Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
FIELD AND KENNEL

What has become of the tradition
in reference to hydrophobia that most
men of middle age were fed upon in
their boyhood days? 1t is doubtful il
one lives, certainly not in the south.
who has not heard narrowing tales of
how such unfortunates were usually
smothered to death between two feather
mattresses. Frequent instances could
be cited in those far-away days. and no
old-time colored nanny was without a
few that she personally could vouch
for and hold up as horrible examples
to her charges. But putting such data
aside and coming down to cold statistics.
A. F. Hachwait. whose works are ac-
cepted as authorities on all things re-
lating to dogs. devotes chapter of his
book ..Dogcraft" to the subject of rabies
and to hydrophobia. Mr.. Hachwalt says
tina. in his long experience with dogs
he has never seen case OF rabies. al
though he has made an examination
and study of scores of so-called mad
dogs" each of which could be readily
cured by a drink of cold water and a
dose OF bromide Of potassium, followed
by a vermifuge to eXpel worms. Mi.
Hachwalt thinks that nine out of ten
mad dogs" need only humane treat
ment to be speedily cured, and that
where one dog is destroyed which has
hyd-ophobia a hundred are killed which
are suffering from other causes 1t
would be difficult to find a man who has
had much experience with dogs whose
views do not coincide with those of Mr..
Hachwalt on, this subject. 1t is to be
regretted, from the dos-lovers viewpoint.
that space will not permit of the repro
duction of the entire chapter, but few
condensed items are given. The records
of the London hospital showed that of
not one developed hydrophobia. st.
Georges Hospital. London. shows 1000
patients bitten by dogs supposedly mad
with not one case of hydrophobia re-
Sulting.
Records from many leading hospitals
in the United States show equally. con-
vincing figures. DR.. Charles w. Dulles
of the University of Pennsylvania medi-
cal staff declares that after sixteen years
of investigation he has failed to find
a single case on record where hydro
phobia has resulted from the bite of a
dog. DR.. Hiram orson, whose active
practice extended over seventy. years,
never saw d case of hydrophobia. DIR.
Trail Green. another aged ply stefan,
never saw one DIR. Matthew Wood. who
searched for twenty years and during
two summers visited every suspicious
case in Philadelphia, reports that he
never saw one and his offer of 500 for
any one showing him a case was never
al;enist. said that not a single opportu-
nifty has ever offered itself to him to see
a case, and many other we'll known medi-
cal professors say the same.
Field and Kennel does not presume
to express an opinion on SO important
a subject but has from time to time
asked scores of practicing physicians for
information. and not one of them could
cite a case Of hydrophobia resulting from
the bite of a dog that had come under
observation
pie are reported as being bitten by mad
dogs in this city and cured by Pasteur
treatment that dog lovers would be great
ly interested to learn the facts in case
that developed into hydrophobia, and
would appreciate it if DR.. Woodward or
some other well known authority would
enlighten them.
Marvin Fowler was out with his dogs
last Sunday and found four coveys of
birds, and his dogs did some first class
work.
Walter Kidwell, the well known pointer
owner and breeder. whose good dog Kid
wells Comet is running in the grand
circuit underwent serious surgical oper-
alton some time ago, and his many
friends were glad to learn that he is on
the road to a speedy recovery, and will
soon be out again.
William Hettinger. who owns show
horses and good bird dogs. spends most
of his leisure hours on the PatuXent river.
and has had some great sport shooting
ducks.
There is a war on between local own
ers of beagle hounds and bird dogs. The
bird dog men have grievance In that
the hound men go out in groups armed
with clubs and ecare up everything in
sight and when ~rear' sportsmen get to
the grounds with their dogs all the quail
have been run into the woods. AS one
of them expressed it: ''On Sunday 1 saw
half a dozen men beating the brush with
clubs trying to flush a rabbit for these
little. hounds to crawl after. The men were
doing all the hunting beagle man
said: II saw ribbit jump up right in
front of two of their blamed settlers and
they wouldn't let their dog trail him.
What are they good for, anyhow" And
there YOU are.
George kurtz and party of friends
spent q week shooting ducks in the vicin.
ity Of Auuia creek. They had fine sport