The sun., 1910-05-08
jokes THAT ANIMALS CRACK
INQUIRY BEING MADE INTO
THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR.

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For some time back ths question: haVe
animals a sense of humort has been under
diao'issinn by a group Of mon Of an In
quiring hcOt Of mind. The meinbera ot
tho group decline TO max" their nafnsa
public until thsy have somethlng m ths
way OF results 70 show. hNen thon' uley
say. they may lot the results Hpoah ior
themselves without disclosing IN" iaea-
Titles oi tho investigators. Moantime
they have be,n forming theories, nasod
on their combined eaperiencess. ouo OF
the most enthusiastic nlomhers OF this
coterie sad last week that he believes
the positive sido II the proposition 70 he
pretty we'll prove
I am certain that some dogs have
sOnss of humor. he continued, and h
IL more apparent IN some breeds than N
others Does any one ever stop % hink'
whom hs aeos tho sartonic smile on the
lace Of a bulldog a. be noses the shFink-
ing legs of a passsrby, Who-iries 10 walk
along unconcernodly. that ths bulldog
probably enjoys the hiirnor % I'm atua-
ti0n In his own way ! have sosal doc
sitting in a dark doorway. paying no at
tsntion 10 any one who passed an man
sbsOSisd In thought came along. Then
h0 rushed out UNEXPECTEDLY, barking
ciamorouSiy and startled tho man until
he nearly fell. then trottsd back and waited
TO havO his ns1t ioSs with some other
unWaTy passerby
Here n a case of a waggiHh dog which
saw myself. lie was n scotch collie and
/ II ever q dog was a humoriat a collie Il.
With q party of friends was sitting on the
| face Of a grass grown hill, sloping down
20 a small lake or pond in front Of which
was a beaten pathway The collie. Who
had the Irish name Of Barney. belonged 20
my brother. who was in the party, and was
| living curied up at his feet.
A psddipr came along and coming IT.
lie way up the hill asked for the time.
i barney looked at him lazily, blinking IN
sleepy way. and the man when he wna told
I the time went down TO the path and HauEA-
teredalong Hestopped for aminutsOrso
and stood in a STOPPING position 70 look az
something ia the pond.
suddenly Barney. who had been watch
ine him. wagged his tail slowly. which was
/ his custom when he had an idass He
rushed quickly down the hill and putting
/ his fore paws on the peddlsr's back pushed
him into the water barney then rushed
back AMI lay down again before the psidler
realized what had happened 10 him. The
water was only a few feet deep and when
the man scrambled Out. drenched through
and wiping tire water from his eyee. the
look of asionshment on his face was
laughable though the whole thing vas an
outrage. We we're all seated in the same
position a. we were when the man loOked
at ~ first when he asked for ths tins. and
Barnsy was apparently aslsep and looked
as IL he had not moved Thoroughly nys-
tiGed the peddler looked az Us again bus
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not a joker uoh .ho" IoNe'
L generally find that mOngrel dogs
when they happsn 70 be sOciabls have q
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dog win peu'sf,e my Nv .n-.,... so,.'1 ~.
heTited ssnartnesa, but mas no ofAsinaii'f'
/ A common yellow dog with no ancestry
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spades az us oN" "i,A' ~
-Once ! took into the house out oi PITY
a mongral yellow dog who insisted on
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be was chased away. ! uad az uhat uine
a p.sdigreed water spaniel, and tried 70
ts,ch him some tricks when ! took him
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ou' ai'ns - s,.-....l. "a g,
low dog VINO uii"' H'1nN s0h num-
alWays came along and beat the water
sp,piel al his own tricks without training.
re-, h,, hag.n "a NAV tricks Of his Own
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