The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-10
Brave Girl Stops Mad Dog''' When
 All 0there Flee

That Miss Laura Smith, the daughte
 of MT. and Mrs. W. Maltbie Smith, O
 Hubbard's Hill is a brave young
 woman none will deny in view of he
 conduct yesterday afternoon.
 Risking her very life, Miss Smitf
 caught up her pet bull terrier Puncf
 when the dog seemed to be mad, plac
 ed him on the seat alongside her ant
 drove her motor car to the veterinary
 establishment of O. G. Palmer
 When the bull terrier began to show symptoms common to dogs which are mad, right in the center of the city everybody gave it a wide berth. There was scurrying of folk to get out ot the Eay. Miss Smith first sought tc relieve the dogs suffering, and, find ing that it grew no better, she picked it up bodily, as it snapped and yelp- ed and held it in the automobile while she drove with one hand to the veterinary's.
 When Miss Smith arrived in town, she drove over to the Essex Market on Park Row and went in there, leav- ing the dog in the automobile near the sidewalk. When she came out Punch was where she had left him, in the tonneau of the machine. A few min utes later, as Miss Smith was driving toward Atlantic street, the dog began to jump around in the car, barking and yelping. Miss Smith thought that the strap which was around his neck was probably too tight, so she pro- ceeded to loosen it. As soon as the out of the machine, and sitting down in the gutter. started yelping louder than before. Then he started to leave the place and proceeded toward Luth- CT street, but Miss Smith caught him by the collar and finally coaxed him back to the auto. At first she deter mined to take him home, but think she took him over to pr. Palmer's place on Clark street. As she stopped the auto on West Main street, near Clark, the dog again leaped out, and after following Miss Smith down Clark Street a little ways, turned tail and started at full speed out and up Sum- mer street. pr. Palmer had heard own dogs out of the way, but when he saw Punch turn he procured re- volver and started after him.
 Thinking that the dog might have gone home, Miss Smith and Dr. Palm CT went up there in the automobile. but they did not find him. They re- turned to town and reported the mat trol went out with Officers Hickey and Reardon and Frank Ferris to look for the dog.
 Word came in from Oak Hill street that the dog was filling folks with ter TOT over that way. The patrol was driven post haste. Meantime Punch had run through yards and disappeared over the hill. Near the top of Hub- bard's Hill the officers met Sewer In- spector Mcdonald and was informed that the dog had driven two laborers out of a ditch and had them turned toward Waterbury's greenhouses. The party found the animal in the green house, cuddled in a dark corner and MT. Ferris shot it with a shot gun.
 Miss Smith says that she thinks that the dog was not mad at all, but was seized with an attack of some illness, or perhaps fit. Punch said Miss Smith, twas the best little pet I ever had He would allow one to ham, dle him as they pleased, without showing anything like a cross dispo- sitfon I had taught him a number of tricks and I know I shall miss him very much. Of course I realize that he had to be killed when he show ed symptoms of madness, but I shall never believe that Punch was really mad"
 No damage was done by the dog, which seemed satisfied to sit in a cor ner and whine as if in pain.