Arizona republican., 1910-01-06
DOC" THE DOCS RIDE WHAT II LACKED OF FUN WAS MORE THAN OFF SET BY
 EXCITEMENT. Doc Touched the Ground Only Now
 and Then.

It was busy day for Doe" Doe is the name of a white bull terrier known pretty we'll throughout the United States, in sporting circles. as the inveterate foe of badgers. He is the property of Henry l.. George. He is badly spoiled dog. in that he is not subjected to proper restraint. He has several questionable traits One is always following Mrs. George when she drives about town and the other is snapping at the heels of the horse she is driving.
 He could not be kept at home for if put into restraint he always awakened the echoes with his bowling. He could not be allowed to bite the heels of the horse. Therefore a kind of harness was made for him and he was hitched under the rear axle of the buggy by means of snap on the top of the [ harness.
 Ip this equipment he set out on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. George Mrs. Goldwater and Miss Goldwater who were intending to make calls in the northern part of town. They start ed home after night. The moon had
 
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 Mrs. George remarked to Mrs Gold water that that was a good night for a collision and for getting thrown out into the mud. Almost at toe instant the collision occurred and the buggy turned turtle The occupants were scattered over the landscape. By the time they had collected themselves the horse and buggy had gone: They could hear the pumping of the over turned vehicle growing less and less distinct on it's downward way
 Going to the nearest telephone, Mrs. George called her husband and gave him an account of the disaster. T sup pose you bade good bye. to Doc" said Mir. George in reply.
 In the midst of the excitement Mrs George had not thought of Doc until then and M- George heard somebody sobbing in the telephone
 He hurried out and on reaching the front door he encountered an appari- ton which he subsequently, ascertained was Doc. But he was not the trim terrier that had left there SO proudly in the afternoon. Only the rough out lines of a dog could be discerned. He was incased in mud as if sculptor had been trying to make mask for a statue of him. Even his ears were jammed with mud. But his harness was gone and it was later found that not strap was broken. Doc had just been hammered out of it.
 \ man to whom MT George was telling yesterday of the accident said he had witnessed the runaway It ap- peared at first much like any other runaway he had ever seen. but as it passed under an arc light near by hel saw a phenomenon. He saw a dog rise suddenly from the :round behind the overturned buggy and start sky ward only to fall back again. At the next Acroe sing the dog flew so high that it seemed he would strike the arc light and then he disappeared again
 Before reaching town he slipped out of the harness and made his way home. His expression as he viewed his surroundings was recriminatory He acted as though he had much to say but had difficulty in finding words to convey properly his sentiments re- garding the practice of tying a dog on behind a buggy.
 Yesterday morning the horse att tached to another buggy was driven upl in front of the George residence Doc saw it. but he did not as usual run out yelping with joy and in the effer- vescence of youth begin snapping at the | heels of the horse. On the contrary he slunk behind the house.