. Tn.
enforcement of this order falls under the
police regulations. which prescribe the
penalty. Every person who owns or who
is responsible for the care of a dog /.
included In the regulation.
Taking Pasteur Treatment.
Sixteen persons are now taking Pas.
teur treatment at the hygienic labora
tory at 18th and E streets. This is &C.
cording to an official report received by
the health Office from the laboratory this
morning
The bureau of animal industry reported
this morning that the dog owned by Julia
Washington % 18th street southeast, was
rabid. The dog bit Basel Peary, 1904 A
street southeast. The animal was expert
mented with at the bureau of animal in
dustry, where rabbits were inoculated
with it's blood. The report from there
this morning says that an emulsion OF
the brain Of these animals shows con-
elusive signs of rabies.
DIR. Woodward has begun to receive the
annual crop OF picture post cardS from
persons who take views opposite from
his regarding muzZling. The first one In
the mail this morning states, 1t is he'll
TO be a dog"
Oppose Muzzling Order.
Dog owners throughout the city are
violently opposed to the dog muzzline
order and they do not hesitate to say so
DIR. George n. Payette Of 927 F street
northwest, a breeder of fine dogs, de-
clared today that, in his opinion. the or
der is absolutely unnecessary and will be
productive Of refined sort Of cruelty
II have been the owner OF more than
200 dogs in my lifetime" said he. so
that may say without exaggeration that
know something about these animals,
their habits and the so-called madness
which is popularity believed to aff1ict them
in the summer time.
Il do not deny the existence OF rabies
but l do insist that 1t occurs only In
sporadic cases. No dog afflicted with il
annoyed. Nine out of ten dogs which are
chased as mad are merely afflicted with
fits as a result Of heat prostratiOn and
would be all right if they were placed In
tub of cold water for twenty minutes
The minute any one sees poor dog In
the throes of fit brought on by the heat
the cry OF mad dog Is set up and the
unfortunate animal is so pestered tina,
1t snaps at its tormentors.
Refinement of Torture.
"Muzzling dogs is the rifnement OF
torture. l have seen dog have as
many as fifteen fits in three days
because of the nevous excitement
resulting from its Intellectual attempts
to get its muzzle off. Only very young
dogs ever get even partially accus-
toned to them. Another objection is
that a muzzled dog does not have the
opportunity to get all the water /,
needs nor all the food, either, for that
matter.
IL think that the muzzling order Is
unnecessary and foolish, and l am glad
that my best dogs are in the country
where they will not have to be tor
tured by it's enforcement"
Edward Schmid, the 11th street dog
fancier, is also opposed to the muzzling
order
Il do not think II is necessary" said
he only very young dog can be
trained to bear the torture Of muzzle
The older dogs can never accustom
themselves to the muzzles, and suffer
greatdiscOmfort as consequence. OF
course, il one of my own family had
been bitten by a mad dog l might
have different views, but that has no,