Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-15

daub of paint is put on them. one a.
marking the shoulder, the next day the
foot. Two days they stay in the roomy
yard of the shelter. Then they go to
the gas house, the shoulder-daubed
dogs on n day, the foot-marked on
the next.
The warden himself unloads the wag-
ons each day when they return to the
shelter in the aftdsnoon. The Evening
STAR photographer and reporter
watched him do this.
The superintendent of the society,
however, refused to remain.
Why she was asked.
Because of the tragedy of it," was
her quiet answer.
That was the summing up of the
Humane Society. Because of the
tragedy of 1t!
Horses, dogs and cats, through the
negligence. Indifference or sheer cru
city Of their owners, often suffer ter
ribly. The Humane Society endeavors
to prevent this needless and pathetic
suffering of the animals and to voice
for them their protest.
The elaborate shelter at 460-46S North
Fifth street, with it's large kennels and
spacious runways, its cattery, hospital,
isolation room, cook room. bathroom,
ambulance shed, stable and gas cham
her. Is the product of this idea.
With two assistants beside him,
Warden McGovern opened the door of
one of the wagons. A dozen dogs made
4 dash for the light. The warden,
blocking the door with his broad shout
ders, pushed them back.
With a quick motion, born of long ex-
%perience In handling the cunning and
willy street dog, he caught one of them,
daubed 1t on the shoulder with red and
dropped it to the ground.
One dog, which had bitten a driver
so badly that he had had his wounds
dressed at the hospital. was carried
struggling away to the Board of
Health cage for observation.
But the warden and his assistants
are not afraid of hydrophobia, In spite
of their almost daily adventures with
swapping dogs.
"oh, 1 don't think there's any such
thing. laughed Mr.. MeGovern,
"~Hydrophobia is imaginary. People get
plumb scared to DEATH"
The Evening STAR reporter re-
Trained from suggesting that little chill
dren. who know nothing of the danger
of dog bites. get h~ydrophobia. The
Warden's assurance was too convinc.
ing.
He led the way to a separate kenne
in which four little Puppies, destined &c
become full-blooded bulldogs, were
taking the air with a playful serenity
that was altogether charming. Eacf
and every one of the puppies was q
master in posing. They seemed e
know by instinct the proper inclination
of the head for a sorrowful expression
the jaunty tilt that accompanied
playful yawn and the thousand and on.
other expressions of puppy life.
In the cattery were fifteen cats and
kittens, quite as cunning as the little
puppies. The good cats, as we'll as the
good dogs, are all spared and KEEP
until a home is found for them. The
Humane Society is always anxious t.
place these pets. In many instances
valuable ones, with responsible persons
who will care for them.
Mickey" the priceless, has .
peculiar history. The police sent a cal
one day. A dog was in the doorway OIL
Il Halsey street. The animal was 81
ferocious that the police were afrait
to tackle him. They couldn't get neai
enough to shoot him. well" the war
den said. 81 went along. Going up t.
him I dropped my cap over the dogs
head and snapped a chain on the col
lar ring. Then | led him TO my car
riase. He is my best friend today"
Mickey" by the way, is an Irisf
terrier, worth a little fortune as dog
go. The late King Edward always
had similar dogs for pets.
Where Mickey came from and whit
owned him is a mystery. But he |;
full-blooded and a prize Of his kind.
Last year 41,s79 animals were re.
ceived at the shelter. At the requesl
Of owners 266 horses were shot.
The Humane Society of New Jersey
as it is called. was organized May 80
1899 and incorporated during the win
ter Of 1900.
A shelter was started in a o stall
in Woods stable o m Lombardy stree
in 1902. It was transferred i've
months later TO some rooms over 4